Senior Software Engineer at IonQ
Washington D.C. Metro Area
Optimizely
Software Engineer
August 2014 to July 2015
Jawbone
Senior Software Engineer
May 2012 to August 2014
San Francisco Bay Area
HireIQ Solutions
Software Developer
May 2011 to May 2012
Alpharetta, GA
Georgia Tech Research Institute
Software Developer
June 2008 to May 2011
Autodesk
Co-op Software Developer
2007 to 2007
IonQ Inc.
Senior Software Engineer
Optimizely
Senior Staff Software Engineer
November 2018 to January 2020
Optimizely
Staff Software Engineer
July 2016 to November 2018
Optimizely
Senior Software Engineer
July 2015 to July 2016
Application Infrastructure - Led efforts to modernize and overhaul tooling, CI/CD, product features, and frameworks for Monolithic Python2.7 Google App Engine Standard web application. Application Infrastructure - Led efforts to modernize and overhaul tooling, CI/CD, product features, and frameworks for Monolithic Python2.7 Google App Engine Standard web application.
What company does Alex Milstead work for?
Alex Milstead works for Optimizely
What is Alex Milstead's role at Optimizely?
Alex Milstead is Software Engineer
What industry does Alex Milstead work in?
Alex Milstead works in the Computer Software industry.
Who are Alex Milstead's colleagues?
Alex Milstead's colleagues are Brigitte Donner, Peter Parisi, Paul Irving, Claire Vo, Ryan McGredy, Robin Johnson, Liz Calderón, Adam Szakacs, Molly Dallmar, and Mark Costigan
💼 Past Experience
Alex Milstead has 3 years of experience working in the Applications Infrastructure and Tools development industry. In this experience, Alex has worked on modernization and improvement of tooling and CI/CD for several Monolithic Python-based applications, as well as developing an internal CRM and API.Prior to this, Alex worked at Jawbone for 2 years as a Senior Software Engineer. At Jawbone, Alex developed and maintained various components for a wide-spread Django-based web application. Additionally, Alex also worked on developing and maintainin a .NET based Construction Cost-Management Web Application. As a result of his experience, Alex is well- positioned to provide leadership and guidance for team members in specificefforts to achieve common goals and objectives.When asked about his work experiences, Alex provides five specific examples of work in the App Development andInternal Tools development industry. First, Alex gives the example of migrating a legacy CI/CD pipeline from self-hosted custom systems to AWS CodePipeline/CodeBuild. Alex then December 2018 to January 2020, worked on building and shaping a scalable product application platform at Optimizely. next, Alex co-authored a Python3 asyncio-based internal REST API Gateway with another team member. Lastly, Alex provides an example of effective DevOps/SRE-lite practices. In this situation, Alex assists in improving and modernizing the CI/CD for an Optimizely X Monolithic Python application.
🎓 Education
- Master's of Science, in INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY from Georgia Institute of Technology from 2013 to 2016- Professional Development Certificate from North Dakota Security Institute Alex Milstead has a Bachelor's of Science, Computer Science from Georgia Institute of Technology in 2006. Milstead then went on to earn a Master's of Science in INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY from Georgia Institute of Technology in 2013. Milstead then put his skills to use and earned a Professional Development Certificate from North Dakota Security Institute in 2016.
💡 Technical & Interpersonal Skills
Alex Milstead has 4 years of experience as a Senior Software Engineer at IonQ, where he is currently working as a Software Engineer. Alex Milstead also has experience in senior software engineering at Jawbone, where he was a Senior Software Engineer from May 2012 to August 2014. In his previous positions, Alex Milstead was a software developer for a custom python web stack and build tooling for internal applications and API platforms. He has also worked as a software developer at Georgia Tech Research Institute from June 2008 to May 2011. In his previous positions, Alex Milstead was a co-op software developer at Autodesk from 2007 to 2007 and a senior software engineer at IonQ from August 2014 to July 2015. Alex Milstead is also currently a Senior Staff Software Engineer at Optimizely and a Senior Software Engineer at IonQ Inc.
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