Alex Newby
Engineer Specialist at Credit Engine, Inc.
Gifu Prefecture, Japan
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Top SchoolAlex Newby is an Engineer Specialist with 11 years of hands-on experience building high-performance web and telephony systems, currently developing a white-label online lending SaaS for banks at Credit Engine while living in Japan. He combines backend expertise in Python, Django, and DRF with front-end skills in TypeScript, Vue, and React to deliver end-to-end features from Figma mockups to production APIs. Alex has a track record of independently leading major features, integrating AI agent prototypes into production, and optimizing complex database queries for scale. He also built interactive voice response systems handling thousands of daily calls and automated document workflows earlier in his career. Comfortable working fully remote and communicating in Japanese, he strengthens team quality with pragmatic tooling like CI linters and thorough code reviews. A Canadian in Gifu with a business background, he uniquely blends product-minded engineering with operational ownership.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
International Trade Diploma, International Trade Diploma at Fleming CollegeBachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Latin American Studies, Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Latin American Studies at Simon Fraser University
English, Japanese, Spanish
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Github Skills (183)
cms10
python10
trading10
ui-components10
coinbase10
windows10
django-blog10
websocket10
coinbase-api10
backtesting10
trading-bot10
ruby10
cryptocurrency10
automated-trading10
cordova-plugin10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
globophobe/misc
Dec 2017 - Jul 2025
Contributions:70 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 8 months
globophobe/django-quant-tick
Nov 2021 - Jan 2023
📈 Aggregate candlesticks from high frequency tick data from S3 and REST APIs
Contributions:2 releases, 191 commits, 57 PRs in 1 year 2 months
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