About

Hi, I'm Alex, a software engineer based in Waterloo.

My background spans embedded systems, distributed systems, and full-stack product engineering, with work across home electrification at Jetson, AR/AI glasses at Google, and product engineering at Cash App.

I like building software products and systems that feel simple to use.

That often means working across boundaries: product definition, backend systems, data flows, infrastructure, frontend surfaces, and the engineering details that make new capabilities dependable.

I'm most energized by ambiguous, high-leverage problems: early ideas, product inflection points, and systems that need to grow without becoming harder to reason about.

Lately, I've been especially interested in AI systems and agentic workflows, especially the work of turning new capabilities into something dependable and useful.

I tend to like work where there are many possible paths forward, and progress depends on taste, iteration, and good feedback.

I write about systems, AI, and learning in public. If you want a better sense of how I think, start with my writing on systems, AI, and learning in public or get in touch here.

Outside of work, I spend time playing tennis, reading, hiking, rock climbing, and hanging out with my furmily 🐱.