work

  • Engine :: Staff Front-end Engineer / Namespace Architect (August 2023 - Present)

    As a Staff Front-End Lead at Engine, I initially focused on developing and maintaining critical client-facing features for our Webapp and Native Mobile App, particularly within the checkout experience of our business travel platform. During this time, I also led significant internal initiatives, including building a company-wide React-based form management system and coordinating the company-wide rebrand across all customer-facing applications and services. After two years, I transitioned into a Namespace Architect role, where I now provide technical leadership and support to teams across our travel vertical, with a strong emphasis on optimizing application performance and reducing latency

  • Carta Healthcare :: Senior UI/UX Engineer (March 2023 - August 2023)

    I helped modernize Carta's front-end UI by translating the codebase into Typescript, as well as building out a new in-house component library (based on Tailwind and Flowbite) and building out brand new features to help assist the abstraction team in their data processing efforts

  • Strategypoint :: Staff Software Engineer (August 2022 - March 2023)

    At Strategypoint I was part of a small team creating Business Strategy Software that worked to make strategy simple and accessible for anyone! I joined as an experienced contributer, and helped modernize both the front-end and back-end systems and develop several new flagship features for the product, working directly with their CTO.

  • GGLeagues :: Chief Technology Officer (April 2018 - June 2023)

    I started in April of 2018 in a part-time capacity and transition to full-time in February of 2021. My duties included managing the devops & development of our production applications, architecting and building our web applications, and growing and managing our development and tech team at the company. I also helped mentor our junior engineers and was deeply involved with the fundraising process until we sunset the company in June of 2023.

  • Nerdery :: Senior Front-End Engineer (January 2018 - January 2021)

    At Nerdery my duties included software development, technical team management on client projects, and general technology consulting around best practices and strategies for my clients.

  • Echo League :: Founder & Lead Developer (January 2017 - May 2018)

    I founded, organized, and built the software for the largest Dota 2 Amateur league of its time with over 3000 members. I assembled a team of developers, broadcasters, and community managers to grow the community from the ground up and build a full webapp and software suite to power our competitions. We closed our leagues in 2018 as I moved into my role at GGLeagues and mulitiple other founding members found success within the esports industry in broadcasting, event management, and more.

  • Accenture Song :: Senior Front-End Developer (June 2013 - January 2018)

    I began as an associate level developer (originally at Acquity Group which was acquired by Accenture), working as team members on various client projects, and was promoted up to Senior Front-End Developer where I took on larger team management and project architecture roles. In my last two years I served as a Senior Staff-Augment resource for Walmart Labs, helping build and release multiple features for Walmart.com

projects

Outside of work I truly do enjoy being able to build and create things with code! Below are a selection of my featured projects:

featured projects

  • alexmuen.ch : my portfolio website that you're on right now! built with Tailwind & Astro
  • pacman -Syu dot computer : a small util website for checking important arch feed updates before you run a system update (aka "pacman -Syu")
  • PageTern : a website + PWA for creating personal reading lists and reviews, powered by Nuxt, Supabase, and OpenLibrary

open source libraries & contributions

  • astronvim-community (contributor) : contributed to astronvim-community by building a rainbow delimeters pack
  • constrastrast : an open-source library for determining if two colors meet wcag contrast standards
  • extra-life-api : an npm package for easily interfacing with the extra-life-api
  • git-swoop : a small little git cli util written in golang
  • Youtube Declutter-er Extension : an open-source browser extension that declutters the Youtube homepage by hiding/dismissing recommendation shelfs and other similar content

side projects and experiments

  • Catfact.Page : a website that gives you a random catfact and image!
  • rerolled-bot : a discord management bot for my wow guild, written in golang
  • itsallno.de : it's all node? always has been.
  • Vaporwave.fish : a vaporwave streaming website with aesthetic fish vibes

You can find many more projects, tools, and various code repos over at my github page!

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