Alex Jansen
Senior Staff Software Engineer at Google
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Top SchoolAlex Jansen is a Senior Staff Software Engineer based in Zurich with a multi-decade track record of architecting and scaling high-performance backend and infrastructure systems for media, advertising, and e-commerce. He has led large engineering organizations and product-focused teams at Google and Comcast, driving data platforms from early prototypes to production systems that processed billions of events per day. A specialist in service-oriented architectures, relational and big-data systems, and media processing, he balances hands-on engineering with strategic technical leadership and regulatory compliance delivery for Google Shopping. Alex is also an inventor—co-authoring 10+ patents—and a two-time Technology & Engineering Emmy award recipient, demonstrating deep domain impact beyond code. He contributes to open documentation efforts for schema.org, reflecting a commitment to clear developer-facing communication in widely used web standards.
5 years of coding experience
29 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc), Computer Science, Master of Science (MSc), Computer Science at Eindhoven University of Technology
English, Dutch, German
Github Skills (3)
html10
documentation10
releasenotes10
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
schemaorg/schemaorg
Jun 2020 - Oct 2022
Schema.org - schemas and supporting software
Role in this project:
Technical Writer / Documentation Specialist
Technical Writer / Documentation SpecialistContributions:66 reviews, 44 commits, 130 PRs in 2 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Alex's commits primarily focus on updating release notes for the schema.org project. Their contributions involve adding details about new features, properties, and changes included in various releases, documenting the changes in the `docs/releases.html` file. The user also corrects typos and formatting issues within the documentation, ensuring the accuracy and clarity of the release notes. This suggests a focus on maintaining and improving the project's documentation for end-users and developers.
json-ldjsonldschema-orgrdfschemas
reginafcompton/schemaorg
Oct 2024 - Oct 2024
Contributions:2 pushes in 1 day
schemasjson-schemaappengineschema-org
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