Summary
Alic Szecsei is a Software Development Engineer II with 11 years of experience building games, graphics, mobile and web applications, currently contributing to AWS after several impactful engineering roles at Microsoft. He blends a creative game/graphics programming mindset with production-grade engineering—shipping mobile apps, web services, and performance-optimized C++ components (including a 28% hotspot improvement during an internship). Alic’s background includes teaching and automating grading workflows, leading cross-platform app projects at a research center, and hands-on product work from startups to large cloud platforms. Based in Issaquah, WA, he enjoys interdisciplinary teams where art meets computer science and consistently delivers tangible demos and prototypes alongside scalable systems.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree Computer Science, Master’s Degree Computer Science at University of Iowa
English, French