Summary
Alex Francoletti is a Software Development Engineer in Test with nine years of experience, currently building test automation and quality practices at Meridian Cooperative after a two-year stint as a Test Analyst at Cognizant. He holds a BS in Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and is comfortable across C-family languages, Java, Unity, Selenium, and version control workflows. Alex contributed to the Mandarin Project — an IBM-collaborative AR/AI research effort — where he reintegrated interactive features like a tai chi mini-game and helped shape design discussions, showing an appetite for applied research and cross-disciplinary teams. He pairs hands-on debugging and test engineering with experience in game and AR engines, and has tinkered with Python, Lua, Assembly, and Unreal, which gives him a practical edge when validating complex, interactive systems. Based in Columbia, Missouri, he brings a pragmatic, research-informed approach to improving product quality and end-user experience.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute