Summary
Alan Fernandez is a Senior Full-Stack Engineer with a decade of experience building web and application software across media and healthcare platforms, currently shaping product at Spotify. He combines deep software engineering fundamentals with hands-on expertise in both relational and NoSQL databases, agile delivery, and end-to-end system design from requirements to deployment. His background includes senior roles at Flatiron Health and HBO and leadership building music education software, reflecting an ability to balance product-driven feature work with robust backend engineering. Trained in physics and mathematics, he brings a rigorous, analytical approach to complex problem-solving and system feasibility analysis. Colleagues rely on him for translating ambiguous requirements into practical, testable architectures and for mentoring cross-disciplinary teams through production rollouts. Based in New York, he favors pragmatic solutions that scale and endure beyond the first release.
10 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Mathematics, Bachelor's degree, Mathematics at The City College of New York
Bachelor’s Degree, Physics, Bachelor’s Degree, Physics at City University of New York City College