Alex Payne

Writer

2018 - Current

Consultant

2012 - 2016

Technical consulting to early-stage startups, non-profits, and political campaigns. Systems architecture and automation, API design, full stack software development.

CTO

2010 - 2012

Shipped a thoughtfully designed, reliable online banking service for web and mobile that helps people understand their spending. Hired a top-notch team of engineers, designers, operations folks, security experts, customer support specialists, and more.

Platform Lead

2007 - 2010

Started out doing a bit of everything as Twitter grew from a side-project into a worldwide phenomenon. I then spent about two years building out our API and nurtured the community of talented third-party developers around it. I finished up my time there working on the service's backend infrastructure. Along the way I interviewed seemingly hundreds of people, met with partners, supported technical due diligence investigations, advocated for new technologies and development methodologies, and much more.

Web Application Developer

2006 - 2007

Was the sole developer for a prototype website for a storytelling social network startup aimed at an older target demographic of users.

Intrusion Engineer

2004 - 2006

Web Application Developer

2004 - 2004