Summary
Alex Socha is a full-stack software engineer with nine years of experience building high-impact web applications and visualization tools, currently developing trading technology at Jump Trading Group out of Sydney. He has led teams and owned delivery across ~50 internal services as Web Tech Lead at Akuna Capital, working with Python, TypeScript, React, Docker and Kubernetes. Alex’s background spans academic research and education projects—designing reliable data-transfer protocols, IoT integrations, and an open-source network-visualization library with multi-language support—reflecting a strong focus on algorithms, functional programming and data visualization. Earlier in his career he built a massively popular Minecraft extension with over five million users, demonstrating product instincts, community-driven design and sustainable monetization. He combines hands-on engineering with a knack for intuitive APIs and production-grade tooling, making him comfortable both leading teams and shipping complex systems.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
John Monash Science School
Bachelor of Computer Science, Computer Science, Bachelor of Computer Science, Computer Science at Monash University
English, Polish, French, German