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I’m Alex Weinstein, a software developer and senior consultant based in Ottawa. I enjoy building scalable apps, leading frontend teams, and delivering practical solutions for clients across tech and nonprofit sectors.
Over the past few years I’ve worked on projects from front-end to back-end, including event apps, donation platforms, and DevOps pipelines. I’m passionate about clear UX and maintainable code, and I love collaborating across disciplines to turn ideas into real products.
Skills
Experience Level
Expert
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Intermediate
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Language
English
Fluent
Work Experience
Senior Consultant at Improving
May 1, 2023 - October 30, 2025Led frontend development and contributed backend work across multiple projects. Coordinated a frontend team (React/TypeScript) and contributed to backend (Scala) work. Implemented a RIDDL domain-modelling plugin and contributed to the RIDDL plugin ecosystem. Executed KaliX-based verification tooling, performed performance testing with Gatling on six microservices and one gateway sourced from the Improving-app, and supported initiatives such as the Off TheTop project to align employee donations with charities.
Software Developer at Billie
April 30, 2023 - April 30, 2023Developed software features for Billie (Ottawa), collaborating with designers and product teams to deliver robust frontend components and backend support, and contributing to overall product quality.
Junior Developer at GoSpaces
April 30, 2022 - April 30, 2022Added queries for space booking, integrated Google Calendar, implemented RRULEs for recurring bookings, supported COVID tracking tooling, and contributed to deployment (GCP) and logging. Built GitLab pipelines and proposed UX/UI improvements.
Junior Developer at GoSpaces
April 1, 2022 - April 1, 2022GoSpaces as its own company; contributed to front-end development, space booking queries, Google Calendar integration, and recurring booking logic (RRULE). Assisted with COVID tracking tools, GCP deployment & logging, GitLab pipelines, and UX/UI refinements across four front-ends.
Contributor / Developer at RIDDL IDE Plugin (Open Source)
June 1, 2024 - October 30, 2025Developed and contributed to an IntelliJ IDEA plugin for the RIDDL domain modeling language; built plugin tooling (sbt-idea-plugin) and contributed to local tooling and documentation.
Education
Bachelor Computer Science at Carleton University
September 1, 2014 - December 18, 2019Music Industry Arts at Algonquin College
September 3, 2018 - August 23, 2019- in-studio classes 9 hours/week
- music theory
- digital music (ProTools)
- folio
- video
Bachelor in Computer Science at Carleton University
September 1, 2014 - December 1, 2019Minor in Neuroscience at Carleton University
September 1, 2014 - December 1, 2019Music Industry Arts Certificate at Algonquin College, Ottawa
September 1, 2018 - August 1, 2019Data Science & Machine Learning Certificate at IDSS-MIT Online
December 1, 2022 - February 1, 2023Bachelor of Computer Science at Carleton University
September 1, 2014 - December 1, 2019Minor in Neuroscience at Carleton University
September 1, 2014 - December 1, 2019Music Industry Arts at Algonquin College
September 1, 2018 - August 31, 2019Data Science & Machine Learning Certificate at Online
December 1, 2022 - February 1, 2023IDSS-MIT Online Certificate at IDSS-MIT Online
January 11, 2030 - October 30, 2025Qualifications
Music Industry Arts Certificate
September 1, 2018 - August 1, 2019Data Science & Machine Learning Certificate
December 1, 2022 - February 1, 2023Music Industry Arts
September 1, 2018 - August 31, 2019Data Science & Machine Learning Certificate
December 1, 2022 - February 1, 2023IDSS-MIT Online Certificate
January 11, 2030 - October 30, 2025Industry Experience
Software & Internet, Media & Entertainment, Professional Services
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