Alex Gates-Shannon

@wandofcatcontrol
Senior Software Engineer
Ashburn, Virginia
they/them

Remote Worker

Software Engineer

React

Node.js

Software Architect

Dungeons & Dragons

Open Source

Founder

Book Worm

Science Fiction

Web Developer

Kubernetes

hasura

Dungeon Master

TTRPG player

Software architecture

Just the patina of self-awareness produced by a complex set of chemical reactions. Sometimes a software engineer, dungeon master, parent, or sleepyhead.

I'm open to

full time roles,

making introductions,

mentoring,

and open source contributions.

Contact Me

Resume

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Apr 2020 - Present

Senior Full Stack Engineer, IDS Technologies

Jun 2018 - Mar 2020

Software Engineer, Compass

Nov 2017 - Jun 2018

Software Engineer, WMC Global

Jun 2017 - Nov 2017

Software Engineer, BrainGu

Portfolio

I ran into some difficulty implementing the patterns from Practical Microservices. After doing some research on event sourcing and CQRS in Node.js, I decided to switch gears and learn the Nest.js f...

Side projects

Reading Practical Microservices and implementing its patterns in TypeScript, for some real hands-on learning. Follow along on my GitHub repo.