Alexandre Borrego
Senior software engineer
Prinsengracht 533 - I, Amsterdam
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/alxbrg
https://github.com/alxbrg
Strong experience with Node.js, front-end JavaScript, Python, high-performance IoT systems, big data workloads and
microservice architectures. Interested in the engineering challenges behind machine learning and data visualization.
Passion for mentoring.
Skills Overview
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
WEB DEVELOPMENT
DATABASES / BACK-END
INFRASTRUCTURE / DEVOPS
MISC.
Javascript, Python, C#, PHP, working knowledge Haskell
React, Redux, AngularJS, Webpack, d3.js, WebGL, WebRTC, REST, GraphQL
MongoDB, SQL, InfluxDB, RethinkDB, Spark, DataBricks, NATS, Serverless
AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform, CloudFormation, Jenkins
SCRUM, Git, UI/UX design
Experience
Senior software engineer
Blue Harvest • Sept. 2018 - present • Netherlands
S U M M A RY
Working at clients 4 days per week as a consultant and spending “Blue Harvest Fridays” contributing to the growth of the
consultancy company itself.
H IGH L IGH TS
• Blue Harvest Fridays:
- Implementing proofs of concept with various technologies
- Coaching and mentoring juniors
- Conducting interviews — technical (Node.js, C#) and non-technical
• ABN AMRO / Retail Data Lake:
- Designed and helped implement an enterprise-wide data lake, including its metadata management system, transformation engine, ETL pipelines and the automation of data-quality checks
• ABN AMRO / Tweadle:
- Worked on an online lending solution named Tweadle providing a secure and streamlined loan application process
to customers of webshops and physical stores. Responsible for the development of two Node.js APIs, a React
application and the underlying AWS infrastructure.
TE C H N O LOG IE S
Node.js, Python, C#, Spark, DataBricks, AWS (EC2, Lambda, API Gateway, ElastiCache, CloudFormation, CodePipeline),
Azure (Data Lake Storage, Data Factory, Azure Functions, Azure DevOps), Terraform, Kubernetes.
Full-stack developer
Sensorfact • 1 year (Sept. 2017 - Sept. 2018) • Netherlands
S U M M A RY
Helped a small SCRUM team develop an intelligent energy management system, gathering, processing and analyzing
measurement data from a distributed network of sensors.
H IGH L IGH TS
• Responsible for several microservices and full-stack features, mainly:
- real-time notification service,
- continuous aggregation of sensor data,
- user management and authentication system,
- editable and interactive maps
• Designed and developed a scalable and flexible machine-learning microservice (working closely with a data scientist)
as well as the related front-end features.
• Contributed heavily to:
- the optimization of on-the-fly aggregations of large amounts of data,
- the development of our main API,
- an event-based rule engine powering real-time notifications.
• Orchestrated the deployments of major feature releases requiring ad-hoc synchronisation of multiple microservices.
• Conceived a more intuitive and coherent UI focused on the visualization of our core data.
TE C H N O LOG IE S
React, Redux, d3.js, Jest, Node.js, GraphQL, MongoDB, InfluxDB, AWS, GitLab-CI, Jenkins, Ansible.
Full-stack developer | UI-UX Designer
Self-Employed • 4 years (Sept. 2013 - Aug. 2017) • France
S U M M A RY
Worked with more than 30 clients, from startups to multinationals, in fields like music, apparel, banking, health, law, tech,
social media, etc. Assumed a wide range of responsibilities, from UI/UX design to front-end and back-end development,
often all together, collaborating directly with non-technical people to translate their ideas into finished products.
H ISTO RY
I started freelancing as a UI/UX/interaction designer. Lacking insights in the implementation of my own deliverables, I
learned HTML and CSS early on. I then moved on to JavaScript and jQuery to take care of the front-end integration of my
designs myself. As my clients often required full-stack solutions — simple applications, web-shops, CMS — I learned PHP
and Wordpress, and later on the MEAN stack, offering them a one-stop shop for their web application needs. Progressively, I moved away from design to focus almost exclusively on development.
TE C H N O LOG IE S
HTML, CSS, jQuery, d3.js, WebGL, WebSocket, WebRTC, Wordpress, MongoDB, Express, AngularJS, Node, Webpack.
Education
Aix-Marseille University | 2013
Master’s degree, International Law — Magna Cum Laude
Thesis: Temporality and the Law of State Responsibility, under the direction of Pr. Gherari
Volunteer Experience
Teacher | Mentor
Hack Your Future • Dec. 2017 - present • Netherlands
Teaching JavaScript and software development to talented refugees, with and without a Computer Science background
(from complete beginners to junior software developers).
Giving 4-hour lectures every Sunday. Mentoring them during the week, answering their questions, reviewing their
assignments and tests.
Classes focus on syntax, general programming concepts and coding best practices.
Language Proficiency
French (native)
English (fluent)
