ALEX GRUNDY
Royal Oak,MI
Summary
Junior Software Developer with hands-on experience building and maintaining production systems across Python, React, Kotlin, and cloud-hosted environments. Promoted from Software Development Intern after contributing to Linux-based instore platforms, a GraphQL-driven web application, API integrations, CI/CD pipelines, and large-scale debugging of deployed units.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Junior Software Developer
365 Retail Markets
Troy, MI
05.2024 - Current
- Maintain production Python services on Ubuntu-based systems and a React/Django web application hosted on Google Cloud Platform supporting transaction processing and video-based purchase verification.
- Led and coordinated a summer software development internship program, interviewing and onboarding four interns, defining project scopes, and mentoring interns through code reviews, debugging, and Agile development workflows.
- Designed and implemented a nightly event-driven workflow that consumed transaction-issue data via APIs, orchestrated Python GraphQL services and Kotlin microservices, aggregated results with SQL, and delivered customized customer emails.
- Integrated multiple systems using Python, Kotlin, REST APIs, SQL, and Linux, generating dynamic SendGrid emails with Handlebars templates and providing end-to-end automation for reliability.
- Diagnosed and resolved issues across thousands of deployed Linux-based units, including recovery from corrupted Git repositories and on-device failures in production environments.
- Designed and evaluated parallel CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and Microsoft Azure Pipelines to improve deployment reliability and inform the team’s long-term CI/CD strategy.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Michigan State University, College of Engineering
East Lansing, MI12-2023
Skills
- Python
- React
- GraphQL
- Google Cloud Platform
- REST APIs
- Kotlin
- SQL
- Linux
- Django
- Microsoft Azure
- Instana
Certification
- Certified Cloud Practitioner, Amazon Web Services, 7/20/25 - 7/20/28
Timeline
Junior Software Developer
365 Retail Markets
05.2024 - Current
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Michigan State University, College of Engineering