Alex West

Web Engineer

Full Stack Web Development and JavaScript Applications in SF


I'm an experienced software engineer in San Francisco. I've built multiple high traffic advanced responsive web applications. I have taught dozens of students complex technical concepts including Node.js, functional JavaScript, DOM manipulation, MySQL, React, and more. I am passionate about connecting people, improving lives, and creating joyful user experiences.

Experience

Software Engineer, Applications

RefleXion Medical
2019 - 2020

Write Full Stack JavaScript applications

Create UI for medical radiotherapy machines

Follow best testing and design practices

Angular, TypeScript, RxJS, NestJS, SCSS, MongoDB

Full Stack Web Development Assistant Instructor

UCBerkeley Extension Boot Camp
2018 - 2019

Mentor junior engineers

Perform code reviews and establish best practices

Communicate technical concepts

Web Development Mentor

2017 - 2019

Explain web fundamentals and JavaScript language

Teach API integration with web applications

Elucidate common data structures and algorithms

Software Engineer

Viadeo
2014 - 2016

Built Ember web applications from scratch for Seach and Profile pages

Wrote geolocation-based matching application

Integrated Algolia search API for Ember Data ORM and Node endpoints

Rewrote Backbone search header for auto-suggestion

QA Engineer

RTLabs
2013

Coded WebDriver automated navigation tests in Ruby