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Alex Santiago

  • Engineer
  • Builder
  • Shipper
  • Trying to become a founder
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what I do

Engineer who builds
and ships fast.

  1. 01

    Design

    For reliability and robustness. Design for the usage, not the tool.

  2. 02

    Build

    Automate the repetitive without trading away quality. Start from real business pain, not the tooling.

  3. 03

    Ship

    Spec to prod in days. Reversible by design. Learn from production, not from staging.

design. / build. / ship.

milestones

My story so far

  1. 2024 — current

    Software Engineer @ Amazon · Audible

    Building impactful systems that move tons of audiobooks. Learning what high-trust, high-bar and ownership looks like. Top engineering culture and people.

  2. 2023 / 24

    Machine Learning Engineer @ Zoho

    Researched ML/DL papers. Understood how powerful data is. Got to travel to Chennai in India to meet my team while still in college.

  3. 2023

    UT Austin · CS

    A scholarship that still feels a bit unreal. Met cool people who motivated me to keep grinding.

  4. 2022 / 23

    Software Engineer · freelance & consulting

    First real-world experience building and shipping software. Learned how to work with clients, manage projects, and deliver.

moments
Austin, TX
Austin, TX '23
UT · CS
UT · CS '23
Chennai
Chennai '24
Chennai
Chennai '24
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