Alexander Christoforides
Software Engineer at MathWorks
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolAlexander Christoforides is a software engineer based in Boston with eight years of experience building robust, cross-platform systems in C++, C, Java, and Python. Currently at MathWorks, he focuses on real-time systems, modular architecture, and backend reliability while drawing on internship and support roles that solidified his product- and user-oriented perspective. He contributes to notable open-source work on CppMicroServices, improving exception handling, concurrency, and performance in an OSGi-like C++ module system. Comfortable across Windows, macOS, and Linux, he applies systems-level thinking from operating systems to graphics to deliver maintainable, high-quality code. Colleagues value his attention to robustness and his habit of pruning legacy complexity to improve long-term system health.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree Computer Science, Bachelor's Degree Computer Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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Github Skills (13)
microservices-application10
error-handling10
c-language10
microservices10
cprogramming-language10
performance-optimization10
ldap9
osgi9
boost8
socket6
macos6
winsock6
networking6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
CppMicroServices/CppMicroServices
Sep 2019 - Jan 2023
An OSGi-like C++ dynamic module system and service registry
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 114 reviews, 133 commits in 3 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Alexander primarily contributed to the C++ MicroServices library by addressing exceptions and improving code robustness. Their work included modifications to exception handling within the service factory, along with updates to library loading error messages, specifically in the SharedLibrary class. They also optimized AtCompoundKey and LDAP Queries and removed unused code and legacy libraries. Furthermore, the user made improvements to bundle registry performance and addressed some concurrency issues.
module-systemcppservice-registryitilosgi
achristoforides/CppMicroServices
Sep 2019 - Aug 2021
An OSGi-like C++ dynamic module system and service registry
Contributions:199 pushes, 33 branches in 1 year 10 months
module-systemcppservice-registryosgic-plus-plus
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