Alec Chernicki
Senior Software Engineer at Netflix
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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SeniorAlec Chernicki is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building scalable front-end platforms and developer tooling for consumer streaming and growth-focused products. He currently works on Shared Client Foundations at Netflix, after leading web architecture and developer experience efforts at Disney Streaming that enabled cross-brand reuse adopted by 150+ engineers and reached 200M+ users. Alec blends hands-on JavaScript and TypeScript engineering with systems-level thinking—implementing monorepo and package-based architectures, design systems, and performance-focused TV UI improvements. He has a strong track record of turning platform investments into measurable business outcomes, from speeding developer workflows by ~25–40% to unlocking millions in touchless revenue. Based in Boston, he also builds at Commonality Co., signaling an ongoing interest in product-driven side projects beyond his enterprise work.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (42)
reselect10
reducers10
codemod10
dispatch10
apollo10
scrollmagic10
prisma9
jamstack9
ejs9
react9
refactoring9
graphql9
monorepo8
scale8
redux8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
ezcater/react-i18next-components
Oct 2018 - Nov 2018
A collection of React components and utilities to simplify react-i18next
Contributions:44 commits, 4 PRs, 5 pushes in 20 days
reactjavascripti18nextreact-componentsreact-i18next
commonalityco/commonality
Nov 2022 - Jul 2024
📦 Structure, maintain, and operate JavaScript codebases that scale from one developer to hundreds.
Contributions:170 releases, 3 reviews, 300 PRs in 1 year 8 months
monorepocodemodscaletoolchainrefactoring
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