Alex Rivera
Professional resume of Alex Rivera
Senior Software Engineer · Berlin, Germany
alex@example.com · +49 30 1234 5678 · github.com/alexrivera · linkedin.com/in/alexrivera · alexrivera.dev
Software engineer with 9 years of experience building scalable backend systems and developer tools. Passionate about open source, clean APIs, and developer experience. Previously at two Berlin-based startups and one large tech company.
Experience
Senior Software Engineer — Meridian Technologies
Mar 2021 – Present | Berlin, Germany (Remote)
- Redesigned core data pipeline processing 50M events/day, reducing p99 latency from 4s to 280ms
- Led migration from monolith to event-driven microservices across 6 teams
- Introduced internal developer platform that cut service onboarding from 3 days to 2 hours
- Mentored 3 junior engineers through structured 1:1s and design review sessions
Tech stack: Go, Kafka, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, Terraform, AWS
Backend Engineer — Stackfield GmbH
Jul 2018 – Feb 2021 | Munich, Germany
- Built real-time collaboration engine powering 200k daily active users
- Reduced infrastructure costs by 35% through query optimisation and caching strategy
- Maintained 99.98% uptime across 3 years of on-call rotations
Tech stack: Go, Redis, WebSockets, PostgreSQL, Docker
Education
Skills
Languages: Go, TypeScript, Python, Rust, SQL
Infrastructure: Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, Terraform, PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka
Frontend: React, Next.js, TailwindCSS
Practices: System Design, API Design, TDD, Code Review, Technical Writing
Certifications & Languages
- AWS Solutions Architect – Professional — Amazon Web Services · Nov 2022
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) — Cloud Native Computing Foundation · Apr 2021
English Native · German Professional (C1) · Spanish Basic (A2)