Alexander Houy
@alexanderhouy
Senior software engineer specializing in scalable web and data-intensive systems.
United StatesWhat I'm looking for
I am a results-driven senior software engineer with 7+ years building scalable web applications and data-intensive systems for industry and research. I specialize in Python, Java, cloud-native architectures, and applied machine learning, and I consistently deliver performance and cost improvements.
At Visa I led microservices design, cloud migrations, and observability efforts that reduced latency by 35%, cut infrastructure costs by 28%, and halved incident response time. In research roles I engineered terabyte-scale data pipelines, developed ML models with 95%+ classification accuracy, and created interactive visualizations to enable real-time analytics.
I mentor engineers, lead cross-functional teams, and deploy production-ready systems using modern stacks (Spring Boot, Django, React) and cloud/DevOps tools (AWS, Kubernetes, Docker). I seek opportunities where I can drive technical strategy, improve reliability at scale, and foster collaborative engineering culture.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
VISpearheaded design and development of a microservices-based transaction auditing system, reducing processing latency by 35% and improving reliability; led migration to AWS cloud-native architectures, cutting infrastructure costs by 28%.
Engineering Scientist Associate
Applied Research Laboratories, UT Austin
Jun 2020 - Dec 2022 (2 years 6 months)
Engineered Python data processing pipelines for terabyte-scale acoustic datasets reducing processing time by 40% and developed ML models achieving 95% accuracy for signal classification and anomaly detection.
Web Developer
KVRX-FM
Jun 2018 - Jun 2020 (2 years)
Led end-to-end development of the station website using Django, React, and PostgreSQL, increasing monthly active users by 20% and automating content workflows to save 15 hours/week.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
TAThe University of Texas at Austin
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
2017 - 2020
Completed a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science with coursework and projects focused on software engineering, data processing, and machine learning.
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