Alex Carter

Full-Stack Developer

I build accessible, performant web applications from front to back.

San Francisco, CA

About

About

Portrait of Alex Carter

Alex Carter

Full-Stack Developer

I'm a full-stack developer who loves turning complex problems into simple, elegant products. My work lives at the intersection of thoughtful design and solid engineering — building interfaces that feel effortless and systems that scale.

I started coding in high school, tinkering with small websites for local businesses. That curiosity grew into a career spanning startups, agencies, and product teams, where I've shipped everything from marketing sites to real-time, data-heavy platforms.

Today I focus on the modern web stack — TypeScript, React, Next.js, and Node.js — with a strong emphasis on accessibility, performance, and developer experience. When I'm not coding, you'll find me hiking, reading sci-fi, or contributing to open source.

Experience

Experience

  1. 2023 — Present

    Senior Full-Stack Developer · Northwind Labs

    Lead development of a multi-tenant SaaS platform serving 40k+ monthly users. Architected the migration from a monolith to a modular Next.js + Node.js stack, cutting page load times by 45%.

    • TypeScript
    • Next.js
    • Node.js
    • PostgreSQL
    • AWS

  2. 2021 — 2023

    Full-Stack Developer · Brightwave Studio

    Built and shipped client web apps across e-commerce, fintech, and healthcare. Owned features end to end, from database schema design to polished, accessible interfaces.

    • React
    • Express
    • MongoDB
    • Tailwind CSS
    • Docker

  3. 2019 — 2021

    Junior Web Developer · Pixel & Co.

    Developed responsive marketing sites and internal tools. Collaborated closely with designers to translate Figma mockups into pixel-perfect, performant pages.

    • JavaScript
    • Vue.js
    • Sass
    • PHP

Skills

Skills

Frontend

  • TypeScript
  • React
  • Next.js
  • Vue.js
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Framer Motion

Backend

  • Node.js
  • Express
  • Python
  • Go
  • GraphQL
  • REST APIs

Database & Infra

  • PostgreSQL
  • MongoDB
  • Redis
  • AWS
  • Docker
  • Vercel

Tools & Practices

  • Git
  • CI/CD
  • Jest
  • Playwright
  • Figma
  • Agile

Projects

Projects

  1. Screenshot of Atlas Analytics

    Atlas Analytics

    A real-time analytics dashboard for product teams, with custom event tracking, funnel analysis, and shareable reports. Handles millions of events per day.

    • Next.js
    • TypeScript
    • PostgreSQL
    • Redis
    Source code
  2. Screenshot of Lumen Commerce

    Lumen Commerce

    Headless e-commerce storefront with a custom CMS, Stripe checkout, and sub-second page loads powered by edge rendering and smart caching.

    • React
    • Node.js
    • Stripe
    • Tailwind CSS
    Source code
  3. Screenshot of Cadence

    Cadence

    An open-source team retrospective tool with live collaboration, anonymous voting, and timeboxed sessions. Built with WebSockets for real-time sync.

    • Vue.js
    • WebSockets
    • Go
    • Docker
    Source code

Education

Education

  1. 2015 — 2019

    B.Sc. in Computer Science

    University of California, Berkeley

    Focused on distributed systems and human-computer interaction. Graduated with honors and led the student web development club.

  2. 2022

    AWS Certified Solutions Architect

    Amazon Web Services

    Professional certification covering scalable, resilient cloud architecture and best practices.

Let's build something together

I'm always open to discussing new projects, opportunities, or just talking shop. Drop me a line and I'll get back to you.

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