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    {\LARGE\bfseries\color{accent} Alex\\Mercer} \\[0.15cm]
    {\small\bfseries\color{brand} SOFTWARE ENGINEER}
    
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    \sidebarsection{Skills}
    \textbf{Programming} \\
    {\small Python $\cdot$ Go $\cdot$ TypeScript \\ JavaScript $\cdot$ Rust $\cdot$ SQL} \\[0.3cm]
    \textbf{Frameworks} \\
    {\small React $\cdot$ Next.js $\cdot$ Node.js \\ FastAPI $\cdot$ Gin $\cdot$ gRPC} \\[0.3cm]
    \textbf{Tools \& Cloud} \\
    {\small AWS $\cdot$ Docker $\cdot$ Kubernetes \\ Terraform $\cdot$ CI/CD $\cdot$ Git}
    
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    {\small\textbf{English} (Native) \\
    \textbf{Spanish} (Conversational)}
    
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  \sectionheader{Summary}
  {\small Senior Software Engineer with 6+ years of experience specializing in building highly scalable microservices, cloud-native architectures, and robust API endpoints. Proven track record of improving system performance and leading cross-functional teams to deliver production-ready software solutions.}
  
  \sectionheader{Experience}
  
  \experienceitem{Senior Software Engineer}{TechCorp}{Oct 2023 -- Present}{San Francisco, CA}
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    \item Led a team of 4 engineers to rebuild the core API gateway, improving throughput by 40\% and reducing p99 latency from 150ms to 45ms.
    \item Architected and deployed microservices using Go and gRPC, reducing system complexity and infrastructure costs by \$120K annually.
    \item Standardized CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions and Terraform, cutting deployment times from 45 minutes to under 8 minutes.
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  \experienceitem{Software Engineer II}{CloudFlow}{Mar 2021 -- Sep 2023}{Seattle, WA}
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    \item Developed and maintained data ingestion pipelines in Python, processing over 50M+ events daily with 99.99\% uptime.
    \item Integrated Redis caching layer, reducing database load by 35\% and optimizing API response times across the platform.
    \item Mentored junior developers and conducted code reviews, increasing team velocity and ensuring high test coverage (>90\%).
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  \experienceitem{Software Engineer I}{DevLaunch}{Jun 2019 -- Feb 2021}{Austin, TX}
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    \item Built responsive web applications using React and Next.js, resulting in a 25\% increase in user engagement.
    \item Collaborated with product and design teams to implement modern, accessible UI components matching WCAG guidelines.
    \item Optimized frontend assets and implemented lazy loading, reducing initial bundle size by 30\%.
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  \sectionheader{Education}
  
  \educationitem{M.S. in Computer Science}{Stanford University}{2017 -- 2019}{Stanford, CA}
  \educationitem{B.S. in Software Engineering}{University of Texas}{2013 -- 2017}{Austin, TX}
  
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