Alexander Beers
Software Development Engineer at PerkinElmer Informatics
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlexander Beers is a Software Development Engineer in Boston with nine years of experience blending structural engineering rigor and full-stack software development to solve complex problems. He has built scalable notification and ad-tech tooling at Wayfair and now contributes to PerkinElmer Informatics, pairing front-end React work with back-end services and data-driven tooling. As a seasoned bootcamp instructor at General Assembly, he honed clear, empathetic communication and the ability to debug and teach code under pressure, earning consistently high learner satisfaction. Trained in civil and structural engineering (Princeton, Lehigh), he brings a methodical, systems-thinking approach to software design—breaking problems to their smallest parts before recombining them. Deeply interested in game strategy, he applies probabilistic thinking and creative scenario planning to engineering trade-offs and product decisions. He’s motivated by social impact and education, and stays engaged by ensuring his work produces measurable benefits for users.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Structural Engineering, Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Structural Engineering at Lehigh UniversityBachelor of Science in Engineering (B.S.E.), Civil and Environmental Engineering, Bachelor of Science in Engineering (B.S.E.), Civil and Environmental Engineering at Princeton University
Github Skills (14)
mongoose6
crud5
foreign5
foreign-keys5
mongodb4
sql-parser3
javascript3
nodejs3
lodash3
functional-programming2
postgresql2
sql2
css1
layout1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
abeers/project-two-front-end
Sep 2016 - Oct 2016
Contributions:68 commits, 12 pushes, 2 branches in 6 days
abeers/destiny-knot-front-end
Nov 2016 - Nov 2016
Contributions:40 commits, 6 pushes, 12 branches in 6 days
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