Alex Rivera
Software Engineer
alex.rivera@email.com · +1 (415) 555-0142 · San Francisco, CA · linkedin.com/in/alexrivera · alexrivera.dev
Summary
Software Engineer with 5 years building reliable, high-traffic web services at consumer-scale startups. Known for shipping fast without breaking things and for turning ambiguous problems into measurable product wins.
Experience
Software Engineer · Brightloop
2022 – Present- •Led the migration of a monolith to event-driven services across 14 domains, cutting p95 latency 38% with zero downtime
- •Shipped a caching layer that reduced database load 60% and saved an estimated $90K/year in infrastructure
- •Mentored 3 junior engineers and introduced a code-review rubric that cut review cycle time 25%
Junior Software Engineer · Nimbus Labs
2019 – 2022- •Built the billing integration handling $4M annual recurring revenue with 99.98% uptime
- •Automated the release pipeline, reducing deploy time from 45 minutes to 6
Skills
TypeScriptGoReactNode.jsPostgreSQLAWSKubernetesCI/CDDistributed systems
Education
B.Sc. in Computer Science · University of Washington · 3.8
2015 – 2019Languages
English (native) · Spanish (fluent)