Alex Lende

Resumé

Work Experience

Meta | SWE Consultant via Insight Global

July 2025 - October 2025

  • Developed features for the Segment Anything AI Model demo
  • Proactively identified and resolved critical issues in the core rendering engine
  • Advocated for quality code and sustainable software development practices
  • Improved the TypeScript to FlowType conversion script for better type-safety

Automattic | Principal Software Engineer

October 2019 - April 2025

  • Collaborated with distributed teams across global EMEA, APAC, and AMER time zones
  • Mentored and unblocked teammates and WordPress contributors through code review, pairing sessions, and sharing deep technical knowledge of WordPress core
  • Led development of media editing features in WordPress core such as inline image cropping, duotone SVG color filters, and aspect ratio tools
  • Explored WebGL WordPress block plugins for efficient rendering of large 3D catalogs
  • Introduced JSON Schema to WordPress configuration files for generating documentation and improving developer experience
  • Proactively identified and resolved bugs and compatibility issues in WordPress core releases

Cerner/Oracle | Senior Software Engineer, UX

August 2016 - October 2019

  • Mentored junior developers to grow technical skills
  • Developed an abstract data visualization platform containing 28 unique data stories connecting 11 different live data sources
  • Proposed and implemented a procedural soundtrack driven by hospital data with four musical themes that change throughout the day
  • Led development of the first Virtual Reality demo by Cerner at CHC 2018 conference

Workiva | Software Developer Intern

Summer 2014 & 2015

  • Created pixel-perfect components based on wireframes, drawings, and mock-ups
  • Implemented file search filtering and multi-select for a Google Docs-like web app
  • Prototyped workflows for organizing, sharing, and applying document permissions

Education

Iowa State University | Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering

May 2016

Capstone Project: Computer vision algorithm for tracking an object in 3D space with a single Garmin VIRB XE action camera