Alex McWhorter
Atlanta,GA
Summary
Versatile technologist with experience in software development, databases, and cloud platforms. Skilled in debugging complex systems, writing performant SQL, and delivering clean, scalable solutions. Adaptable, cross-functional, and driven to bridge the gap between data, engineering, and business needs.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Software Developer
Nasdaq (eVestment)
Investment Analytics Platform
10.2022 - Current
- Worked across the full stack—UI, backend, databases, and AWS infrastructure—to build, maintain and troubleshoot microservices
- Investigated and resolved complex issues across the full tech stack, using logs, data analysis, and system tracing to identify root causes and ensure platform stability.
- Built and optimized SQL queries, scripts, functions, and stored procedures to support data-driven features and internal analysis, while troubleshooting complex issues across SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and CSV file data.
- Contributed to the development of a flexible, agnostic data ingestion pipeline that significantly reduces engineering effort required to onboard new datasets.
Software Engineer
Nexidia
Quality Assurance & Analytics Software
01.2019 - 08.2022
- Escalation Lead - Investigate code-level issues on customer's environments & provide fixes at a rapid pace across multiple versions of the application
- Acted as product owner and scrum master, writing and prioritizing user stories and bugs, managing the team backlog, and leading daily stand-ups and sprint retrospectives.
- Implemented new feature requests across the full tech stack (JavaScript, TypeScript, C#, SQL), delivering solutions efficiently and with quick turnaround.
- Contributed to localization (i18n) and accessibility (a11y) initiatives, implementing features and fixes to support multiple languages and ensure compatibility with screen readers and accessibility guidelines.
Application Developer
First Data (Fiserv)
FinTech Focused On Internal Tooling
06.2018 - 12.2018
- Collaborated with senior developers on debugging, refactoring, and applying best practices, gaining foundational experience across the full stack.
- Contributed to the modernization of internal .NET applications, supporting upgrade efforts and helping improve performance, stability, and maintainability.
Education
Languages/Frameworks
Data & Databases
Cloud & Platform
Tools
Bachelor of Science - Software Development
Geoergia Gwinnett College
Lawrenceville, GA08.2018
Timeline
Senior Software Developer
Nasdaq (eVestment)
10.2022 - Current
Software Engineer
Nexidia
01.2019 - 08.2022
Application Developer
First Data (Fiserv)
06.2018 - 12.2018
Languages/Frameworks
Data & Databases
Cloud & Platform
Tools
Bachelor of Science - Software Development
Geoergia Gwinnett College