Alexander Hamlet
Senior Software Engineer
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About Me
Senior software engineer with six and a half years of experience designing, building, and optimizing largescale compute products at Google Cloud. I have strong problem solving skills and a history of delivering high quality, fault tolerant solutions to production systems. I'm currently a lead developer for the General Purpose Google Compute Engine VMs, and I'm seeking to apply my skills and experience to new challenges.
Work Experience
Senior Software Engineer L5, Google Compute Engine, Google
November 2024 - Present
- Took holistic ownership of the N4D GCE VM family, co-leading the development of a core compute product for external users with a focus on performance, resource management, and stability.
- Applied advanced debugging and problem-solving skills to resolve a critical flaw in a distributed QA system, directly enabling software updates for over 10 compute products.
- Ensured the stability and performance of the flagship AMD Turin powered C4D VM family by leading reliability QA efforts across multiple partner teams, enabling a successful, high-profile launch at Google Cloud Next 2025.
Software Engineer L4, Google Compute Engine, Google
November 2021 - November 2024
- TL for the Reliability QA process. Optimized the C++, Python, and Go reliability and testing infrastructure for new compute products, reducing the end-to-end validation cycle by 4 weeks.
- Collaborated with leadership to determine the team's technical priorities and roadmaps.
- Defined and delegated projects to junior engineers, ensured their work aligned with team priorities.
- Engineered automation in Golang to manage and monitor thousands of distributed cloud resources, improving resource efficiency and reducing manual operational workload by 25%.
- Created and led the team's oncall rotation ensuring our services are available to users 24/7
Software Engineer L3, Google Compute Engine, Google
July 2019 - November 2021
- Established GCE Metadata Server (MDS) SLOs and their monitoring protecting multi-million dollar SLAs.
- Analyzed and Improved the MDS's security posture protecting customers from potential vulnerabilities.
Software Engineer Intern, Xfinity xFi, Comcast-NBCU
May - August 2018
- Refactored domain specific AWS DynamoDB Java client reducing cache storage needs by 15%.
Student Web Developer, Housing IT, CU Boulder
May 2017 - May 2018, August 2018 - May 2019
- Designed and implemented a service maintenance feature allowing 12,000+ residents to request repairs.
- Collaborated with UX/UI researches to help the same residents navigate housing services.
- Implemented various frontend changes within the Drupal website using JS, JQuery, and SASS.
Skills
- Go
- C++
- Python
- JS
- CSS
- Drupal
- JQuery
- Sass
- GoogleSQL
- MySQL
- Protobufs
- gRPC
- REST
- MCP
- Reliability
- Monitoring
- SLOs
- Distributed Computing
- Microservice Architecture
- Google Cloud Platform
- AWS
- Prompt Engineering
- Agile
- Planning
- Critical Incident Management
- Technical Leadership
- Technical Interviews
- Roadmapping
- Task Management
- Technical Documentation
Education
Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science | Minor in Business
University of Colorado Boulder (CU)
May 2015 - May 2019
Algorithms, Data Structures, System Design, Object Oriented Design, Linear Algebra, Data Science
References Available Upon Request
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