Alec Barrett
Software Engineer at DataDog
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlec Barrett is a software engineer and manager based in New York with 11 years of experience focused on frontend development, data visualization, and engineering education. He blends hands-on dataviz work with people leadership, translating complex metrics into intuitive UI and mentoring teams on best practices. Alec contributes to notable open-source tooling—enhancing the DataDog Terraform provider to integrate APM queries—showing comfort across frontend and backend domains. A Harvard alumnus, he pairs academic rigor with pragmatic delivery, often bridging visualization needs with infrastructure integrations. Colleagues describe him as an educator-engineer who enjoys making data both beautiful and actionable.
11 years of coding experience
Harvard University
French, Chinese
Github Skills (8)
datadog10
terraformer10
go10
terraform10
terraform-provider10
apm10
api9
apim9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
DataDog/terraform-provider-datadog
Sep 2020 - Sep 2022
Terraform Datadog provider
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:7 reviews, 5 commits, 10 PRs in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Alec's commits primarily focused on enhancing the Datadog Terraform provider's capabilities, specifically by adding support for new features like `apm_stats_query` within the dashboard resource. They implemented and refined the integration of APM (Application Performance Monitoring) data into dashboard configurations. This work included modifying the code to accommodate new query types, integrating API changes and improving the Terraform provider's ability to manage Datadog resources effectively. The user's changes also encompassed updating vendor dependencies and fixing any associated issues.
datadogterraformterraform-provider
anbnyc/major-studio-1-fa19
Aug 2019 - Dec 2019
Contributions:20 commits, 18 pushes, 2 branches in 3 months
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