Kara Alexandra
Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft
Greater Chicago Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKara Alexandra is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building backend systems at top-tier tech firms including Google, IBM, JPMorgan Chase, and now Microsoft. She has deep expertise in application lifecycle, containerized deployments, and notification infrastructure, having contributed notable backend work to Cloud Foundry and led migrations and core library design for Google's Family Link. A quick learner who enjoys exploring multiple languages and tooling, she blends pragmatic engineering with open-source contributions that improved Docker and Kubernetes-related workflows. Based in the Chicago area with a BA in Mathematics, she brings a mix of rigorous problem-solving and hands-on production experience that consistently modernizes service architectures.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA Mathematics, Bachelor of Arts - BA Mathematics at Messiah University
Github Skills (6)
docker10
cloud-foundry10
dockers10
buildpack10
ruby10
api-design9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
cloudfoundry/cloud_controller_ng
Dec 2015 - May 2016
Cloud Foundry Cloud Controller
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:86 commits, 1 PR, 31 pushes in 5 months
Contributions summary:Kara's contributions primarily focused on modifying and enhancing the Cloud Foundry Cloud Controller, specifically in the area of application lifecycle management and buildpack/docker-based deployments. They refactored existing droplet lifecycle objects, introduced new app lifecycle objects for Docker support, and implemented changes related to resource matching and service broker deletion. The user also made adjustments to API documentation, including adding example bodies and correcting error messages. Finally, the user contributed to adding the correct lifecycle for updating apps, along with code to handle tasks for Docker images.
foundrycontrollercloud-foundrysap-hanaruby
ardnaxelarak/alttpr_item_editor
Dec 2020 - Aug 2023
Contributions:4 releases, 26 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 9 months
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