San Jose, CA
Hi, I'm Alexander Ung 👋
Software Engineer
Software engineer with 7 years of backend and platform engineering experience across Apple and Meta.
About
I'm a software engineer with 7 years of backend and platform engineering experience embedded within Apple and Meta engineering orgs. I work across Python, Django, Docker, Kubernetes, SQL, and REST APIs.
I own the full deployment lifecycle — from containerized architecture to automated testing and production rollout — and I'm equally comfortable making architecture decisions and driving execution across cross-functional teams. Outside of work, I stay active with the gym and pickleball, and unwind with video games.
Education
M.S. Information Technology
Southern New Hampshire University
2022B.S. Computer Science
San Jose State University
2016Experience
Independent Study
Jan 2025 — Present- Deep-diving into the Anthropic/Claude ecosystem to build agentic workflows and LLM-integrated internal tools.
- Exploring RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) patterns and prompt engineering to automate complex enterprise documentation tasks.
Software Engineer
June 2021 — Jan 2025The Select Group — Vendor at Apple
- Architected and delivered Python/Django (DRF) applications automating internal marketing workflows, centralizing data processing and reporting for global campaign teams and reducing manual auditing by 80%.
- Managed end-to-end data ingestion pipelines processing 100k+ records from 10+ disparate sources using containerized workflows with Docker and Kubernetes.
- Reduced data retrieval latency by 35% through targeted SQL query optimization and index restructuring on PostgreSQL.
- Established team-wide engineering standards with automated testing (Pytest) and code review, improving system stability.
- Authored documentation and onboarding guides that accelerated new engineer ramp-up and improved cross-team consistency.
Automation Engineer
Oct 2019 — June 2021DISYS — Contract at Facebook
- Engineered and maintained automation testing frameworks for the Facebook Portal hardware ecosystem, ensuring seamless communication between devices and iOS/Android platforms.
- Refactored legacy test suites and authored new automated tests with Pytest, validating software-hardware integration via firmware testing and preventing regressions in new releases.
- Remotely diagnosed server-side issues and verified test health through remote connections to staging and production environments.
Software Engineer
Oct 2017 — Dec 2018Intelliswift — Vendor at Apple
- Architected a production Ruby on Rails file-review platform with a PostgreSQL backend, enabling centralized document workflows and structured feedback across cross-functional teams.
- Designed Python/Flask data ingestion pipelines feeding PostgreSQL-backed Tableau dashboards for real-time visibility into key business metrics.
- Automated ticket lifecycle management via the Jira API, updating and creating tasks based on real-time workflow progress.
- Built a Flask web application for data validation and reporting, reducing manual analyst workflow across operations teams.
- Developed an internal Swift tool for document review and automated report generation across technical and non-technical teams.
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