Alexandra Taipale
Software Engineering Manager at Cisco Meraki
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolAlexandra Taipale is a Software Engineering Manager at Cisco Meraki with 11 years of tech experience and a hands-on full-stack background in React, Ruby on Rails, Scala, Postgres, and Elasticsearch. She focuses on building connected, caring teams that align engineers’ work with their lifestyles and values while coaching career growth and collaboration. Previously a full-stack engineer at Meraki, she combines deep technical chops with people-first leadership to ship reliable networking features for next-gen infrastructure. Alexandra’s curiosity-driven approach includes a programming sabbatical at Recurse Center where she applied NLP, topic modeling, and geospatial visualization to social and review data—evidence of her habit of exploring new tools and data-driven solutions. Based in San Francisco, she’s actively hiring for full-stack and backend roles and thrives in mission-driven, collaborative environments. Colleagues describe her as a leader who balances product focus, technical execution, and empathetic team development.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Biochemistry, BS, Biochemistry at University of WashingtonInternational Baccalaureate (IB) High School Diploma, International Baccalaureate (IB) High School Diploma at Lakewood High SchoolTurun yliopisto / University of Turku
English, Spanish
Stackoverflow
61reputation
6kreached
4answers
4questions
Github Skills (23)
react-component8
react7
homebrew6
amazon-ec26
max6
permission6
webpack6
java6
apache-spark6
pandas6
npm6
react-components5
css4
specification4
css-modules4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
ataipale/twitter_NLP_gif_bot
Apr 2015 - Jul 2015
Contributions:25 commits, 20 pushes, 2 branches in 3 months
ataipale/explore_seattle
Jun 2015 - Jul 2015
Contributions:40 pushes, 2 branches in 1 month
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