Alex Seubert

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Staff Software Engineer · Austin, Texas

Serving as technical lead and full-stack platform engineer for inventory management systems within H-E-B's stores, empowering a workforce of 150,000+ employees across Texas
Leading efforts to modernize legacy Java monoliths using modern Python and Node.js gRPC services powering new mobile and web applications
Deploying and operating services on Kubernetes within GCP, alongside on-premises VMs for legacy workloads
Owning feature design and delivery across the entire stack, contributing to native Android, iOS, and Next.js applications
Working closely with business stakeholders, designers, and product owners to evaluate, refine, and deliver requirements in support of H-E-B's growing grocery business
Implementing an OpenTelemetry-based observability initiative, using Datadog to provide monitoring, alerting, and dashboards for multiple applications
Guiding a team of 10-12 engineers through feature design and implementation, mentoring and steering technical direction and growth
Regularly presenting at and coordinating internal education meetings, ensuring that the team stays on top of industry developments

Senior Developer · Austin, Texas

Worked on the Technology Strategy Team, leading efforts to help modernize stacks to cloud-native technologies, such as Kubernetes
Built Docker plugins providing integrations with SolarWinds products to easily send Docker logs and metrics to observability platforms
Implemented automations within AWS to improve onboarding for SolarWinds clients on AWS
Designed and implemented a full-stack internal application for employee recognition
Taught an introductory Go course to SolarWinds international offices in Poland
Conducted multiple Kubernetes training courses for employees around the globe
Built multiple microservices using Go

Senior Platform Engineer · Austin, Texas

Developed and maintained Go web servers and tools
Maintained legacy Rails applications powering Bypass APIs
Led and completed full user migration to new authentication and authorization system, decoupling it from legacy system and databases
Designed and implemented tooling to enable operations to more easily deploy and monitor existing deployments
Built a suite of Amazon Lambdas to perform regular data checks and reports
Worked closely with SREs and infrastructure teams to help with scaling efforts, including regular on-call shifts

Platform Engineer · Austin, Texas

Contributing to all aspects of the Umbel data ingestion and display systems, focused on Django web development and Celery-based async processing
Developing meaningful integrations with third-party APIs, including Facebook's Graph and Marketing APIs
Utilizing a wide range of data stores and supporting tools, mainly MySQL, Cassandra, and Elasticsearch
Lead developer on efforts to integrate acquired application running Rails with Umbel's REST APIs
Replaced Python data pipelines with Go to improve throughput via high-concurrency workloads

Full Stack Software Engineer · Austin, Texas

Maintained and extended a Python web application to power the Curb API, using Pyramid, Postgres, and InfluxDB
Developed various frontend applications, including the main Curb PhoneGap mobile app and accompanying web app, using React and Backbone
Implemented new server applications for data collection from the field in Haskell, using MQTT and Postgres
Supported development, deployment, and testing with Vagrant, Jenkins, Docker, and Ansible

Software Engineer · Austin, Texas

Worked with a small team on the ClearBlade platform, a backend-as-a-service offering with consumer SDKs exposing a database, message broker, code services, analytics, and push notifications
Developed a front-end UI for the platform, working mainly with Angular
Contributed to the Go server-side systems, utilizing Cassandra and Postgres data stores
Lead engineer on ClearCode, a Node.js-based sandbox environment for customers to create services and integrations

Associate Server Engineer · Austin, Texas

Developed and managed existing backend systems for Pearson, consisting of a Django API backed by Postgres and CouchDB

BA in English — Truman State University, Kirksville, Missouri, 2008–2012

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