Alexander Grattan
Senior Software Engineer at Gray Swan
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlexander Grattan is a Senior Software Engineer in Pittsburgh with six years of experience building user-focused web and mobile applications, currently shipping product at Gray Swan. With a BA in Digital Narrative and Interactive Design plus a CS minor, he blends storytelling, UX sensibility, and front-end engineering to craft engaging experiences—from an AI-driven multiplayer image game to a civic app redesign for Pittsburgh. He has driven measurable performance gains (e.g., cutting GraphQL request times by ~44%) and scaled educational platforms used by hundreds of institutions. Comfortable across React/Next.js, React Native, and legacy integrations, he excels at turning tight deadlines and complex designs into polished, production-ready systems. Outside of work he channels his creative side into film study and drawing, which informs his thoughtful approach to interaction and visual design.
6 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Digital Narrative and Interactive Design, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Digital Narrative and Interactive Design at University of Pittsburgh
English
Github Skills (96)
storybook10
emotionjs10
drizzle10
hybrid10
javascript10
browser10
react-framework10
stitches10
compiler10
static-site-generator10
typescript10
ssg10
vercel10
gsap10
nextjs10
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
agrattan0820/artificial-unintelligence
Apr 2023 - Jul 2024
Online multiplayer game where players compete against each other to create the funniest AI-generated images. 👾
Contributions:27 releases, 175 PRs, 610 pushes in 1 year 3 months
drizzleexpressnextjsreplicatesocket-io
agrattan0820/Pollock-is-Poop
Dec 2021 - Dec 2022
Contributions:39 commits, 13 pushes in 1 year
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