Summary
Alex Kopen is a Senior Software Engineer with a decade of experience building full-stack, production-grade systems across startups and large enterprises from Denver. He specializes in React/Angular frontends, Node/.NET backends, GraphQL and REST APIs, and cloud deployments on Azure and AWS, often improving performance in CPU- and data-intensive applications. Alex has driven cross-functional projects at Apple, UnitedHealth Group, Zonar, and Transflo—designing component libraries, real-time pipelines with Kafka, and GraphQL schemas that optimize broker-specific data retrieval. Fluent in English and Spanish, he pairs strong communication and stakeholder collaboration with a tester-first mindset (Vitest/Karma) and CI/CD automation. A self-described JavaScript ecosystem fixer, he brings pragmatic engineering leadership and a knack for turning complex workflows into maintainable, well-tested software.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Science and Political Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science and Political Science at Saint John's University
English, Spanish