Alexandra Chen
alexandra.chen@email.com · (415) 555-0123 · San Francisco, CA · linkedin.com/in/alexandra-chen · github.com/alexchen · alexchen.dev · alexchen.dev
summary
Senior Software Engineer with 6+ years building scalable systems at high-growth tech companies. Proven track record leading architecture decisions, mentoring teams, and delivering products used by millions. Strong in TypeScript, distributed systems, and cross-functional collaboration.
experience
Senior Software EngineerJan 2022 – Present
Stripe, San Francisco, CA
- Led migration of payment processing pipeline to event-driven architecture, reducing latency by 40%
- Mentored team of 6 engineers; established code review standards adopted across 3 teams
- Designed real-time fraud detection dashboard serving 2M+ transactions daily
Software EngineerMar 2019 – Dec 2021
Notion, Remote
- Built collaborative editing features used by 10M+ monthly active users
- Reduced API p99 latency by 45% through query optimization and caching layer
education
B.S. Computer Science in Software Engineering2015 – 2019
Stanford University, Stanford, CA
GPA: 3.9
skills
TypeScript,React,Node.js,Python,PostgreSQL,AWS,Docker,Kubernetes,GraphQL,System Design
projects
Resume Parser CLIgithub.com/alexchen/resume-cliOpen-source developer tool for parsing and validating resume JSON. 2.4K GitHub stars.
Rust, GitHub Actions, npm
certifications
AWS Solutions Architect — Amazon Web Services2023
languages
English (Native), Mandarin (Fluent)