Alex Jewell

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ABOUT ALEX JEWELL

Experienced software engineering leader with a keen interest in emerging technologies, managing and growing teams, partnering with product and business goals, and experience across industries, categories, and stacks.5+ years in leadership, 15+ years engineering.Industries: fintech/banking, healthcare, marketplace/gig economy, social media, consultancyFocus Areas: gamification, incentivization, experience, engineering culture, standardization, productSkills- Leadership, mentorship, agile/scrum, managing stakeholders, hiring and growing teams, build-vs-buy and vendor management, KPIs/OKRs, feature and effort prioritization, standardization, engineering culture- Frontend: JavaScript/TypeScript, React.js, Node.js, Next.js, Nest.js, Redux, NPM, Monorepos, Angular.js, GraphQL, Component Libraries, Jest, WebdriverIO, TDD, test automation, HTML, CSS, DOM, Webpack, Vite, Rollup, React Testing Library, React Native, JSON, A/B testing, feature flagging (LaunchDarkly)- Backend: Python, Ruby on Rails, PHP, PostreSQL/Aurora, Sequelize/ORMs, Backend-for-Frontend Patterns (BFF), Database/Schema Design, MySQL, NoSQL/MongoDB/DynamoDB, RESTful APIs, Swagger- Blockchain: Solidity, Smart Contracts, Token Types/Standards, Identity/DIDs, Staking- Auth: FIDO2, OAUTH2, Okta, Keycloak, IBM ISVS, Yubikeys- Cloud, DevOps: AWS (EC2, lambda, API gateway, KMS, Nitro Enclave, SQS/queuing, CloudWatch), Sentry, pipelines, Terraform, Jenkins, Github Actions, CircleCI, Docker/containerization, on-call scheduling and alerting (PagerDuty), Blue/Green Deployment- Other managed engineering efforts: Generative AI, AR/VR, Blockchain (Rust, Go, HSMs), MuleSoft, TIBCO, Java Spring Boot- Artisan foodporn director and social media marketing expert at @bestfoodalex.Contributor to political organizations, economic forums, and watchdog groups dealing with the Fourth Industrial Revolution, futurism, digital identity, and decentralization.