Alexander Wong
Staff Engineer at Shipt
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlexander Wong is a Staff Engineer with 11 years of backend and big-data experience, currently leading promotions and monetization systems at Shipt and primarily coding in Go. He progressed through multiple engineering levels at Shipt after building platform and data experience at GE Digital, combining production-grade backend development with an eye for data-driven systems. Known for an obsessive attention to the small but consequential details, he focuses on predictable, reliable behavior in distributed services. Based in Boston, he studied computer engineering at Boston University with study abroad work in Dresden, giving him both practical U.S. startup experience and international technical exposure. He has a particular interest in climate-focused technology and is actively seeking opportunities that use Go. Mentioning whether your company uses Go will get his attention.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Study Abroad Electrical and Computer Engineering, Study Abroad Electrical and Computer Engineering at Technische Universität DresdenNewton South High SchoolBachelor of Science - BS Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Engineering at Boston University
English, German, Chinese
Github Skills (18)
tabs-management8
websocket-client8
child-process8
nodejs7
websocket7
tab-management6
chrome-extension6
firefox-addon6
fuzzy6
javascript6
chrome5
fuzzy-search4
jstree4
firefox4
keyboard-navigation4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
alexjwong/dotfiles
Aug 2016 - Jan 2024
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 7 months
alexjwong/alexjwong.github.io
Sep 2015 - Apr 2019
Contributions:12 pushes in 3 years 8 months
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