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Hi, I'm Alex.

  • Engineering Leader
  • iOS Developer
  • Pianist
  • Whisky Enthusiast

I believe great products are made by diverse, well-rounded, and happy teams.

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An engineering leader with more than 5 years of management experience who is passionate about building and leading high-performing, diverse, well-rounded, and happy teams.

15 + Years Engineering
5 + Years Management
6 + Companies
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My technical level

My Skills

Engineering Leadership

More than 5 years

Individualized Approach

Mentorship & Coaching

Servant Leadership

Stakeholder Communication

Team Building & Growth

Backend Development

More than 8 years

PHP

MySQL

Server-Side Swift

Javascript

iOS Development

More than 10 years

Swift

Objective-C

SwiftUI

My previous experience

Recent Work Experience

Twitter

Engineering Manager
2020 - Present

Wayfair

Sr. Engineering Manager
2019 - 2020

Sr. iOS Developer / Engineering Manager
2018 - 2019

iOS Developer II
2016 - 2018

iOS Developer
2015 - 2016

Microsoft

SDE I
2014 - 2015

Other things I'm working on

Other Projects

Crying Under My Desk

Crying Under My Desk is a blog that focuses on management, leadership, company culture, and maybe a little bit of iOS development. It's an attempt to look at the more human side of engineering from an #ActuallyAutistic engineering manager.

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Running Start

Running Start is a guide for people looking to break into the software field, helping them hit the ground running and make the most of opportunities.

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Thirty-Two Sonatas

Thirty-Two Sonatas is where I am documenting my journey to learn all of Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas.

Coming Soon!

Gate City Lindy

Gate City Lindy is dedicated to teaching Lindy Hop in Nashua, NH.

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Contact

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Twitter

@AutisticManager

Email

hello@alexkarp.net

Polywork

@alexkarp