Hello, I'm

Alexander Sanchez

MS Computer Science @ NYU Tandon School of Engineering

Class of 2027

Full-Stack Engineer building end-to-end web applications. Letting project demands drive my learning, my focus expands into Distributed Systems, High Availability, and User Experience. I bridge intuitive interfaces with practical backends, carefully analyzing resource tradeoffs at every stage of growth.

Projects

Full-Stack Distributed Systems Cloud Infrastructure Caching Layer Monitoring & Alerting Payment Processing OAuth 2.0

Parkingateway

A high-concurrency reservation platform engineered for multi-airport infrastructure. Utilizing a decoupled architecture, the system manages real-time inventory synchronization and complex booking logic across diverse travel hubs, with a backend optimized for regional expansion and high-traffic seasonal loads.

Live

Full-Stack Headless CMS Cloud Infrastructure Client Portal File Storage Secure Downloads Asset Delivery Photography Gallery

Photography Portfolio

A visually-driven portfolio site showing off photography work. CMS-powered for easy updates, SSR for fast load times and SEO. S3 compatible image bucket for client download links.

Live

Team Project Next.js Django PostgreSQL Mapbox OpenRouteService NYC Open Data Heatmap Aggregation Routing Engine Social Feed

Nightwalkers

A safety-focused navigation PWA that generates heatmaps by synthesizing NYC Open Data with user-submitted crime reports. It features a community-driven forum where residents can post sightings and react, directly influencing the routing engine's safety scores to help commuters avoid high-risk areas.

Source Code

PostgreSQL Raw SQL Django Security IoT Simulation

SHEMS

An energy monitoring panel using Raw SQL and PostgreSQL for complex analytics. Built for NYU's Principles of Database Systems, it bypasses the ORM to implement manual transactions and parameterized queries, ensuring high-integrity data management for IoT-simulated devices.

Source Code

Big Data Apache Spark Kafka Apache Iceberg Geospatial Team Project

NYC Traffic & Emissions Pipeline

A real-time distributed data pipeline that correlates NYC traffic speeds with air quality sensor readings to quantify how congestion degrades local air quality. Streams multi-source data through Redpanda into PySpark Structured Streaming, applies H3 spatial indexing and 15-minute sliding window joins, and surfaces live borough-level insights through a Trino-backed Grafana dashboard on a medallion Iceberg data lake.

Source Code

Education

New York University

2023 — 2027 (Expected)

Master of Science in Computer Science

Focus: Distributed Systems and Software Engineering

Status 0%

Principles of Database Systems Design and Analysis of Algorithms I Machine Learning Software Engineering I Network Security Big Data

SUNY Old Westbury

2017 — 2021

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science — Minor in Mathematics

Focus: Software Engineering Fundamentals

Status Completed

Data Structures Software Engineering Database Management Systems Systems Design & Implementation Mobile Programming Via Android Linear Algebra Calculus I & II

Technical Toolkit

Backend & APIs

Production-grade server architecture and async task systems.

Django & Django REST Framework
Asynchronous Task Queues
In-Memory Data Caching
RESTful API Design
Token-Based Authentication

Frontend & Fullstack

Modern web interfaces with type-safe, component-driven development.

Next.js & React
TypeScript
Astro
Server-Side Rendering (SSR)
REST API Integration

Databases & Data

Relational systems, distributed storage, and big data foundations.

Distributed Relational Databases
SQL & Query Optimization
S3 Compatible Object Storage
Geospatial Data Processing
Big Data Foundations

Infrastructure & DevOps

Scalable deployment, proxying, and cloud-native tooling.

Edge Security & Rate Limiting
Linux Ecosystems & Networking
Cloud Computing
Distributed Systems

Security & Observability

End-to-end protection, application monitoring, and access control.

OAuth 2.0 Integration
Application Error Monitoring
Network Security Fundamentals
Analytics & Conversion Tracking

Professional & Soft Skills

Effective communication, adaptability, and collaborative problem-solving.

Bilingual (Native Spanish & English)
Client Communication & Hospitality
Cross-Functional Teamwork
High-Pressure Adaptability
Technical Autonomy

Connect

I'm currently focusing on Distributed Systems and Software Engineering as part of my MS at NYU. Whether you have a question about my projects or just want to discuss the latest in cloud infrastructure, feel free to reach out.

System Links

Currently based in New York City & Long Island