Alex Sokol
Lead Software Engineer at Brady Corporation
Greater Milwaukee United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlex Sokol is a Lead Software Engineer based in Greater Milwaukee with 7 years of professional engineering and leadership experience, now driving technical initiatives at Brady Corporation. He blends hands-on development—evidenced by extending Kotlin Multiplatform to support JavaScript and web assets—with strong delivery and team leadership from roles spanning development manager, scrum master, and product lead. Comfortable across mobile, web, and DevOps concerns, he has a track record of shipping cross-platform tooling and adapting build systems to expand platform reach. Alex’s background includes both enterprise and consulting environments, giving him a pragmatic approach to balancing technical debt, stakeholder needs, and product outcomes. He pairs a BS in Computer Science with a history of stepping into varied operational roles, suggesting an appetite for solving gaps between engineering, process, and product.
7 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science at University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeOpenSap
Github Skills (9)
kotlin10
javascript10
kotlin-multiplatform10
gradlew9
gradle9
webpack8
webpacker8
android5
ios5
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
icerockdev/moko-resources
Mar 2022 - Apr 2022
Resources access for mobile (android & ios) Kotlin Multiplatform development
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer (Mobile & JS)
Full-stack Developer (Mobile & JS)Contributions:10 reviews, 37 commits, 5 PRs in 1 month
Contributions summary:Alex primarily focused on adding JavaScript (JS) target support to the Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) project, specifically for accessing resources within the JS environment. This included implementing a `JsStringProvider` to handle string localization within JS and modifying the Gradle build configuration to support the new target. The user also worked on integrating fonts and assets, and adapting the sample web application for the new changes. These changes highlight the user's focus on expanding the project's capabilities to web platforms, using KMP.
multiplatformmokokotlin-ioskotlin-multiplatformios-android
meetacy/sdk
Apr 2023 - Mar 2024
Contributions:13 reviews, 77 PRs, 144 pushes in 11 months
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