Alex Carter

Senior Software Engineer

Software engineer with 10+ years of experience building scalable web platforms, cloud infrastructure, and high-performance backend systems.

Profile

Experienced backend and infrastructure engineer focused on building secure, fault-tolerant systems for SaaS products and data-intensive applications. Strong background in distributed services, observability, automation, and production reliability.

Work Experience

Lead Backend Engineer — CloudNova Labs

2021 — Present
  • Designed and launched distributed backend services handling millions of requests per day.
  • Improved deployment reliability through CI/CD automation and infrastructure as code.
  • Led migration from monolithic services to containerized microservice architecture.

Senior Software Engineer — ByteForge Systems

2017 — 2021
  • Built internal APIs and event-driven processing systems using Python and Go.
  • Optimized PostgreSQL workloads and reduced response times across critical endpoints.
  • Implemented monitoring, alerting, and logging pipelines for production services.

Software Engineer — StackRiver Tech

2014 — 2017
  • Developed web services and internal tooling for enterprise clients.
  • Maintained Linux-based environments and improved release workflows.
  • Collaborated with product and QA teams to deliver stable feature releases.

Projects

  • Built a real-time analytics ingestion service with horizontal scaling support.
  • Created a deployment automation toolkit for multi-environment infrastructure.
  • Developed internal developer portals and operational dashboards.