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Alex Lerman

@alexlerman

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Senior software engineer specializing in scalable backend systems.

Zimbabwe

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What I'm looking for

I seek a role owning backend or platform services at a security or fintech company, focusing on scalable, reliable systems, cross-functional collaboration, and end-to-end delivery.

I am a senior software engineer with extensive experience building and scaling backend systems for fintech and security products, using Go and Python across Kubernetes, AWS, and GCP.

I have a proven track record delivering complex products—banking platforms, credit card systems, and invoicing solutions—integrating third-party providers and improving scalability, reliability, and observability.

I take end-to-end ownership from architecture and implementation to production support, collaborating with product, security, and DevOps teams to deliver secure, production-ready features.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Senior Software Engineer

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Pindrop

Nov 2024 - Present (1 year 8 months)

Led refactoring of a legacy backend into scalable Go- and Python-based microservices, delivered high-throughput low-latency APIs, and improved observability and deployment consistency to increase reliability under growing traffic.

Go Python Kubernetes Prometheus Grafana

Software Engineer

Bluevine

Sep 2017 - Jul 2024 (6 years 10 months)

Contributed to delivery of four customer-facing financial products, built core backend components for a checking accounts platform serving hundreds of thousands of users, and implemented a credit card product integrating multiple third-party providers.

Go Python APIs Distributed Systems Scalability Reliability

Software Engineer

PlanetSoho

Apr 2014 - Aug 2017 (3 years 4 months)

Designed and built backend components of an invoicing platform used by millions of small businesses, integrated external payment/accounting services, and resolved complex production issues to improve stability.

REST APIs Python PHP Scalability Performance Reliability SQL

Software Engineer

SohoOS

Jun 2010 - Mar 2014 (3 years 9 months)

Implemented and maintained REST APIs and background jobs for customer-facing web applications, improved system stability through bug fixes and performance-focused database work.

REST APIs Background Jobs SQL Testing Git Debugging Performance Optimization