Alex Schimpf
Principal Software Engineer at GroundTruth
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlex Schimpf is a Principal Software Engineer in San Francisco with 12 years of experience building full-stack production systems and leading teams at GroundTruth. He progressed through engineering and management roles there— from hands-on development and technical lead work to senior engineering manager and now principal—bridging UI, backend, and infrastructure concerns. Prior to GroundTruth he built scalable APIs and feed ingestion systems for Yahoo! Sports, demonstrating strength in data-driven, high-throughput services. Alex maintains practical open-source projects such as a Selenium-based Snkrs bot that showcases his automation and full-stack scripting chops, including login, scheduling, and optional purchase flows. Known for refactoring legacy code into maintainable systems, he combines product-oriented engineering with an eye for operational reliability.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) Computer Science at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (14)
selenium-webdriver10
selenium-ide10
selenium10
python10
web-automation10
argparse9
chrome7
firefox7
use-case6
diagram6
android6
andengine6
2d-game6
java6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
alexschimpf/Snkrs-Bot
Aug 2018 - Aug 2020
Selenium bot for Nike Snkrs site
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:30 reviews, 14 commits, 6 PRs in 2 years
Contributions summary:Alex primarily focused on developing and enhancing the functionality of a Selenium bot for the Nike Snkrs site. The contributions involved adding features, refactoring the code for better organization and maintainability. The user also introduced the capability to customize the script, including the integration of login and release time parameters, and added the ability to purchase shoes with an optional purchase parameter.
selenium
alexschimpf/Collector_V2
Apr 2016 - Aug 2016
Contributions:118 commits, 118 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
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