Alex is one of those exceptional managers you remember throughout your career for their profound impact on your professional development and their ability to foster a positive team culture.

I joined Alex's team at Serverless Guru as a mid-level engineer, and from day one, I noticed a remarkable difference in his management style. He is approachable, direct, and incredibly enjoyable to work with. Alex not only helps his team members grow through direct mentorship but also by exemplifying what it means to be a great leader.

Alex is a true people person who also excels at resolving disagreements. His empathetic and fair approach ensures that conflicts are addressed constructively, strengthening collaboration and fostering a cohesive team environment.

Beyond his outstanding leadership qualities, Alex is a Java expert. I recall a particularly challenging project where he migrated a complex Java codebase to a modern version, making it significantly easier to maintain. His technical expertise and dedication greatly benefited our team.

Working with Alex has been a transformative experience, and I am grateful for his support and guidance.

It’s rare that you come across bright talent like Alex. I had the pleasure of working with him for more than a year as a team mate. I was particularly impressed by his ability to understand the complex e-commerce Inventory systems and start contributing to team right away. He brought great value to the team with his knowledge of Spring boot micro-services design & development using AWS components, Java 8, SQL/NoSQL database , analytical skills and effective communication.

He would be a true asset to any team looking for a skilled software engineer and as a team member he earns my strong recommendation.

I rarely come across real talents who stand out like Alex Lee. It has been a pleasure working with Alex for the last two years. Alex's ability to handle multiple projects was unlike any I've seen before and made a dramatic increase in the productivity level of our company.

For example one of the projects that we use every day is daily service appointment analytics, which is a collection of various existing repositories to create a seamless experience for our associates to assist their guests' service needs. The associates are now able to process multiple sources of information within one location.

Alex's work was exceptional; his understanding of our industry needs was right on, and the manner he worked with team members while executing the project, was like seeing Muhammad Ali float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.

No matter how tense a meeting, Alex made sure everyone left with a smile. As a team member or a leader, Alex earns my highest recommendation.

I remember fondly the day that I interviewed Alex. It was for a web developer opening we had, and he said in the interview that he was good at web development. He was correct. However, he also said in the long term that he wanted to work in Java based technologies, most specifically Spring and Spring Boot, as he had passion there as well. Fast forward 6 months, and now he is doing work that rivals that which many senior software engineers are doing, ranging from insightful code reviews to authoring entire microservices and NoSQL architectures.

Alex possesses a tenacity that is lacking in the development world today. Not only does he have incredible technical skills and the ability to learn new abstract concepts, but additionally, he has a diplomacy that is most commonly found in sought after management leaders, with a clear ability to convey concepts, both technical and otherwise.

When Alex joined us, he was working on our Angular project, and I expected to be able to have him help me out with some of our programming tasks, but alas, he became someone who I knew I could count on when I took vacation, and can pass the baton to as I pursue a new opportunity, as he has learned the fine arts of managing a complete MongoDB implementation as well as administering a UNIX based system with over 30 microservices.

There are few people that I have met in my 7 years in the field who have the skills that I have seen in Alex, and with that said, I highly recommend him for any dynamic team who is looking for a self-starter, quick learner, and incredibly fun individual.