Summary
Alex Valencia is a Ruby on Rails and React developer with nine years of experience building accessible, component-driven web applications and APIs for organizations ranging from enterprise clients to government services. Currently at Planning Center, he blends front-end craftsmanship (React, Redux, Vue, Sass) with backend fluency in Rails and Node to deliver pragmatic, well-tested solutions. His background includes improving developer experiences and accessibility at the VA, creating cross-team JavaScript tooling, and teaching front-end topics—skills that reflect both hands-on coding and knowledge-sharing. A former worship ministry leader, he brings strong team-building and product-ownership instincts to technical work, often pairing design systems (Atomic Design, BEM) with practical DevOps and documentation practices.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Music in Worship, Bachelor’s Degree, Music in Worship at Biola University
English