Alex Forsythe
Staff Software Engineer at Grid
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolAlex Forsythe is a Staff Software Engineer based in San Francisco with 12 years of experience building reliable, scalable systems across transportation, IoT, and payments. He has progressed from internships and early web development roles to engineering positions at Uber and Samsara before joining Grid, demonstrating strength in production engineering and distributed systems. Known for translating complex operational requirements into pragmatic code, he blends hands-on implementation with mentorship and cross-team collaboration. His background includes performance engineering at Salesforce and real-world user-focused product work at Clover and Famigo, giving him an uncommon mix of low-latency systems and customer-facing product sensibilities. Outside day-to-day engineering he’s taught technology to kids, suggesting a long-standing commitment to explaining complex concepts clearly. He holds a Computer Science degree from UT Austin and focuses on shipping durable solutions that scale in real-world environments.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science at The University of Texas at Austin
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Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
alexwforsythe/prezto
Jan 2015 - Apr 2022
Contributions:21 pushes, 32 branches in 7 years 4 months
alexwforsythe/dotfiles
Mar 2015 - Sep 2022
Contributions:40 pushes, 12 branches, 9 issues in 7 years 8 months
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