Alex Dean
Staff Software Engineer (L4) at Gusto
Duluth, Minnesota, United States
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Top SchoolAlex Dean is a Staff Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building auditable, observable systems for business-critical workloads, now at Gusto after leading EDI and AS2 integrations at Transfix. He specializes in database design and normalization, object-oriented architecture, and automated testing, and has repeatedly stepped into project management roles to drive complex integrations to completion. A seasoned mentor and squad leader, he blends hands-on engineering with leadership to improve delivery and reliability across teams. His background includes long-term platform and internal tools work at TED Conferences, giving him deep experience in high-availability web systems and developer-facing tooling. Based in Duluth, Minnesota, Alex balances technical rigor with practical outcomes and a knack for turning messy integration requirements into well-instrumented, maintainable systems. Off the clock he’s into paddling and sharing dad jokes, a small hint of the personality behind his methodical engineering style.
11 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
MA, Digital Media Studies, MA, Digital Media Studies at University of DenverBachelor's degree, HISTORY, Bachelor's degree, HISTORY at St. Olaf College
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Github Skills (173)
geocoding10
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rails-api10
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factories9
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twitter9
obs9
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Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
tedconf/file_series
Mar 2016 - Mar 2020
Contributions:1 release, 14 commits, 3 PRs in 4 years
tedconf/code-style-guides
Aug 2015 - Feb 2021
TED's Code Style guides
Contributions:1 review, 30 PRs, 42 pushes in 5 years 6 months
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