Summary
Alexander Bullen is a Staff Engineer with nine years building scalable web and API analysis tools, currently based in Sunnyvale, California. He helped evolve Tinfoil Security from startup to Synopsys team, improving JS-enabled web crawling, creating GraphQL correctness analyzers, and shipping user-friendly front ends in React and Vue.js. Comfortable across the stack, he pairs Ruby on Rails and Elixir backend experience with modern frontend work and pragmatic product focus. Known internally as a "top-shelf" problem-solver, he brings a mindset of curiosity—tinkering with new tech—and a background in psychology that sharpens his approach to usability and team collaboration. Outside work he’s an avid tabletop gamer and occasional martial artist, traits that inform his strategic, playful approach to engineering challenges.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Psychology, Bachelor's degree Psychology at Albion College
Computer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at App Academy