Alex Van De Sandt is a software engineer based in Chicago with 11 years of hands-on experience building scalable backend services and full-stack web applications. Currently at Fieldwire, he focuses on reliable, high-performance systems that help construction teams organize work; previously he built data-heavy tooling for service engineers at Honeywell Connected Aerospace and Defense. A Purdue CS graduate, he combines practical production work with contributions to open-source projects—his QA/test automation efforts in the widely used clap Rust project illustrate a knack for code modernization and preserving build/test integrity. Colleagues appreciate that he blends careful engineering discipline with a willingness to dig into tests and tooling to keep large codebases healthy.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at Zionsville Community High School
Bachelors, Computer Science, Senior, Bachelors, Computer Science, Senior at Purdue University
A full featured, fast Command Line Argument Parser for Rust
Role in this project:
QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
Contributions:8 commits, 1 PR, 2 comments in 26 days
Contributions summary:Alex primarily contributed to removing `#[macro_use]` from various test files and examples, indicating a focus on code cleanup and modernization within the testing framework. They addressed occurrences across test files, examples, and benchmark code, suggesting a broad effort to improve the project's codebase. Furthermore, a commit reverted changes that broke doc tests and import of macros, emphasizing a role in maintaining the build and test integrity of the project.
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Alex Van De Sandt - Software Engineer at Fieldwire