# Alex Lende Resume

Principal Software Engineer and Technical Consultant

## Summary

Principal software engineer with more than 10 years of professional full stack experience. Knowledgeable about design and accessibility. Passionate about developer experience and computer graphics.

## Work Experience

### Meta

Role: SWE Consultant via Insight Global
Dates: 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

Role: Principal Software Engineer
Dates: 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

Role: Senior Software Engineer, UX
Dates: 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

Role: Software Developer Intern
Dates: Summer 2014 and Summer 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

Degree: Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering
Graduation: May 2016

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

## Skills

### Programming Languages

- JavaScript
- TypeScript
- PHP
- Python
- HTML
- SVG
- WebGL
- Elm
- CSS
- SQL
- Bash
- RegEx

### Frameworks and Libraries

- React
- Node.js
- Playwright
- Drizzle
- Three.js
- WordPress
- Expo
- AVA
- ESLint
- Cesium.js
- Astro
- Storybook
- Vitest
- Prettier
- Tone.js

### Tools

- Git
- Codex
- Vim
- Notion
- Sapling
- Claude
- Zed
- Figma
- GitHub
- Gemini
- GSuite
- Affinity

### Other Strengths

- Proactive
- Technical leader
- Learning agility
- Quality focus
- System thinking
- Collaborative
- Open source
- Adaptability
- Code review
- Debugging

## Links

- [Website](https://ajlende.com/)
- [Blog](https://lendedotblog.wordpress.com)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/ajlende)
- [WordPress.org](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ajlende)
- [LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/in/ajlende)
- [Wellfound](https://wellfound.com/u/ajlende)