Summary
Alex Bailey is a Staff Software Engineer at Google with a decade of experience building and leading full-stack teams and shipping large-scale systems. Rising through roles from Software Engineer to Staff since 2016, Alex blends hands-on engineering with team leadership, having overseen teams of ~18 engineers earlier in his career. He pairs an Economics BA from Northwestern with immersive software training at Hack Reactor, giving him a pragmatic, metrics-oriented approach to product engineering. Prior roles include applied systems and field-testing work in public-sector transit, reflecting an aptitude for translating real-world constraints into robust technical solutions. Based in New York, he excels at bridging product, data, and engineering concerns to deliver reliable user-facing services. Colleagues value his ability to distill complex edge cases into testable protocols and clear documentation.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at Hack Reactor
Bachelor of Arts (BA) Economics, Bachelor of Arts (BA) Economics at Northwestern University
Washington University in St. Louis