Summary
Alex Mbugua is a results-driven Full-Stack Engineer with 11 years of software experience and a focused 8+ years building scalable, secure, cloud-native systems for EdTech and eCommerce. He designs and delivers platform-wide tooling and infrastructure—APIs, auth federations, and reproducible Terraform-led deployments—that bridge product needs and engineering excellence at scale. At 2U/edX he streamlined partner data access, built OAuth2 and SSO orchestration layers, and drove migrations that serve millions of learners, while mentoring teams and improving deployment consistency via GitOps. Based in Kiambu, Kenya, Alex is an articulate technical mentor who turns complex identity and integration problems into reliable, auditable services. Off-hours he channels curiosity into reverse engineering, improvised open-source contributions, and composing chiptune music inspired by Atari and C64-era nostalgia—an uncommon creative outlet that underscores his attention to low-level detail.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Bachelor of Science in Information Technology, Bachelor's degree, Bachelor of Science in Information Technology at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT)