Summary
Alice Barker is an independent contractor and seasoned engineering leader with 11 years of experience building web applications, secure systems, and microwave imaging hardware. She has led technology and engineering teams at organizations ranging from nonprofits to startups and founded creative agencies, delivering projects with budgets up to $500K and partnering on secure web application integrations. Recent work includes focused microwave antenna development and synthetic aperture radar imaging, showing a rare cross-disciplinary aptitude that spans full-stack web development to applied RF systems. Alice has a track record of operational leadership—serving as Director of Engineering and Director of Technology—while also co-founding impact-driven initiatives like a pareto-optimal bail fund distribution system. Based in Seattle, she combines liberal arts training with deep technical and product experience, bringing pragmatic, security-minded engineering to complex, real-world problems.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies, Bachelor's degree, Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies at Bennington College
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies, Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies at Sarah Lawrence College