Alex Johnson

Senior Full Stack Developer (Frontend Focus)
Los Angeles, US.

About

Highly accomplished Senior Full Stack Developer with 7+ years of experience specializing in building scalable, high-performance web applications with a strong emphasis on modern frontend technologies. Expertly bridges the gap between sophisticated UI/UX design and robust backend systems, driving enhanced user engagement and operational efficiency. Proven ability to lead complex projects from concept to deployment, optimizing performance and fostering collaborative development environments.

Work

Innovate Solutions Inc.
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Senior Full Stack Developer

Los Angeles, CA, US

Summary

Led the development of critical customer-facing applications, focusing on frontend architecture and seamless integration with scalable backend services.

Highlights

Architected and implemented a new component library using React and Storybook, increasing frontend development efficiency by 30% and ensuring UI consistency across 5 major products.

Optimized application performance by refactoring critical rendering paths and implementing lazy loading, reducing initial page load times by 45% for a user base of 500K+.

Developed and maintained RESTful APIs with Node.js and Express, facilitating data exchange for over 10 million daily requests and ensuring high availability (99.9%).

Mentored a team of 3 junior developers on best practices for frontend development, code reviews, and test-driven development (TDD), improving team code quality by 25%.

Integrated GraphQL into existing microservices architecture, streamlining data fetching for complex UI components and reducing API call overhead by 20%.

TechGenius Labs
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Full Stack Developer

San Francisco, CA, US

Summary

Contributed to the full development lifecycle of enterprise web applications, with a focus on enhancing user interfaces and integrating backend logic.

Highlights

Developed responsive user interfaces for a SaaS platform using Angular 8+, resulting in a 15% increase in user engagement metrics and improved cross-device compatibility.

Implemented secure authentication and authorization mechanisms using JWT and OAuth 2.0, safeguarding sensitive user data for over 100,000 active users.

Collaborated with UX/UI designers to translate wireframes and mockups into pixel-perfect, interactive web applications, reducing design-to-development cycles by 10%.

Managed PostgreSQL database schemas and queries, optimizing complex joins to improve data retrieval speeds by 25% for analytical dashboards.

Automated deployment processes using Docker and Jenkins, decreasing deployment time by 50% and improving release reliability.

Education

University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA, United States of America

Bachelor of Science

Computer Science

Grade: 3.8/4.0

Courses

Data Structures and Algorithms

Web Development Principles

Database Management Systems

Software Engineering

Human-Computer Interaction

Languages

English
Spanish

Skills

Frontend Development

React.js, Angular, Vue.js, TypeScript, JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5, CSS3, Sass/Less, Webpack, Babel, Redux, Zustand, RxJS, GraphQL (Apollo Client), RESTful APIs, Responsive Design, UI/UX Principles, Accessibility (A11y), Performance Optimization, Storybook, Jest, React Testing Library.

Backend Development

Node.js, Express.js, Python, Django, Flask, Java, Spring Boot, RESTful API Design, Microservices, Authentication (JWT, OAuth), Socket.IO.

Databases

PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MySQL, Redis, SQL, NoSQL, ORM (Sequelize, Prisma).

Cloud & DevOps

AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, Amplify), Docker, Kubernetes (basics), CI/CD (Jenkins, GitHub Actions), Git, Heroku, Netlify, Vercel.

Tools & Methodologies

Git, Jira, Confluence, Agile, Scrum, Kanban, VS Code, Postman, Figma (basic).

Projects

Personal Portfolio & Blog Platform

Summary

Developed a full-stack personal portfolio and blog platform to showcase projects and share technical insights.