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Alex Rivera

Senior Product Engineer · 8 years experience

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Professional Experience

Stripe
Senior Software Engineer
Mar 2021Present
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Led payments infrastructure team, reduced latency by 40% across core APIs. Architected distributed systems handling 50M+ transactions daily and mentored a team of 6 engineers.

Payment SystemsDistributed SystemsGoKafka
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Notion
Software Engineer
Jun 2019Feb 2021
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Built real-time collaboration features used by 10M+ users. Implemented WebSocket infrastructure for live document syncing.

ReactNode.jsWebSocketsTypeScript
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Intercom
Frontend Engineer
Jan 2017May 2019
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Owned the Inbox product end-to-end, shipped 20+ features. Improved performance by 35% through code splitting and lazy loading.

ReactJavaScriptCSSRedux

Education

MIT
Bachelor of Science · Computer Science
Sep 2013Jun 2017GPA: 3.9
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Dean's List. Focus on distributed systems and algorithms.

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Projects

E-commerce Platform
React, Node.js, PostgreSQL
Jun 2022Dec 2022

Built a full-stack e-commerce platform with real-time inventory management.

ReactNode.jsPostgreSQLStripe API
Analytics Dashboard
Next.js, TypeScript, BigQuery
Jan 2023Ongoing

Real-time analytics dashboard processing 10M+ events daily.

Next.jsTypeScriptBigQueryData Visualization

Certifications

AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Amazon Web Services
Mar 2022Mar 2025
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Professional level certification in AWS cloud architecture and solutions design.

Leadership Activities

Tech Lead
Stripe
Team Leader
Mar 2021Ongoing

Led a team of 6 engineers on the payments infrastructure team. Mentored junior developers and drove technical decisions.

Volunteer Mentor
CodePath
Technical Mentor
Jun 2020Dec 2021

Mentored 5 underrepresented students in software engineering fundamentals.