Alex Tisdale

Software Engineer

I turn ideas into reality by pushing some buttons :)

Resume

Experience

  • Software Engineer

    BlackLocus

    June 2022 — Present

    Responsibilities

    • Ensure consistent delivery data from competitor sites that met metrics negotiated with stakeholders.
    • Migrate software systems across CSPs
    • Worked across teams with data scientists and engineers

    Skills used

    • Java 8 & 17
    • AWS
    • GCP
    • MySQL
    • Docker
    • Kubernetes

  • Engineer, Python - Global Servicing Technology

    American Express

    Jun 2024 — Mar 2025

    Responsibilities

    • Architected AI-Powered API for company-wide Speech-To-Text Service.
    • Implemented event-driven application with span/traceability for real-time debugging
    • Drove the implementation of retry application that identified, retried, and updated customer PII data for a 30% increase in successful transcription rate

    Skills used

    • Java
    • Kotlin
    • Python
    • Oracle DB
    • Git

  • Technical Consultant

    Perficient

    Mar 2021 — June 2022

    Responsibilities

    • Worked with multiple teams for client Maxar Technologies (now rebranded as Vantor) to support the microservice applications responsible for their order processing business needs
    • Improved reactive frontend application by working with business leaders to improve UX based on feedback
    • Contributed to multi-threaded backend microservices. Increased testing coverage to 95% of codebase

    Skills used

    • TypeScript
    • React
    • Angular
    • SCSS
    • Terraform
    • Spring Boot

Education

  • AWS Training & Certification

    AWS Certified Developer - Associate

    2022

  • Oracle

    Java SE 8 Programmer

    2021

  • Louisiana State University

    Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

    Concentrated in Software Engineering

    2017 - 2020

Skills

Languages

  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript
  • Python
  • Java

Frontend

  • HTML
  • CSS
  • React
  • Angular
  • Next.js

Backend

  • Node.js
  • Spring Boot
  • REST APIs
  • Express

Cloud / DevOps

  • AWS
  • GCP
  • Kubernetes
  • CI/CD
  • Docker

Databases

  • PostgreSQL
  • BigQuery
  • MongoDB
  • Redis

Tools / Platforms

  • Git
  • GitHub
  • Jest

Projects

Game Station

A browser-based games hub: discover titles, track play sessions, and surface lightweight stats in a single responsive interface.

React, Node.js, PostgreSQL

Tags: SPA, Games, API

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