Alyx Holms
Principal Software Engineer at SpecterOps
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolAlyx Holms is a Principal Software Engineer with 12 years of experience building full-stack, production-ready web and desktop applications from the LAMP stack to Go and Electron. Currently leading engineering at SpecterOps, Alyx brings deep expertise in frontend frameworks (Vue), backend APIs, containerization, and CI/CD—recently focusing on GitLab CI/CD and WSL2 workflows. As a co-founder of RedShift Development, they combined client-facing architecture, DevOps automation with Nomad/Docker, and custom hosting to deliver maintainable, scalable solutions. Comfortable across the stack, Alyx has a track record of turning vague specs into robust systems and improving team practices like code review and deployment automation. An active contributor to security-focused tooling (services work on SpecterOps’ BloodHound) they pair curiosity about new tools with a collaborative, puzzle-solving approach. Based in Seattle and grounded in computer science training, Alyx thrives on stewardship: mentoring teams while shipping pragmatic, well-tested software.
12 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at Walla Walla University
English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (56)
sarif10
api-client10
testing10
bloodhound10
data-mesh10
exporter10
graphql-client10
azure10
common-library10
vcenter10
insomnia9
javascript9
collector9
pdf-files9
csharp9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
SpecterOps/BloodHound
Aug 2023 - Mar 2025
Six Degrees of Domain Admin
Contributions:18 releases, 394 reviews, 162 PRs in 1 year 8 months
superlinkx/eating-disorder
Sep 2013 - Dec 2014
Contributions:27 commits in 1 year 2 months
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