Alex Yong
Self Employed
Massillon, Ohio, United States
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Top SchoolAlex Yong is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of practical experience building and operating web and infrastructure systems across non-profit, academic, and corporate environments. Currently at Optimizely, he blends full-stack JavaScript and Python development with deep Linux sysadmin and DevOps pipeline expertise to deliver reliable production services. His background includes long-tenured systems engineering and DevOps roles where he automated operations and supported large-scale networks and platforms. Alex also runs a freelance IT consulting practice, showing a propensity for client-facing problem solving and adaptable tooling choices. Comfortable with legacy languages like Perl as well as modern stacks, he brings a pragmatic, operations-first mindset to software projects. Based in Massillon, Ohio, he pairs technical rigor with a psychology minor that helps him communicate effectively across teams.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
General Education, General Education at Portage High SchoolBachelor's Degree Computer Science, Bachelor's Degree Computer Science at Saint Joseph's College
English
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Github Skills (158)
epub10
file-browser10
spotify-api10
spotify10
laravel10
file-sharing10
shared-libraries10
music10
cli10
file-manager10
go10
vue10
tui10
evaluation10
docker-image10
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
alexjyong/FaceSpaceCleaner
Oct 2019 - Jun 2022
Electron Application for deleting old Facebook activity
Contributions:1 release, 11 commits, 16 pushes in 2 years 8 months
electron
alexjyong/android
Jul 2025 - Feb 2026
Forked Version of the Revolt Android app
Contributions:5 releases, 35 PRs, 89 pushes in 6 months
android-app
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