Summary
Alexandra Plassaras is a Data Engineer in Seattle with 11 years of cross-functional experience building reliable data pipelines, analytics products, and stakeholder-facing solutions. She blends hands-on engineering—Spark, AWS (S3, RDS), Python/Flask, Redshift—and production debugging with a strong product sensibility honed at Rover, Udemy, and Microsoft. Alexandra has driven ETL and GDPR efforts, uncovered multimillion-dollar revenue insights, and translated user needs into dashboards and APIs for both commercial and defense customers. A curious self-starter and former tutor, she excels at making data accessible and trustworthy for non-technical partners while mentoring others through technical interviews and evaluation. Notably, her background spans rigorous social-science research and international study, giving her an uncommon mix of quantitative rigor and user-centered communication.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Japanese Summer Immersion Program, Japanese Language, Japanese Summer Immersion Program, Japanese Language at Middlebury College
Keio International Program, Keio University, 4.0, Keio International Program, Keio University, 4.0 at 慶応義塾大学
Master's degree, Quantitative Methods in Social Sciences, 4.0, Master's degree, Quantitative Methods in Social Sciences, 4.0 at Columbia University in the City of New York
Bachelor of Arts and Sciences, International Relations, Bachelor of Arts and Sciences, International Relations at Boston University
Japanese, Greek