Alexander Sghia-hughes
Senior Software Engineer at Capital One
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlexander Sghia-hughes is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building full-stack web applications using TypeScript, React, Elixir/Phoenix, Ruby on Rails and related technologies. He focuses on delivering end-user value through well-tested, high-quality code and has applied that mindset across startups and enterprises from Zipcar to Capital One. His Elixir work at MBTA moved beyond the website into real-time subway prediction systems, demonstrating comfort with concurrent, production-grade systems. Alexander has driven integrations and product-facing features like mobile unlocks and international billing while also tackling technical debt and platform improvements. Based in McLean, VA, he blends pragmatic engineering with a tendency to prefer direct product impact over abstraction for its own sake.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Github Skills (20)
countdown9
buffer7
visualizer6
gtfs5
python5
user-interface4
splunk4
backend4
trainings3
logger3
logging3
realtime3
collector3
matching2
docker1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
sghiaa/creativity
Jun 2024 - Jun 2024
generate writing prompts
Contributions:6 reviews, 2 PRs, 3 pushes in 1 day
sghiaa/tft-items
Jan 2023 - Feb 2023
Contributions:14 pushes, 2 branches in 28 days
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