Alex Kudlick
Staff Software Engineer at Gradient
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlex Kudlick is a Staff Software Engineer in San Francisco with 14 years of hands-on experience building scalable platform and embedded systems across startups and transportation tech. He has progressed from data analyst roles to leading platform engineering at PAX Labs and senior platform work at Gradient, combining deep technical craftsmanship with architectural leadership. Comfortable across the stack, Alex has repeatedly shipped production systems for robotics, cloud-based compute, and consumer hardware teams, often bridging product and infrastructure gaps. He pairs a mathematics background from UC Berkeley with a practical, test-driven approach to design and mentorship, helping teams move from prototype to reliable service. Known as an architect and craftsman on GitHub, he brings a pragmatic focus on performance, observability, and operational excellence that isn’t always visible from titles alone.
15 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Mathematics, Bachelor's degree Mathematics at University of California, Berkeley
Github Skills (45)
aws-sdk-java-v210
aws-sdk10
amazon10
java9
aws9
maintenance-mode9
react9
flask9
data-visualization8
data-analysis8
python8
data-analytics8
vertices8
analytics8
amazon-web-services8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
akud/graphs
Oct 2017 - Jan 2018
Contributions:17 commits, 30 PRs, 85 pushes in 2 months
visualizationstheorygraphgraph-theoryvisualization
akud/PLoS-Article-Classification
Aug 2011 - Dec 2020
Contributions:96 commits, 1 push in 9 years 6 months
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