Ross Alexandra
Senior Frontend Engineer at Chess.com
Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolRoss Alexandra is a Senior Frontend Engineer with 8 years of experience crafting user-centric web experiences, currently driving a major refactor at Chess.com to modernize a legacy core framework. Comfortable across the full stack, Ross pairs React-based frontend expertise (including Electron and Ionic) with backend work in Python and Java, and has experience with PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MySQL, SQLite and BigQuery. He focuses on building products people actually want to use, blending product-minded design thinking with test-driven practices like Storybook and Jest. At Chess.com he also mentors interns, and his background includes building custom client portals and maintaining legacy systems at Battlefy. Based in Kelowna, BC, Ross brings a pragmatic, user-first approach to complex migrations and feature development, with a track record of shipping reliable, maintainable software.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Computer Software Engineering at University of Victoria
Github Skills (27)
rubiks-cube7
sudoku7
use-case7
vue6
javascript6
solver5
solve5
python5
puzzle5
progressive4
javascript-framework3
react3
2d-game3
chrome-extension2
typescript2
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Ross-Alexandra/TheGame
Dec 2018 - Jan 2024
A basic 2D game with no current ideas for story, setting, etc.
Contributions:19 PRs, 77 pushes, 16 branches in 5 years 1 month
2d-gamegamesetting2dgame-development
Ross-Alexandra/four-in-a-row-app
Apr 2018 - Aug 2022
A basic connect 4 app.
Contributions:19 pushes, 3 branches in 4 years 5 months
connect-4android
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