Alex Spencer
Senior Software Engineer at Grafana Labs
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Top SchoolAlex Spencer is a Senior Software Engineer based in Vancouver with six years of full‑stack experience building observable, high-performance web applications using JavaScript/TypeScript, React/Ember, Node.js, and PostgreSQL/MongoDB. Currently at Grafana Labs after roles at ServiceNow, Nike, and HealthSparq, he focuses on cloud observability and developer-facing tooling that helps teams ship reliable systems faster. Comfortable across testing frameworks (Jest, Cypress, QUnit) and CI workflows, he blends front-end polish with backend robustness to deliver end-to-end features. A former investment analyst, he brings an analytical, metrics-driven approach to product decisions and a knack for turning complex data into actionable UI/UX. Colleagues rely on him to bridge product and platform needs while keeping delivery practical and well-tested.
7 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Alchemy Code LabWhitworth University
Github Skills (23)
monitoring10
observability10
dashboard10
postgresql10
mysql10
grafana10
analytics10
go10
prometheus10
business-intelligence10
elasticsearch10
data-visualization10
influxdb10
backend5
grafana-plugin5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
alexjonspencer1/portfolio-site
Nov 2019 - Oct 2021
This is my portfolio site! It is built with React.js and is aimed towards giving site visitors a bit of information! 1) a little about me, 2) what I can do and what tech stack I know, 3) some of my projects, and 4) ways to get in touch with me :)
Contributions:51 PRs, 51 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year 11 months
reactbuilt-with-reactmy-projectscssjavascript
team-caffeine/team-caffeine.github.io
Aug 2019 - Aug 2019
Learn all about espresso-based drinks in our Deja Brew app! We'll take you through the staples, with some drinks you may have never heard of! Then move on to play mode, where you'll encounter customer orders, and have to beat the clock to win!
Contributions:56 PRs, 55 pushes, 22 branches in 4 days
clockbrewencounterneverdrinks
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