Alex Wong
Senior Software Developer at Shopify
Burbank, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlex Wong is a senior software developer with nine years of experience building e-commerce and consumer-facing systems, currently improving commerce at Shopify from Burbank, CA. He progressed from entry-level developer roles through senior engineering positions at Jimmy John's and Inspire Brands before joining Shopify, demonstrating steady technical growth and operational impact. Comfortable mentoring and teaching—evidenced by early roles as a course assistant and technology consultant—he brings strong communication and troubleshooting skills to cross-functional teams. Alex blends a formal Mathematics and Computer Science background from UIUC with hands-on production experience shipping reliable services at scale. Despite a self-deprecating GitHub bio, his career shows sustained responsibility for complex systems and developer productivity. He’s the kind of engineer who pairs practical problem-solving with a focus on making e-commerce better for everyone.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Github Skills (24)
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Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
alexhope61/dotfiles
Mar 2017 - Jan 2022
muh dotfiles
Contributions:4 PRs, 3 pushes, 4 branches in 4 years 10 months
vimkarabinerbashasdfdotfiles
alexhope61/test_repo
Jan 2017 - Feb 2022
Honestly just testing github webhooks
Contributions:4 PRs, 321 pushes, 7 branches in 5 years 1 month
github-bottestingwebhookwebhookstesting-github
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