About Me

San Francisco, CA

I'm a full-stack developer with a deep love for the intersection of engineering and design. With over 5 years in the industry, I've shipped products used by millions — from scrappy startups to enterprise teams.

My sweet spot is the frontend: building fast, accessible interfaces that feel effortless to use. I care deeply about the craft — clean code, thoughtful UX, and systems that scale gracefully without becoming a maintenance nightmare.

When I'm not pushing pixels or wrangling APIs, you'll find me hiking the trails around the Bay, contributing to open source, or experimenting with generative art.

Alex Carter

What I Believe In

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Performance First

Every millisecond matters. I obsess over load times, core web vitals, and runtime efficiency.

Accessible by Default

The web should work for everyone. Accessibility is a feature, not an afterthought.

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Ship with Intent

Move fast and don't break things. Deliberate iteration beats hasty perfection.

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Always Learning

The tech landscape never stops evolving, and neither do I. Curiosity is my superpower.

Skills & Expertise

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Frontend

ReactTypeScriptTailwind CSSTanStack RouterViteFramer Motion
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Backend

Node.jsExpressPostgreSQLRedisGraphQLREST APIs
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Cloud & DevOps

NetlifyAWSDockerGitHub ActionsVercelCloudflare
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Design

FigmaUI/UX DesignDesign SystemsAccessibilityPrototyping

Work Experience

Senior Frontend Engineer

Acme Corp

San Francisco, CA (Hybrid)

2023-03Present

Lead the frontend architecture for Acme's flagship SaaS product, serving 50,000+ daily active users. Drove the migration from a legacy CRA app to a modern TanStack Start setup, cutting initial load time by 62%.

TypeScriptReactTanStackTailwind CSSGraphQLFigma

Frontend Developer

Bright Labs

Remote

2021-062023-02

Built and maintained consumer-facing React applications for an edtech startup with 200K+ registered users. Owned the mobile web experience and increased mobile conversion rate by 28%.

ReactTypeScriptNode.jsPostgreSQLAWSJest

Education

Hack Reactor / Galvanize — Software Engineering Immersive

Intensive 13-week full-stack software engineering bootcamp. Built 5 full-stack applications across a wide range of technologies. Graduated in the top 10% of cohort.

JavaScriptReactNode.jsSQLAlgorithmsData Structures