Alex Malott

Senior Software Engineer

Fort Collins, COalex@malott.dev+1-720-346-4293LinkedInGitLab

Professional Summary

Full-stack Senior Software Engineer with 7+ years building enterprise-scale web applications and microfrontend platforms. Specialized in React, TypeScript, and Angular with hands-on experience in OpenTelemetry observability, CI/CD optimization, and cloud-native Kubernetes deployments. Experienced technical lead: drove frontend architecture, owned code review processes, led innersource contributions, and served on engineering hiring panels across cross-functional product teams.

Experience

OpenText

Observability and Service Management

Senior Software EngineerJune 2022–Present

Frontend Lead for Core Application Observability, an OpenTelemetry-based enterprise monitoring product

Owned all frontend architectural decisions for Core Application Observability; served as primary code reviewer for the team
Led innersource contributions to shared Angular Module Federation framework, enabling modular microfrontend composition across multiple product teams
Reduced CI/CD pipeline duration by 91% by implementing remote-cached Nx build and test artifacts
Led migration from legacy MicroFocus design system to OpenText's enterprise design system across the full product UI
Delivered 10 consecutive on-time quarterly releases, maintaining zero-delay shipping record

TypeScriptAngularRxJSMicrofrontendsModule FederationOpenTelemetryCypressNx

Software EngineerApril 2020–June 2022

Frontend-focused full-stack development on AppHub, an enterprise Helm deployment platform for OpenText Service Management products

Served on 12+ technical interview panels; directly onboarded 6 new engineers onto the team
Built and maintained Angular/TypeScript frontend for Helm chart management and multi-environment Kubernetes deployment workflows
Delivered features enabling customers to deploy all major OSM products with minimal configuration overhead
Resolved significant accumulated technical debt in a legacy platform, restoring reliability for enterprise customers

AngularTypeScriptJavaHelmKubernetesJenkinsDocker

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

OneView Developer Tools

Junior Software EngineerJanuary 2019–April 2020

Full-stack developer on the HPE OneView developer tooling and infrastructure team

Built a physical "traffic light" using a Raspberry Pi to poll Zabbix and instantly notify the team of any infrastructure issues
Developed Python/Django dashboard with PostgreSQL backend for centralized test coverage tracking across the team
Provided custom CentOS Linux image for developers, saving ~3 hours per new environment setup

PythonDjangoNode.jsPostgreSQLREST APIsGit

Software InternMay 2018–August 2018

Developed internal tooling for customer log analysis and VMware systems support

Developed high-performance, extensible Java application for identifying known system issues and recommended mitigations from customer support logs
Performed VMware CentOS Linux systems maintenance and setup

JavaVMWareGit

HP Inc.

Remote Graphics Software

Software InternMay 2016–May 2018

Extended automated performance testing infrastructure and contributed to HP Remote Graphics Software development

Extended automated performance test infrastructure with hardware (high-speed camera for monitoring, Raspberry Pi Zero for input emulation) to enable testing on thin clients without requiring custom client software
Contributed to development of HP Remote Graphics Software - a C++ and Qt-based cross-platform client and server for remote desktop

C++QtPythonRaspberry Pi

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

Colorado State University

January 2016–May 2019

Coursework including Software Engineering, Object-Oriented Design, Networking, Security, Parallelism, Databases
First place, 2018 Ram Reality VR create-a-thon: Unreal 4 tool to assess concussion severity, received further funding

Technical Skills

Frontend

ReactNext.jsAngularTypeScriptJavaScriptRxJSTailwind CSSHTML/CSSMicrofrontendsModule Federation

Backend

Node.jsPythonJavaGoC/C++

DevOps & Tools

GitDockerKubernetesHelmOpenTelemetryNxJenkinsGitLab CI/CDGitHub Actions

Databases & Cloud

PostgreSQLElasticsearchMongoDBRedisAWSAzureGCP

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