Alex VKO
Verified Expert in Engineering
AWS Certified Developer Developer
Alex is a passionate technologist and successful startup executive with nine years of professional experience in engineering. As a business-minded and nerd tech guy, he likes to architect and deliver high-quality implementation that meets business needs. He has worked with banks and mortgage institutions, advised CTOs, led software and data science teams, and consistently delivered high-performing client projects.
Portfolio
Experience
Availability
Preferred Environment
Slack, MacOS, GitHub, Vim Text Editor, Redis, Test-driven Development (TDD), Ruby Gems, PostgreSQL
The most amazing...
...and fun thing that I've developed is an entire CI platform called ruby.ci. I created everything from infrastructure to the front end.
Work Experience
Back-end Team Lead, Engineering Manager, CTO
Nestready
- Built an ETL for a real state company, with several services in Elixir and Ruby.
- Created white-label applications for banks and mortgage institutions that use Rails as the API and React on the front end.
- Led software engineers, designers, and data science teams.
- Built services using Elixir, Phoenix, and Rails engines.
Team Lead
Toptal
- Led a team of highly skilled software engineers.
- Developed applications in Python and Ruby.
- Improved background processing performance.
- Created a distributed automated test runner.
Technical Advisor
VanHach
- Worked with the CTO to improve processes and introduce better and newer technologies.
Developer, Team Lead, CTO, Technical Advisor
Spocket
- Participated in Techstars Seattle.
- Built an API using Rails which communicated with several third-party APIs.
- Built the front end using React and Redux.
Software Engineer
Freelancer
- Freelanced in Brazil, Canada, and the USA.
- Developed the back end with Ruby, Python, and Node.
- Used Angular and React for front-end development.
Software Engineer
ThisOpenSpace
- Developed the front end using React.
- Developed the API with Ruby on Rails.
Experience
NeoVIM Configuration
https://github.com/AlexVKO/VimKOSkills
Languages
HTML, SQL, Ruby, GraphQL, HTML5, JavaScript, CSS, Elixir, Python, C#, PHP, Python 2, Python 3
Frameworks
Ruby on Rails (RoR), Ruby on Rails 3, Ruby on Rails 4, Ruby on Rails 5, Redux, Bootstrap, Phoenix, Express.js, Next.js
Libraries/APIs
React, Rails Engines, Ruby on Rails API, React Redux, Sidekiq, Node.js, Shopify API
Tools
Vim Text Editor, Git, Webpack, RSpec, GitHub, Slack
Paradigms
Testing, REST, Functional Programming, Object-oriented Programming (OOP), Agile, Unit Testing, Test-driven Development (TDD)
Platforms
Heroku, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Docker, Kubernetes, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Shopify, MacOS, Linux, Twilio
Storage
PostgreSQL, Redis, JSON, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, Google Cloud
Other
Back-end, Team Leadership, Technical Leadership, Leadership Development, AWS Certified Developer, Customer.io, APIs, Apollo, Architecture, Software Development, Ruby Gems, Concurrent Computing, WebSockets
Certifications
AWS Certified Developers
Aws Certification