Hello, World.

I'm Alex Kua.

Software Engineer Web Developer Freelancer Entrepreneur

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About

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Alex Kua

I am a Software Engineering graduate from l'ETS (l'École de technologie supérieure) that went on the path of web development. I've always been fascinated by technologies accessible to everyone on the planet and I have a dream of someday building a successful application that will be used by people all around the world.

I've worked on multiple start-ups, some have failed, some have had success. By doing so, I've learned the business side of start-ups, had to learn, manage, build and perfect the products I've worked on.

Profile

  • Name: Alex Kua
  • Birth Date: April 24, 1991
  • Job: Software engineer, web developer, freelancer
  • Website: www.alexkua.com
  • Email: [email protected]

Skills

  • PHP (Laravel, etc)
  • JavaScript (React, jQuery)
  • CSS3, UX, UI
  • Mobile development (React Native)
  • Project Management (Agile)
  • Node.js, VueJS, C#, Objective C, Java
Resume

More of my credentials.

Work Experience

SnapX (start-up)

June 2018 - November 2021

Co-Founder & Web Development Team Lead

SnapX is an app that automates your bookkeeping and data entry. You simply take a picture or upload your receipts and SnapX decodes, classifies and stores it. The transaction gets sent to your favorite accountant software with the supporting document included.

I’ve worked on building the website from scratch, making important code decisions, setting up the database and code structure, delivering solutions according to the company’s needs and being the resource person to everything technical. I've also worked on planning sprints, managing a team of developers and QA specialists and ensuring the project goes as planned.

I mainly used Laravel (PHP), JavaScript (jQuery), React, React Native and worked with multiple web APIs such as Google Places API, HERE API and Quickbooks Online API.

Sécurité XGuard (start-up)

Jan 2020 - Jul 2021

Chief Technology Officer

Security XGuard offers modern security services for today's people. With a background in tech, XGuard encourages the use of modern technologies to help our clients with better service.

At XGuard, I am in charge of managing the dev team, planning out our projects and working on those projects.

FlightHub

Mar 2018 - Jun 2019

Lead Web Developer

FlightHub and JustFly have established themselves as leaders in the online travel industry since 2012 and is still growing fast.

I have worked mainly on the company's online contact center platform, integrating numerous applications like Twilio, Amazon Web Services and using technologies like Laravel, ReactJS and SolarPHP.

Having worked up to lead position for the team, I've also had to manage tasks, coach developers in the team and make important code decisions on the product.

OneProvider

Mar 2017 - Mar 2018

Web Developer

Having been established in the hosting business since 2005, providing shared and dedicated hosting and online game servers on all 5 continents, OneProvider has built a powerful and steady relationship with over 80 upstream providers in over 100 datacenters, in as many cities. OneProvider can thus bring you the most affordable deals on dedicated servers and large scale hosting, all with a single bill, and a single admin panel.

I participated on the development of the company's website, the internal admin panel and the client panel. I worked mainly with PHP and JavaScript.

Logiciels SoluSoft (start-up)

Feb 2016 - Sep 2016

Lead Web Developer

I participated in the development of eSportsClub.com. eSportsClub is a platform for eSports fans. The website offers eSports real cash fantasy for CS:GO and DotA, a virtual skins marketplace, a chat, a stream and many more. I was one of the lead developers that started this project.

We used the PHP Framework Laravel for this project and we were hosted on Amazon Web Services. I worked with many external APIs, such as Facebook, Twitter, Google+, PayPal and Steam. I also worked with a lot of data providers such as SportRadar to import and convert large eSports data. I worked with Git and a local VM with Docker. We used JIRA as our task managing software and Phabricator as our code review software.

Appartube (start-up)

Aug 2014 - Sep 2016

Co-Founder and Lead Programmer

I participated in the development of the Appartube platform and website. The Appartube platform is a module we integrate in our clients’ websites to allow their users to upload videos for free. Our main clients were websites that sold apartments. The platform would allow them to upload videos of their apartments efficiently and gives them more chance to sell their apartment.

The platform has been done in HTML, PHP and JavaScript. We worked a lot with the Brightcove APIs. The platform was hosted on Amazon Web Services and we used Git (BitBucket) as version control system.

WorkflowGen by Advantys

Jan 2015 - Jan 2016

Software Engineer Intern

I participated in the development of new functionalities for the company’s Business Process Management (BPM) software, WorkflowGen. I also added functionalities in the software’s iOS application.

I developed in C#, HTML, JavaScript, CSS et Objective C.

I worked a lot with JS charts and grid plugins, such as jqWidgets.

MBA Recherche

Jan 2011 - Dec 2014

HTML/PHP Programmer

I participated in the development of web applications for means of marketing research, such as online surveys.

I developed in HTML, PHP and JavaScript (jQuery).

Greencopper

Sep 2013 - Dec 2013

Mobile application Developer Intern

I participated in the development of many mobile applications for music festivals and events, such as Bars en Trans, Ground Zero Festival, lille3000, etc.

I developed in Objective C (iOS), Java (Android), HTML (Blackberry) and PHP.

Education

École de technologie supérieure

2012 - 2016

Bachelor's degree, Computer Software Engineering



Collège Montmorency

2008 - 2011

Diploma of College Studies, Information Technology

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Where to find me

Laval, QC

Email Me At

[email protected]