Alejandro Alcantar
Director Of Engineering at Iridia, Inc.
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolAlejandro Alcantar is a Director of Engineering based in San Francisco with nine years of experience building cloud-native platforms, embedded systems, and high-density DNA data storage software. At Iridia Inc. he progressed from Staff Software Engineer to Director, leading cross-functional teams to integrate DNA data-writing systems with resilient cloud infrastructure and authoring core encoding/decoding algorithms. His background spans embedded firmware, BLE-enabled biomedical devices, and analytical cloud pipelines, giving him rare end-to-end fluency from bare-metal C to scalable cloud services. He holds an M.S. in Computer Engineering from UC Davis with published research and a track record of translating academic ideas into production-ready systems. Known for blending hands-on technical depth with strategic platform leadership, he focuses on delivering measurable business value and operational reliability.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Computer Engineering, Master's degree Computer Engineering at University of California, DavisBachelors of Science (B.S.) Electrical Electronics and Communications Engineering, Bachelors of Science (B.S.) Electrical Electronics and Communications Engineering at California State University, ChicoAssociate's degree Mathematics and Computer Science, Associate's degree Mathematics and Computer Science at Yuba College
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Github contributions (3)
avelazquez15/DPM
Nov 2017 - Oct 2021
Contributions:23 commits, 21 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 11 months
saminkamangar/ECS150
Jan 2017 - Jan 2017
Contributions:39 pushes, 3 branches in 12 days
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