Summary
Alex Balzer is a software engineer based in Denver with 12 years of experience building backend systems in Go, Ruby, Java, and Python while working with containerized Linux platforms like CoreOS and Docker. He combines an Applied Mathematics degree and Computer Science concentration to craft practical, algorithmically informed solutions, with particular enthusiasm for trees and a growing focus on graph theory. His work history spans startups and enterprise engagements, including cloud and large-scale refactoring projects where he automated migrations with custom Python compilers. As a former small-business owner, he brings customer-facing experience, design chops in Photoshop/Illustrator, and operational discipline to engineering problems. Always seeking new challenges, he publishes code on GitHub and favors pragmatic, well-tested systems that bridge theory and production.
12 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Applied Mathematics Emphasis - Computer Science Concentration, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Applied Mathematics Emphasis - Computer Science Concentration at University of Northern Colorado