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Alex Fabian

San Francisco,United States

Summary

Engineering Manager with a background in system design and implementation using Java, Python, and TypeScript. Experience in payment systems, pricing logic, core services, enterprise APIs, and cloud infrastructure. Skilled at owning roadmaps, improving architecture, driving cross team collaboration, fostering team relationships, and communicating clearly with others.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Independent Contracting

Self Employed
07.2023 - Current

Took time off for international travel. Also performed contract work modernizing java backend systems for a client in the education sector as well as developing static sites for clients in the medical space.

Engineering Manager | Roo

San Francisco
06.2023 - 07.2024

Roo is a two sided marketplace that helps pet hospitals staff veterinarians.

Led an engineering team that developed integrated marketing capabilities, re-engineered key pricing logic, and launched new core product features. Partnered with our recruiter and architect to build a scalable and consistent interview loop, successfully filling multiple engineering roles. Interfaced with executive leadership to prioritize high-impact projects and align engineering efforts with business goals. Owned team meetings, process improvements, roadmapping, hiring, and architecture.

Technologies : TypeScript, systems architecture, React, Express.js, MySQL

Engineering Manager | Lyft

San Francisco
07.2020 - 06.2023

Lyft Business provides business transportation including commuting, pre-arranged rides, and event travel.

Led the B2B Payments team at Lyft Business. Owned the technical roadmap, oversaw user-facing initiatives, championed key architectural enhancements, and mentored team members in their career growth. Spearheaded multiple long term payment-focused projects, including fraud mitigation, invoice generation, and payment configuration. Worked cross functionally with leadership, product, design, core teams, data science, finance, sales, and customer success. Our work directly recovered millions in annual revenue and reduced ongoing fraud losses by over 75%.

Technologies : Python, systems architecture, DynamoDB (NoSQL), RPC API development

Lead Software Engineer | Glassdoor

San Francisco
10.2017 - 07.2020

Glassdoor is a company review platform with salary insights and job listings.

Led a team developing employer-focused products, growing from an individual contributor to a lead while remaining hands-on. Built an ML-powered resume-matching tool, a web-based messaging system for employers, and an Elasticsearch-powered resume filtering tool. Led the architectural redesign of the core employer interface, improving system design, APIs, and monitoring.

Technologies : Java, Spring, SQL, Elasticsearch, REST API development

Software Engineer | CapTech Consulitng

Richmond, VA
07.2014 - 09.2017

CapTech Consulting offers technical enterprise strategy and software implementation services.

Software Engineer specializing in enterprise-scale core banking services. Developed and maintained critical banking services that process millions of daily transactions. Built a microservices proof of concept using Docker Swarm. Developed a personalized alert service for mobile banking customers.

Technologies : Java, Spring, MongoDB, Restful APIs, SOAP APIs

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
05.2014

Skills

  • Java / Spring
  • SQL & DynamoDB
  • TypeScript
  • Systems Architecture
  • Python
  • Engineering Management

Timeline

Independent Contracting

Self Employed
07.2023 - Current

Engineering Manager | Roo

San Francisco
06.2023 - 07.2024

Engineering Manager | Lyft

San Francisco
07.2020 - 06.2023

Lead Software Engineer | Glassdoor

San Francisco
10.2017 - 07.2020

Software Engineer | CapTech Consulitng

Richmond, VA
07.2014 - 09.2017

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

University of Virginia
Alex Fabian