Alex Eagle
Software Engineer at Figma
California, United States
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Alex Eagle is a veteran software leader and founder with 17 years of experience building developer tooling and large-scale systems, currently co-founding and leading Aspect to simplify Bazel adoption for multi-language monorepos. Previously he spent 12 years at Google where he worked on compiler, build, and developer-experience tooling, and most recently led Developer Experience at Robinhood. Alex is a hands-on engineer who contributes widely to open source—his work touches prominent projects like Angular, TypeScript, Closure Compiler, and many Bazel rule repos—bridging compiler internals, build systems, and front-end frameworks. He combines product instincts with deep build- and CI/CD expertise, automating documentation and release workflows across languages and platforms. Based in California and Harvard-educated in CS, he quietly favors improving developer productivity through infrastructure and tooling rather than flashy user-facing features.
18 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
BA Computer Science, BA Computer Science at Harvard University
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Github Skills (82)
dependency-management10
testing10
bash10
javas10
automation10
junit10
build-automation10
linter10
linting10
apple210
javascript10
static-analysis10
google-closure-compiler10
document-generation10
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Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
bazel-contrib/rules_python
Jul 2020 - Jan 2023
Bazel Python Rules
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer & Automation Engineer
DevOps Engineer & Automation EngineerContributions:1 release, 239 reviews, 104 commits in 2 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Alex primarily focused on improving the repository's build, test, and release processes. They introduced a `bazel_integration_test` to confirm the functionality of examples, which included creating a test runner and modifying the workspace. The user also streamlined the release process by integrating GitHub's built-in archive functionality and updated dependencies like Bazel and pip. Additionally, they improved the repository's documentation workflow.
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bazelbuild/rules_docker
Dec 2017 - Jun 2022
Rules for building and handling Docker images with Bazel
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer & Build Automation Engineer
DevOps Engineer & Build Automation EngineerContributions:81 reviews, 42 commits, 160 PRs in 4 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Alex primarily focused on improving the build and deployment processes for Docker images within the Bazel build system. They updated compatibility with external dependencies, introduced features like output groups for the pusher executable, and addressed issues related to the remote cache and build performance. The user also automated build processes, corrected formatting, and standardized documentation generation using stardoc. Their work directly supports the efficient creation and distribution of Docker images managed by Bazel.
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