Alex Cheng is a software engineer with a decade of experience building reliable systems at scale, currently contributing to Microsoft after prior development roles at Amazon and internships in data tooling and enterprise Java. He combines a strong academic foundation in electrical and systems engineering with hands-on expertise in backend development, ORM and persistence layers, SQL, and embedded systems from early research projects. Alex has a track record of shipping production software across cloud and device contexts—from large-scale services at major tech companies to an RFID-based attendance system developed during research. Based in Redmond, he brings pragmatic problem-solving informed by both industry and academic settings, often bridging low-level integration work and higher-level application needs.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 3.6, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 3.6 at Case Western Reserve University
High School, High School at The Phelps School
Master of Science (M.S.), Electrical and Systems Engineering, 3.6, Master of Science (M.S.), Electrical and Systems Engineering, 3.6 at University of Pennsylvania
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