Alex Song
Software Engineering Manager - Cloud Infrastructure & Platform Services
Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Summary
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Top SchoolAlex Song is a seasoned software engineering manager with 14 years at Cisco leading cloud infrastructure, platform services and identity/access programs across enterprise and customer-facing domains. He blends hands-on backend engineering—demonstrated by contributions to the Firewalla network security project fixing DHCP and TCP BBR issues—with strategic leadership in CIAM, data protection, risk & compliance, and DevSecOps. Alex has repeatedly translated complex security and master data challenges into scalable cloud-native architectures and operational platforms. Based in Shanghai and holding a master's in computer science from Tongji University, he pairs technical depth in user behavior analytics and ML-driven fraud detection with pragmatic program management. Notably, his work spans both product-grade network traffic analysis and enterprise identity services, giving him a rare cross-cutting perspective on security from device to cloud.
14 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Master, Computer Science & Engineering, Master, Computer Science & Engineering at Tongji University
English, Chinese
Github Skills (10)
nodejs10
javascript10
network-protocol10
back-end-development9
network-security9
dhcp9
network-traffic8
traffic-analysis8
network-analysis8
expressjs7
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
firewalla/firewalla
Apr 2017 - Jun 2018
http://firewalla.com
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:538 commits, 60 PRs, 45 comments in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Alex primarily focused on fixing and enhancing the backend functionality of the `firewalla/firewalla` repository, which appears to be related to a network security device. Their commits addressed issues with DHCP functionality and resolved problems related to the underlying TCP congestion control mechanism (BBR). They also introduced new detailed app and category flow analysis features that suggests work on network traffic monitoring and reporting. The merging of changes from the firewalla repository also reflects a significant role in code integration and maintenance.
cyberraspberry-pirouterosdnssecurity
starsy/Karabiner-Elements
May 2017 - Jul 2017
Contributions:4 releases, 55 commits, 46 pushes in 2 months
karabinerelementskarabiner-elementsjavascriptmapping
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