Alex Tucker
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolAlex Tucker is a Staff Software Engineer based in Toronto with 14 years of experience building full-stack web systems and leading engineering efforts at companies like Shopify, Wave, and Mosaic Manufacturing. He specializes in Python (Django) and JavaScript (AngularJS), brings strong testing and automation skills illustrated by contributions to the Skyfield astronomy library, and frequently experiments with graph databases like Neo4j and input devices such as Leap Motion. A hands-on engineering leader and former Dev Manager for Customer Privacy and Compliance, Alex blends product-minded architecture with operational rigor to deliver reliable, compliant systems at scale. He’s an active open-source maintainer and community speaker who spends his free time hacking side projects to learn emerging technologies.
14 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Computing Systems, Computing Systems at Trent University
Stackoverflow
261reputation
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Github Skills (15)
data-handling10
pytest10
python10
testing10
http-request8
astronomy8
cpu6
html6
css6
cuda6
authentication6
browser6
usability6
gpgpu6
gpu6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
skyfielders/python-skyfield
Aug 2013 - Aug 2013
Elegant astronomy for Python
Role in this project:
QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:9 commits in 1 day
Contributions summary:Alex primarily focused on writing and modifying tests for the Skyfield library, specifically related to data download and file handling. They implemented tests to verify the correct functionality of `download_file` and `is_days_old`, including scenarios with and without cached data. The commits demonstrate an understanding of testing frameworks and mocking HTTP requests, contributing to the robustness and reliability of the astronomy library.
python
alextucker/grunt-growl
May 2012 - May 2013
Contributions:14 commits in 1 year
gruntfileconfigurenotifications
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