ALEX SIMKIN
Strategic technical leader with 18+ years of experience building mission-critical cloud platforms and distributed systems. Deep JVM expertise, with a strong focus on architectural integrity and pragmatic engineering. Experienced leading complex initiatives from conception through delivery while remaining deeply hands-on and balancing technical excellence with business outcomes.
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Principal Engineer · Tech Lead · Backend / Platform Engineering
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Atlassian — Aug 2016 - Present
Software engineer and technical leader working across Identity, Commerce, tenant provisioning and cloud cost efficiency initiatives.
Identity
‣ Delivered a new User Management Platform and Access Product.
‣ Modernized the tech stack, proactively preventing tech debt creep.
‣ Implemented technical changes required to support GDPR compliance.
Commerce
‣ Led the technical delivery of an Accounts Receivable platform integrating Stripe as payment gateway, owning key technical decisions across the payment processing lifecycle.
‣ Championed a platform-oriented approach across teams, improving architectural consistency and reducing tech debt.
‣ Mentored engineers in their technical and career development.
Provisioning & FinOps
‣ Designed and implemented components of a new self-serve product provisioning orchestration framework plus test harness.
‣ Led cloud cost efficiency initiative, identifying and addressing resource optimisations that delivered more than $1.6M in savings.
Stack: AWS, Java, Kotlin, Scala, Go, PostgreSQL, React, TypeScript
Luxoft — Sep 2014 - Aug 2016
Software engineer for Deutsche Bank trade processing project
‣ Developed a high-load trade processing service supporting mission-critical financial workflows.
Stack: Java, Spring Framework, Oracle DB
Others
T-Systems CIS — Dec 2012 - Sep 2014
Technology Systems — Jan 2012 - Dec 2012
Core Partners — Jul 2009 - Jan 2012