Alexandra Vest
Technical Writer at Apex Fintech Solutions
Greater Indianapolis United States
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Top SchoolAlexandra Vest is a technical writer with seven years of experience crafting clear, user-focused documentation for cloud and serverless platforms at companies like Google and AWS, and now supporting fintech at Apex Fintech Solutions. She specializes in Docs-as-Code workflows, taxonomy design, and integrating documentation into release cycles to keep content accurate as products evolve. Alexandra has led API and UX documentation for large projects—driving Cloud Quotas taxonomy approval by senior leadership and shaping Google’s Unified Maintenance docs—while acting as a bridge between engineers, PMs, and developer advocates. Her background in developer-facing content, console strings, and release notes is complemented by hands-on experience with integrations and automation from earlier development roles. Known for turning ambiguous features into accessible guides, she also brings practical scripting and SharePoint automation experience that helps streamline documentation operations.
7 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at Indiana University South BendBachelor's degree Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Bachelor's degree Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services at Purdue University Northwest
English
Github Skills (18)
aws-lambda10
amazon-web-services10
user-guide10
aws10
lambda10
serverless10
ray10
elastic10
aws-cloudformation9
aws-serverless7
documentation6
serverless-applications6
aws-sam6
sam6
java4
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
awsdocs/aws-xray-developer-guide
Dec 2018 - Jun 2020
The open source version of the AWS X-Ray User Guide
Contributions:34 commits, 18 PRs, 32 pushes in 1 year 6 months
rayuser-guideamazon-web-servicesawsaws-x-ray
awsdocs/aws-lambda-developer-guide
Aug 2020 - Mar 2021
Supplementary resources for the AWS Lambda Developer Guide
Contributions:16 commits, 7 PRs, 13 pushes in 6 months
serverlessaws-lambdaawsdeveloper-guidelambda
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