Alex Kaufman
Staff Engineer at HiddenLayer
Portland, Oregon, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlex Kaufman is a Staff Engineer in Portland, Oregon with 11 years of experience building reliable web platforms, QA automation, and testing strategies across startups and enterprise teams. He combines front-end craftsmanship—evidenced by UI improvements to the OperationCode open-source site—with deep test engineering expertise, having led contract testing, Playwright end-to-end frameworks, and organization-wide testing strategies in TypeScript, Go, and Python. Comfortable moving between design and infrastructure, Alex has a track record of bootstrapping QA suites, implementing Sentry monitoring, and driving consensus on architectural decisions. His background ranges from JavaScript-driven frontend work and CMS/Optimizely experimentation to embedded CRM/marketing automation and SEO-focused freelance projects. Colleagues rely on him to translate product needs into actionable, testable systems and to mentor teams in TDD and developer-friendly observability. He’s motivated by problem-solving and the satisfaction of turning tricky bugs into polished user experiences.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma, Diploma at Palo Verde High SchoolWeb Development, Web Development at EpicodusWeb Development and Design, Web Development and Design at Portland Community CollegeBachelor of General Studies, Business and Music, Bachelor of General Studies, Business and Music at University of Nevada-Reno
Github Skills (7)
html10
css10
responsive-design10
user-interface10
bootstra10
bootstrap10
javascript9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
OperationCode/operationcode_old_site
Apr 2015 - May 2015
Our open source website. We're on a mission to help the military community learn software development, enter the tech industry, and code the future.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:56 commits, 17 PRs, 4 pushes in 28 days
Contributions summary:Alex primarily focused on front-end development, implementing and refining the user interface for the website. Their contributions included adding a background video, adjusting the navbar, enhancing responsiveness across different screen sizes, and integrating photos with text. The user also updated the CSS to improve the visual appearance, fix display issues, and ensure a more user-friendly experience.
cssjavascriptindustryweb-developmentnextjs
alexkaufman06/dailyUpdater
Aug 2019 - May 2021
Contributions:4 PRs, 46 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year 10 months
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