Alex Sanhueza
Senior Software Engineer at Knowable
Los Angeles, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlex Sanhueza is a Senior Software Engineer in Los Angeles with five years of experience building lean, well-tested systems that balance scalability with delivery velocity. At Knowable he leads architecture and cross-functional coordination for a flagship internal app, drives tooling to improve engineering workflows, and orchestrates large-scale data migrations and incident response. He has practical full-stack experience—migrating React apps to Next.js, optimizing complex Formik-driven flows, and improving maintainability of Electron-based developer tooling. As an open-source contributor to Swell, he implemented GraphQL schema introspection and refactored gRPC UI components into hooks, demonstrating a knack for improving developer experience. His background in analytical chemistry informs a methodical, data-driven approach to debugging and validation that complements his software engineering craft. Comfortable leading both code and coordination, he focuses on pragmatic solutions that accelerate teams without sacrificing long-term quality.
5 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate Software Engineering, Certificate Software Engineering at CodesmithBachelor of Science (BS) Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Bachelor of Science (BS) Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at UC Santa Barbara
English, Spanish
Github Skills (10)
graphql10
hook10
javascript10
front-end-development10
wordpress-graphql10
wpgraphql10
react10
typescript-types7
typescript7
typescripts7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
open-source-labs/Swell
Aug 2020 - Oct 2020
Swell: API development tool that enables developers to test endpoints served over streaming technologies including Server-Sent Events (SSE), WebSockets, HTTP2, GraphQL, gRPC, and tRPC..
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 134 commits, 4 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:Alex primarily contributed to the front-end of the project by implementing GraphQL schema introspection capabilities. They added functionality to display the schema information in a sidebar component and incorporated a button for initiating introspection. Furthermore, they refactored existing components, particularly for gRPC interactions, into functional components with hooks, improving maintainability. The user also addressed some bugs or integration challenges within the existing code base.
grpcendpointsendpointswellmonitoring
alexsanhueza/enviro-LIMS
Jul 2020 - Sep 2020
Web-based Laboratory Information Management System
Contributions:43 commits, 1 PR, 10 pushes in 2 months
management-systeminformation-managementdjangolaboratoryphp
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