Summary
Alejandro Rivera is a software engineering leader with 14 years of experience building high-performing teams and scalable backend platforms across major tech hubs in the US, Asia, and Europe. Currently managing Core ML and Crowd Data Platform efforts at Google, he blends technical depth—architecting large migrations and cross-product ML data solutions—with strong people management and OKR-driven execution. He has led platform and microservices transformations at Typeform and architected mission-critical e-commerce and payments systems for RedMart, eBay and Zynga, demonstrating a pragmatic focus on reliability, usability and business impact. Carnegie Mellon–trained with a 3.98 MS, he favors KISS-conscious design, DevOps practices, and choosing the right tools for the job. Colleagues describe him as a trust-building leader who repeatedly turns complex, long-running projects into delivered value while cultivating career growth in his teams.
14 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
BE, Computer Systems Engineering, BE, Computer Systems Engineering at Universidad de las Américas Puebla
MS, Software Engineering, MS, Software Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University
English, Spanish, French