Reece Alexander
Senior Web Applications & API Developer
Queensland, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolReece Alexander is a Senior Web Applications & API Developer based in Queensland, Australia, with over a decade of professional experience and more than two decades of hands-on PHP expertise. He currently leads API and web application work at mod.io, bringing a proven track record of shipping reliable backend systems and improving framework-level code. Reece has held senior and director-level roles across agencies and product companies, often steering teams through PHP, MySQL, and modern web stacks while integrating third-party APIs and CI tooling. An active open-source contributor, he has made practical improvements to the popular Silverstripe framework—addressing API standards, database handling, and developer ergonomics. Known for mentoring strong engineers and recruiting top-tier talent, he balances pragmatic delivery with platform-level thinking. Practical, curious, and unafraid to dive into core framework changes, Reece thrives on improving both product reliability and developer experience.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at Robina High School
English
Github Skills (7)
php10
silverstripe10
back-end-development10
api-design9
database-management8
composer7
fest4
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
silverstripe/silverstripe-framework
Feb 2017 - Mar 2018
Silverstripe Framework, the MVC framework that powers Silverstripe CMS
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:10 commits, 15 PRs, 38 comments in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Reece primarily focused on enhancing the Silverstripe Framework's core functionalities. Their contributions include adding chainability to field methods, modifying database currency handling, and updating the framework to meet API standards. Furthermore, the user addressed potential issues related to PHP configurations and added missing deprecated tags. They also incorporated improvements such as adding a missing composer.json notice.
cmsmvc-frameworksilverstripe
arkhi-digital/silverstripe-cloudflare
Oct 2016 - Jul 2019
This module aims to relieve the stress of using CloudFlare caching with any SilverStripe project. Adds extension hooks that clears CloudFlares cache for a specific page when that page is published or unpublished
Contributions:6 releases, 105 commits, 43 PRs in 2 years 9 months
cachingcloudflaresilverstripecloudflare-cache
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