Alex Lafroscia
Senior Software Engineer at Addepar
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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Top SchoolAlex Lafroscia is a senior software engineer with 12 years of experience focused on front-end infrastructure, build tooling, and developer experience. Based in Pittsburgh, he has driven improvements to package management, testing infrastructure, and design systems at companies including Netflix, Google, Movable Ink, and Apple through PRO Unlimited. A long-time Ember contributor, Alex has implemented core Embroider features, enhanced ember-cli tooling, and improved UX components like Ember Paper’s switch—including hard-to-reproduce iOS tap fixes. He blends hands-on component work and QA/test automation, modernizing test suites and integrating tools like Prettier and Embroider. Known for mentoring engineering teams, he pairs pragmatic engineering with attention to developer ergonomics. Actively hiring-seeking historically, he’s the sort of engineer who enjoys both polishing UI details and untangling build-system complexity.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Harborfields High SchoolBachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science at University of Pittsburgh
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Github Skills (31)
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package-management10
ember-addon10
hammer10
testing10
guideline10
eslint10
hammerjs10
webpack10
pretier10
emberjs10
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Programming languages (26)
Github contributions (5)
adopted-ember-addons/ember-pikaday
Sep 2018 - Dec 2018
A datepicker component for Ember CLI projects.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:5 releases, 32 commits, 14 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:Alex primarily contributed to the testing and component development of the `ember-pikaday` datepicker addon. Their work involved writing integration tests for the component, ensuring functionality like date selection, format, and i18n configurations. They also refactored tests to use more modern async/await patterns and test helpers. Further contributions included updating the ESLint configuration and removing legacy runloop hacks in the test suite.
datepicker-componentpikadaydatepickerember-clicalendar
ember-cli/eslint-plugin-ember
Jan 2017 - Nov 2019
An ESLint plugin that provides set of rules for Ember applications based on commonly known good practices.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:10 commits, 14 PRs, 64 comments in 2 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Alex primarily focused on enhancing the functionality and structure of the Ember CLI ESLint plugin. Their contributions included updating the project structure to align with Yeoman generator standards, introducing a new rule to disallow classic classes, and implementing a rule to enforce tagless components. Additionally, the user updated utilities for resolving import modules, further refining the plugin's codebase and adhering to best practices.
eslintcommonlygood-practiceslintingjavascript
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