alex koppara is a software engineer and freelance consultant for high growth and innovative startups.
SELECTED WORK
Juniper (YC W21)
Founding Senior Software Engineer
Maveli Coffee
Founder
Built out core data ingestion and claim submission platform using Celery and SQS. Led user feedback sessions and built out all React customer interfaces to help users unblock their revenue. Second employee of the company and helped build out the engineering organization to 12.
DTC Coffee Roaster importing coffee from individual farms in India and roasted weekly in Brooklyn. Led operations, all sales channels, and hired out a team of 3 to further marketing and outbound sales efforts. Made a lot of people smile.
Headway
Senior Software Engineer
Domio
Lead Software Engineer
Activated over 1000 therapists by building API integration with Zocdoc and merging appointment systems. Modernized existing application authentication with token based system and roles, enabling third party RPA.
Led team of 7 engineers to build hotel guest app in React Native. Implemented rewards program with Flask and Celery. Drove direct booking percentage from 8% to 25% within one year.
Barsala
Software Consultant
House Rx
Software Consultant
Revamped checkout flow to integrate with Stripe, enabling multiple payment methods to be used for booking hotel stays. Developed with React Native Web to ensure consistency between web and mobile experience.
Advised leadership on MVP implementation of pharmaceutical focused EHR using React and Express. Supervised team of overseas engineers and ensured timely delivery of product.
30 Madison
Software Engineer
Capital One
Software Engineer
Built Picnic direct to consumer allergy product using React (NextJS) and Apollo GraphQL. Implemented A/B testing using Google Optimize integrated with Google Analytics.
Developed Golang microservices to store credit decisions in PostgreSQL database. Implemented internal facing Zillow - like application using Angular for commercial real estate leads.
Juniper (YC W21)
Founding Senior Software Engineer
Built out core data ingestion and claim submission platform using Celery and SQS. Led user feedback sessions and built out all React customer interfaces to help users unblock their revenue. Second employee of the company and helped build out the engineering organization to 12.
Maveli Coffee
Founder
DTC Coffee Roaster importing coffee from individual farms in India and roasted weekly in Brooklyn. Led operations, all sales channels, and hired out a team of 3 to further marketing and outbound sales efforts. Made a lot of people smile.
Headway
Senior Software Engineer
Activated over 1000 therapists by building API integration with Zocdoc and merging appointment systems. Modernized existing application authentication with token based system and roles, enabling third party RPA.
Domio
Lead Software Engineer
Led team of 7 engineers to build hotel guest app in React Native. Implemented rewards program with Flask and Celery. Drove direct booking percentage from 8% to 25% within one year.
Barsala
Software Consultant
Revamped checkout flow to integrate with Stripe, enabling multiple payment methods to be used for booking hotel stays. Developed with React Native Web to ensure consistency between web and mobile experience.
House Rx
Software Consultant
Advised leadership on MVP implementation of pharmaceutical focused EHR using React and Express. Supervised team of overseas engineers and ensured timely delivery of product.
30 Madison
Software Engineer
Built Picnic direct to consumer allergy product using React (NextJS) and Apollo GraphQL. Implemented A/B testing using Google Optimize integrated with Google Analytics.
Capital One
Software Engineer
Developed Golang microservices to store credit decisions in PostgreSQL database. Implemented internal facing Zillow - like application using Angular for commercial real estate leads.
FREELANCE SERVICES
i work with clients who know their business model, strategy, and audience, but need an experienced, holistic thinking, lead-level engineer capable of executing on all aspects of development on a project.
My clients normally hire me for:
- Strategy
- Development
- Leadership
