ResumeAlex Tannenbaum
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Alex Tannenbaum

Principal / Lead Full Stack Engineer - React + TypeScript / GraphQL / Node.js APIs / AWS - building scalable, tested internal platforms for complex business domains.

ReactTypeScriptGraphQLNode.js / ExpressREST / HTTP / OAuthAWS Lambda / API Gateway / S3 / DynamoDBSnowflakeMySQL / PostgreSQLDistributed SystemsMicroservicesData ModelingObservabilityJest / Cypress / MochaAgile LeadershipWordPress / PHP / LAMP
Site: alext.io
West Hollywood, CA

Summary

Principal / Lead full stack engineer and hands-on technical lead with 19+ years of web engineering experience, including 15+ years across enterprise, product, operations, and regulated environments plus early paid client development beginning in 2006. Strong fit for senior, lead, principal, and engineering-manager-leaning full stack roles: building complex internal platforms, translating business rules into scalable product systems, contributing across frontend, backend, data, and cloud tiers, writing clean tested code, mentoring engineers, and improving reliability, performance, observability, and delivery discipline.

Experience

The Walt Disney Company

2024 - Present
Sr. Lead Solutions Engineer (Full Stack Development & Big Data)

Technical lead delivering internal platforms and automation that support operational health, compliance, data governance, and enterprise reliability.

  • Lead end-to-end delivery of medium-to-large platform features: requirements, architecture, implementation, CI/CD, rollout, support, and documentation in Agile delivery cycles.
  • Partner with Product, Security, QA, Infrastructure, and business stakeholders to translate complex operational requirements into practical, scalable engineering solutions.
  • Build and maintain React + TypeScript interfaces and Node/Express services for internal applications supporting portfolio tracking, workflow automation, and incident readiness.
  • Develop JavaScript automation against Airtable APIs and Snowflake-backed workflows to enforce governance, automate attestations, track outreach status, and produce auditable operational reporting.
  • Design secure integrations using AWS Lambda, API Gateway, S3, DynamoDB, and Azure Functions to reduce manual work and improve data quality, reliability, and system scalability.
  • Lead code reviews focused on readability, testability, security, performance, and maintainability; mentor engineers through pairing, review feedback, technical walkthroughs, and design documentation.

Experience

Hoag Hospital

2023 - 2024
Full Stack Engineer

Built secure web experiences, backend services, and integrations for patient-facing and internal tools in a HIPAA environment.

  • Developed React applications and Node.js services; delivered reliable REST APIs with PostgreSQL/MySQL for secure operational workflows.
  • Partnered with Product, IT, Cybersecurity, and stakeholders to understand requirements, triage issues, and support production systems with high reliability expectations.
  • Strengthened quality with Jest and Cypress testing, repeatable deployment steps, and documentation/runbooks for maintainable delivery.
  • Integrated Epic EHR workflows using Cloverleaf and serverless patterns, aligning API and data exchange work with strict compliance and security needs.

McKinsey & Co. (via Elephant Venture)

2019 - 2023
Sr. Full Stack Engineer

Built and scaled internal platforms, dashboards, data-driven systems, and CMS-style applications with strong testing and CI discipline.

  • Delivered component-driven React interfaces and Express backend services, contributing across all tiers of product architecture with a maintainability-first approach.
  • Implemented authentication, user management, API routing, SQL-backed data access, and Swagger documentation for a custom CMS platform.
  • Automated integration testing, UI builds, database migration, and deployments using Jenkins, Docker, Jest, Cypress, Mocha, and related CI workflows.
  • Designed dashboards and data products integrating Tableau, DataDog, SonarQube, Plotly Dash, Mapbox, and D3.js for near real-time visibility into business and engineering health metrics.
  • Worked with designers, product stakeholders, and engineering teams to refine requirements, ship clean user experiences, and mentor junior developers through reviews and documentation.

Overpass LLC (Contract)

2018 - 2019
Full Stack Engineer

Built a complex web-based CRM frontend and contributed backend API features in an Agile product environment.

  • Developed a large Aurelia.js frontend and reusable UI patterns; improved consistency through component standards and documentation.
  • Built Node.js/Express CRUD methods and middleware using Sequelize for data management and backend feature delivery.
  • Partnered with QA and product stakeholders to resolve bugs, refine requirements, and protect platform reliability during active feature development.

Makeable / CHOP'T (Contract)

2017 - 2018
Software Engineer

Built checkout UI and payment flows for a high-traffic consumer platform requiring reliable user experience and production stability.

  • Developed responsive, cross-browser React components/containers for the full checkout experience.
  • Integrated Braintree payments and coordinated order object JSON architecture with backend engineers.
  • Deployed React builds to production with zero downtime after QA validation in BrowserStack and AWS EC2 environments.

Experience

WR1 Inc (Contract)

2017
Full Stack Engineer

Built an Angular frontend and WordPress headless CMS integration with custom APIs.

  • Developed Angular 2 + TypeScript UI with cross-browser testing and production-focused implementation.
  • Configured WordPress as a headless CMS with custom PHP functionality and REST endpoints.
  • Integrated CMS APIs with the frontend and coordinated data flow with the iOS backend engineer.

Pip's Island Inc (Contract)

2016 - 2017
Full Stack Engineer (Server Admin + Headless CMS Developer + Gulp Compiled Frontend Engineer)

Developed custom WordPress themes, API-driven content workflows, and automated build/deployment tasks for site reliability.

  • Built custom WordPress themes with JavaScript/CSS animations and WordPress REST API patterns.
  • Maintained production/development servers; set up LAMP servers on Linode and automated tasks with PHP scripts.
  • Optimized builds with Gulp.js and connected UI elements to WordPress custom fields.

Early Freelance Web Development Company

2006 - 2015
Founder / Freelance Full Stack Web Developer

Ran a paid freelance web-development practice before and during military service, delivering custom websites for municipal, healthcare, entertainment, and small-business clients.

  • Delivered end-to-end client projects: discovery, business requirements, scope definition, copy/content coordination, custom design implementation, development, deployment, and support.
  • Built custom WordPress themes, plugins, templates, and PHP/SQL-backed functionality using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, MySQL, and LAMP hosting workflows.
  • Translated designer concepts into production websites with animated banners, CSS animations/transitions, responsive layouts, custom graphics, and Photoshop asset production.
  • Managed client communication, contract expectations, change requests, launch readiness, hosting configuration, backups, and post-launch updates.
  • Selected projects included a 200+ page custom WordPress municipal website for Enoar.com in 2007, plus client sites including DrMollie.co.il, StarShowsStudios.com, Phoenix Therapeutic, and additional small-business web properties.

Military - Medical Corps

2012 - 2014
Software Engineer

Developed secure internal systems managing sensitive medical information and operational tooling.

  • Built a secure web-based CRM using PHP, SQL, JavaScript, and Python, supporting multiple divisions.
  • Developed internal systems handling high-security medical data and created a secure internal website for soldiers.
  • Integrated hardware including VoIP, barcode scanners, and label printers into data management workflows.