Alex Kobylk
Staff Software Engineer at LinkedIn
San Jose, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlex Kobylk is a Staff Software Engineer in San Jose with 11 years of professional software experience and a track record of building tools and platforms used by Fortune 500 companies. He blends technical depth across front-end and back-end systems—having led Ember.js UI efforts and architected developer tooling and commerce applications at LinkedIn—with practical full‑stack experience from running his own LAMP-based agency. Alex contributes to open-source developer portal work, adding backend database support (including MySQL) to the popular Backstage project, reflecting a focus on reliable data integrations. A natural leader and builder of creative teams, he mentors engineers and drives platform improvements that boost developer productivity across large organizations. His background in physics and earlier MEMS engineering work gives him a systems-oriented, experimental approach to solving complex technical and organizational challenges.
11 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, DavisBS, Physics, BS, Physics at East Carolina University
Github Skills (12)
database-management10
back-end-development10
mysql10
database-migration9
database-migrations9
typescripts8
typescript8
typescript-types8
knexjs8
sql8
portal7
postgresql6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
backstage/backstage
Aug 2022 - Nov 2022
Backstage is an open framework for building developer portals
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:16 reviews, 12 commits, 6 PRs in 3 months
Contributions summary:Alex primarily contributes to the backend functionality of the Backstage developer portal. Their work includes adding support for MySQL to the catalog-backend plugin, fixing database-related issues, and modifying existing database interactions. The commits demonstrate a focus on database schema modifications and integration with different database systems. This user also addressed feedback and fixed errors related to database interactions.
portalsinfrastructureopen-platformdxbackstage
tonedef/backstage
May 2022 - Nov 2022
Backstage is an open platform for building developer portals
Contributions:29 pushes, 3 branches in 6 months
portalsbackstageopen-platform
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