Alex Recker
Staff Software Engineer at Zendesk
Schaumburg, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlex Recker is a Staff Software Engineer with 12 years of experience driving backend and operational excellence at Zendesk, where he progressed from Operations Engineer to senior and now staff-level engineering roles. Based in Schaumburg, Illinois, he brings a pragmatic blend of software engineering and operations experience that helps teams ship reliable, scalable services. His background in chemistry suggests a methodical, data-driven approach to problem solving and systems design. Across roles at Healthgrades and Practice Velocity he has focused on production stability and incremental delivery, making him adept at bridging developer and operational priorities.
13 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors of Science, Chemistry, Bachelors of Science, Chemistry at Wheaton College
Github Skills (87)
python10
django10
plugin-architecture10
orm10
dotnet9
continuous-delivery9
emacs9
zoneinfo9
pytz9
cd9
aws-cloudformation9
golang8
chainable8
web-framework8
dotnet-core8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
arecker/network
Nov 2018 - Mar 2019
Contributions:28 commits, 21 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
arecker/wallpapers
Jan 2019 - Aug 2023
Contributions:10 pushes, 3 branches in 4 years 7 months
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