Summary
Alex Tan is a software engineer with 11 years of experience, currently building scalable systems at Amazon after graduating in Informatics from the University of Washington. He has hands-on expertise across full-stack development, data pipelines, and automation—having built AWS Kinesis-to-Redshift pipelines, high-throughput web crawlers that collected millions of SKUs daily, and internal React tools that eliminated downtime for non-technical users. Comfortable with Python, Airflow, AWS services, and data visualization, he focuses on pragmatic engineering practices that improve reliability and operational efficiency. Based in the Greater Seattle area, he combines production experience at a major cloud-native employer with a track record of launching new retailer integrations and simplifying complex workflows for business teams.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Informatics, Computer Software Engineering, Informatics, Computer Software Engineering at University of Washington