Alex Mueller
Staff Software Engineer at Backstory
Portland, Oregon, United States
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Top SchoolAlex Mueller is a Staff Software Engineer based in Portland, Oregon with 12 years of experience building full-stack JavaScript systems and leading engineering teams. He blends deep front-end expertise in Angular, React, and Vue with backend proficiency in Node.js, Express, Koa, Serverless, Postgres, and Mongo to deliver product-focused, production-ready features. Alex has shifted between individual contributor and management roles—mentoring developers, running workshops on accessibility, and creating competency matrices—while continuing to ship complex integrations like payroll connectors and device-to-browser TrueAuth flows. He led architecture and tooling efforts at startups and as a CTO, including building a custom React/GraphQL platform, fast Postgres search, and reusable UI/SDK components. Known for pragmatic refactors and developer experience improvements, he frequently balances performance, accessibility, and security in customer-facing products. Outside day-to-day engineering, he has a history of reverse-engineering APIs for integrations and presenting technical work publicly, demonstrating practical curiosity and a builder’s mentality.
12 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts, Computer Science, Mathematics, Bachelor of Arts, Computer Science, Mathematics at Linfield UniversitySouth Medford High School
German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (200)
starter-kit10
postgresql10
jsonb10
databases10
db210
hasura10
rest-api10
haskell10
javascript10
graphql-api10
trigger10
api10
sql10
access-control10
d110
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
ajmueller/express-auth-session
Mar 2016 - May 2018
Contributions:84 commits, 4 PRs, 77 pushes in 2 years 2 months
authorizationexpressjsauthenticationexpressexpress-starter
connectivedx/Phoenix
Aug 2013 - Jun 2015
Contributions:5 releases, 460 commits, 49 PRs in 1 year 10 months
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