A command-line tool for scaffolding and deploying microservices in under a minute. Used internally by three teams before going open source — now at 2.1k GitHub stars.
available for new work
Alex Chen
I design and build backend systems and developer tools — the kind of software that's invisible when it's working. Based in Austin, TX, working with teams remotely.
$ whoami
alex-chen — full-stack developer
$ cat focus.json
{
"languages": ["TypeScript", "Python", "Go"],
"focus": ["distributed systems", "dev tools"],
"years": 7,
"coffee": "black"
}
$ _
/work
Selected projects
Real-time observability dashboard for distributed systems. Streams metrics over WebSockets and renders sub-second updates for teams monitoring high-traffic services.
A lightweight API gateway with built-in rate limiting, auth, and request tracing — built to replace a costly managed service and cut infra spend by 40%.
/log
Experience
Senior Backend Engineer @ Northwind Labs
Lead a team of four on the platform infrastructure powering payments for 200k+ merchants. Cut p99 latency by 55% through a service re-architecture.
Software Engineer @ Fieldstone
Built and shipped the core scheduling engine from zero to production, now handling over a million bookings a month.
Junior Developer @ Studio Marlow
Built client-facing web apps and internal tooling for a small product agency, working across the full stack.
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Tools & technologies
Languages
TypeScriptPythonGoSQL
Frameworks
ReactNode.jsFastAPINext.js
Infra
DockerKubernetesAWSPostgres
Let's build something worth shipping.
Open to full-time roles and select freelance work. The fastest way to reach me is email — I read everything.