Alex Nelson

Senior Software Engineer at Datadog

New York, New York, United States

About

I'm a Software Engineer from Carnegie Mellon University. I have a B.S. in Information Systems with a minor in Engineering Studies.

Experience

  • Datadog (New York, New York, United States · Hybrid)
    • Senior Software Engineer
      Dec 2024 - Present · 1 yr 7 mos

    • Software Engineer
      Feb 2023 - Dec 2024 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • Software Engineer at Facebook
    Oct 2021 - Feb 2023 · 1 yr 5 mos

  • Compass (Full-time · 2 yrs 4 mos)
    • Software Engineer II
      Aug 2020 - Oct 2021 · 1 yr 3 mos

    • Software Engineer
      Jul 2019 - Aug 2020 · 1 yr 2 mos

  • Software Engineering Intern at BamSEC
    Jun 2018 - Aug 2018 · 3 mos

    • Automated financial research software to streamline data ingestion from publicly owned companies • Optimized Elasticsearch indexing with efficient hashing algorithm for companies who change their names • Developed a web worker to monitor user interaction metrics and customized alerts for inactive users

  • Software Engineering Intern at The Walt Disney Company
    Jan 2018 - May 2018 · 5 mos

    • Integrated client-facing revenue analytics service designed to optimize ad-selling platforms • Approved department-wide use of React by presenting the technology to the Data Integration team • Constructed developer tools used to improve internal testing and streamline project workflow