Alex Clough
Senior Software Engineer at The Knot Worldwide
New York City Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlex Clough is a Senior Software Engineer based in the New York City area with five years of full-stack experience building web applications using JavaScript (React, Node) and Python (Django). He progressed rapidly through fullstack roles to lead engineering at Simple Fractal and now engineers at The Knot Worldwide, shipping user-facing features and backend services. Trained at App Academy after a formal background in economics and a master’s in music, Alex brings a disciplined, analytical approach to product development informed by years as a professional pianist and music educator. That musical career involved running a small music business, directing ensembles, and managing teams of contractors—experience that translates into strong project ownership and people skills. He’s comfortable bridging design and engineering, with a knack for crafting polished UIs backed by reliable server-side logic. Colleagues describe him as a creative problem-solver who blends technical rigor with the collaborative instincts of a performer.
5 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Music, Master's degree Music at Purchase College, SUNYBachelor's degree Economics, Bachelor's degree Economics at Tufts UniversityJanuary '21 Online Immersive Software Engineering Bootcamp, January '21 Online Immersive Software Engineering Bootcamp at App Academy
Github Skills (2)
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Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
CodingInRhythm/full_court_press
May 2021 - Aug 2021
Contributions:136 commits, 8 PRs, 128 pushes in 2 months
CodingInRhythm/Tour_Drive
Apr 2021 - Sep 2022
Contributions:2 PRs, 48 pushes, 6 branches in 1 year 5 months
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