Alex Mathew
Senior Software Engineer at Vivid Seats
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolAlex Mathew is a senior backend software engineer with 11 years of experience building scalable, secure distributed systems across high-traffic consumer and e-commerce platforms. He has deep expertise in AWS, Java, and Go, complemented by practical Python and frontend experience, and a track record of designing microservices for companies from startups to hyperscalers like Amazon and Google. Based in Chicago, he currently drives backend architecture and delivery at Vivid Seats after roles at Deliveroo and multiple e-commerce firms where he owned end-to-end features and integrations. Alex combines hands-on implementation with operational rigor—instrumenting systems for observability and reliability under real-world load. He holds a Master’s in Computer Science from NYU and is especially adept at translating business requirements into performant, maintainable services and automation that reduce cross-team friction. An engineer who continually moves between code, infrastructure, and product, he brings both breadth and production-proven depth to distributed systems challenges.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree Information Technology, Bachelor's Degree Information Technology at Mahatma Gandhi UniversityMaster’s Degree Computer Science, Master’s Degree Computer Science at New York University
English, Hindi, Malayalam
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Github Skills (131)
mongodb10
raspberry10
windowing10
javascript9
github-desktop9
database9
postgresql9
query-builder9
sublime9
mssql9
x119
orm9
react9
map-editor9
tilemap9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
subnomo/tubetop
Aug 2017 - Nov 2019
A YouTube music player, for your desktop.
Contributions:5 releases, 138 commits, 11 PRs in 2 years 3 months
youtube-music-playerelectronyoutube-musicjavascriptyoutube
subnomo/tumblr-likes
Dec 2018 - Aug 2022
Command-line program that downloads liked posts from Tumblr.
Contributions:9 releases, 49 commits, 10 PRs in 3 years 8 months
cratetumblr-downloaderrustcommandline-toolrustlang
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