Summary
Alex Fiennes is a Staff Engineer based in Newtongrange, Scotland with 14 years of professional software experience and a multi-decade history in engineering roles dating back to the late 1980s. He specializes in Java and Ruby on Rails, focusing on highly optimized, stable, and maintainable code while moving between client-facing, solo, and distributed team roles. At Learn Amp he progressed from Senior Ruby Engineer to Staff Engineer, bringing practical experience from senior development roles at Vypr and his long-running FIENNES.ORG LTD venture. Comfortable coordinating teams and shipping production systems, he blends hands-on implementation with architectural thinking. An early career shift from audio engineering to software suggests a creative, systems-oriented mindset that informs both product and technical decisions.
14 years of coding experience
35 years of employment as a software developer