Projects

• Curated NEW

  Weekly curated items including design inspiration, tools, and resources. Built with Astro.

• I Brew My Own Coffee

  A curated collection of home coffee setups. Built with Astro, Tailwind CSS, and Ariakit.

• Resilient—UI WIP

  A shadcn library and resource around building resilient UI's. Built with Next.js, Tailwind CSS, Base UI, shadcn/ui, and Fumadocs.

Experience

• Clerk

  Staff UI Engineer

  Jan 2024 - Present

  UI Engineer apart of the SDK team, currently working on our UI Components and Dashboard UI.

  • Improve RTL support within components
  • Add UNSAFE_PortalProvider component
  • Add light-dark theme support
  • Interactive docs inline theme editing
  • shadcn/ui registry
  • New simple theme for easier customization
  • shadcn/ui theme compatibility
  • Clerk CSS variables support
  • Clerk appearance object CSS variables support
  • CSS layer name support
  • Clerk Billing components
  • Combined sign-in-or-up
  • Clerk Elements
  • Clerk.com user auth page

  Next.js, Tailwind CSS, React Aria Components, TypeScript, Motion, and Floating UI

• Watershed

  Lead Web Engineer

  Aug 2023 - Dec 2023

  Web Engineer apart of the marketing department, built and maintained everything across watershed.com.

  • Watershed homepage
  • Watershed customers page
  • Watershed events page
  • Watershed change campaign page

  Next.js, Sanity CMS, CSS Modules, and Framer Motion

• HashiCorp

  Senior Lead Web Engineer

  Jul 2021 - Jul 2023

  Lead Web Engineer on the core web team, helped build and maintain public-facing HashiCorp websites and web applications with Next.js.

  Next.js, Dato CMS, Reach UI, TypeScript, CSS modules, and Framer Motion

• NationBuilder

  UI Engineer

  Nov 2018 - Jul 2021

  UI Engineer working on the design team, collaborating closely with engineers implementing new features and building out our design system Radius.

  React, Rails, and Bootstrap

• Mighty in the Midwest

  Senior Web Engineer

  Aug 2015 - Nov 2018

  Senior Developer building and maintaining client websites built with Craft CMS, ExpressionEngine, and Shopify. Lead front-end initiatives to improve CSS and JavaScript architecture and implement an atomic deployment pipeline for our projects.

  • Consrevation Legacy
  • Dake Corp
  • Brunswick Bowling

  Craft CMS, Shopify, SCSS, and jQuery

• Masuga Design

  Front-end Developer

  Feb 2012 - Aug 2015

  Front-end Developer building user interfaces for clients like A&E Networks, Image Comics, and Fox Networks Info with ExpressionEngine.

  ExpressionEngine, Craft CMS, SCSS, and jQuery

Interests & Skills

• CSS Architecture

  I enjoy creating scalable and maintainable CSS architectures that improve performance and readability of web applications.

• Design Systems

  I love building cohesive design systems that ensure consistency and efficiency between design and development.

• Component Libraries

  I take pride in crafting reusable and accessible component libraries to streamline development and enhance user experience.

• Developer Experience

  I focus on optimizing developer workflows and tools to boost productivity and collaboration within engineering teams.

Recommendations

• If you are seeking someone with deep expertise in web development, particularly with React, accessibility, animations, and a keen eye for design, then Alex is the perfect teammate. During my time at Clerk, I had the pleasure of working closely with Alex, and I can confidently say that he is an exceptional collaborator. His frontend web UI engineering skills are top-notch, and he is a fantastic human being.

  David Mosher

  Staff Software Engineer, Clerk

• Alex is an excellent teammate and an exceptionally talented web developer. When he joined the team we gained an incredibly strong collaborator. His thoughtful approach to both producing work and actively reviewing code instantly improved the entire teams workflow. It is clear that Alex is a life long learner and therefore is always sure to bring a new, novel approach to solve a problem.

  Jimmy Merritello

  Web Engineer, HashiCorp

• Alex and I worked together on the design team at NationBuilder. Alex is a natural problem solver, and a talented visual designer. That combination makes him an excellent front-end engineer. We worked together on a new feature with a complex UI and he was able to interpret the designs with a care and detail that is rare, while also making thoughtful UX suggestions. Not to mention Alex is just a great person, easy to talk to and lovely to work with.

  Amy Stuart

  Senior Designer, NationBuilder

• I worked with Alex on a variety of different projects. He is excellent at his craft and a pleasure to collaborate with. His attention to detail always resulted in an extremely polished final product.

  Andrew Possehl

  Senior Designer, NationBuilder

• Alex is incredibly skilled, efficient, and thorough in his work. Perhaps more than any other co-worker I have had, Alex possesses a deep and wide understanding of modern web technologies, while his steady passion for producing best-of-class work inspires his peers to write cleaner, simpler, and more elegant code.

  Kyle Luck

  Developer, Mighty in the Midwest

• Alex is incredibly thorough and thoughtful with his work and is always seeking out improving in his craft. He’s conscious of meeting deadlines and communicates concerns early so that project teams can be proactive in problem solving.

  Danielle Dunn

  Project Manager, Mighty in the Midwest

• I would recommend Alex to any forward-thinking web team. His passion for web standards along with his friendly attitude made him an invaluable part of our development team. I`m always especially impressed with his commitment to continuous learning and I hope to have the chance to work with him again!

  Melissa Taylor

  Director Client Services, Mighty in the Midwest

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