Alex Knutson
Senior Software Engineer at alexknutson.com
Overland Park, Kansas, United States
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Top SchoolAlex Knutson is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building full‑stack web and Unity projects, currently shaping ad platform and tooling across 40+ editorial brands at People Inc. He excels in TypeScript backends (Fastify/Node), Postgres/Prisma data models, and front-end UX, having shipped high‑traffic features for People.com, EntertainmentWeekly, AllRecipes, and more. As a co‑founder of PatchBot.io he led front‑end architecture for a product used by 550k+ Discord servers and 51M+ gamers, marrying user research with fast, maintainable UI. He also runs an indie game studio (MoreCores.games), where hands‑on Unity work informs his pragmatic approach to performance, iteration, and tooling. Known for improving developer experience via Chrome extensions and automation, he balances product-minded shipping with operational safety across platforms. Based in Overland Park, KS, he combines a graphic design background with deep self‑taught CS skills to craft polished, user‑focused interfaces and reliable backend systems.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science Graphic Design, Computer Science Graphic Design at Self TaughtGraphic Design, Graphic Design at Morehead State University
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (43)
github-desktop10
electron9
typescript9
clockify9
github8
git8
php-fpm8
fpm8
chrome-extension7
html6
restcord6
amazon-ec26
drupal6
css6
bash6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
alexknutson/Braveherder.com
Nov 2014 - Apr 2015
Contributions:41 commits, 2 pushes in 5 months
alexknutson/Combo.Tips
Aug 2014 - Jul 2015
Contributions:72 commits, 9 pushes in 10 months
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