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tags
🐍 Python
🟨 JavaScript
🐪 Perl
☁️ AWS
🧪 BDD
🧩 API Design

👋 Hi, I'm Alex Bednorz

[ Full Stack Web Engineer | Cloud & Serverless Architect ]
[ West Midlands, UK ]


ℹ️ About Me

I design and build scalable, secure, and event-driven web systems.
My work blends deep AWS cloud automation with pragmatic full-stack engineering.
Senior Software Engineer with 5+ years of experience in building scalable, event-driven web systems for e-Commerce, Incentives & Recognition, Channel Success and Marketing platforms.

I specialise in AWS cloud automation, serverless architecture, and full-stack development, with a focus on mentoring teams and leading cross-functional projects.


🧠 Core Competencies

  • Languages: Python, JavaScript, Perl, Bash, Lua, PHP, Ruby
  • Frontend: HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, jQuery responsive UI integration
  • Backend: RESTful APIs, Serverless Functions, Event-Driven Architecture, Microservices
  • Frameworks: Flask, FastAPI, Ruby on Rails
  • Databases: NoSQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL, RDBMS design and tuning
  • Systems: Linux, POSIX, sFTP, SMTP, SSH administration
  • Version Control: Git, SVN
  • CI/CD: GitHub Actions
  • IaC: AWS CloudFormation, Serverless Application Model (SAM)
  • Monitoring & Observability: CloudWatch, DataDog, Grafana, New Relic, Insights Dashboards
  • Automation: Serverless deployments, CI/CD pipelines, IaC workflows, Swagger/OpenAPI

☁️ AWS Expertise

  • Compute: Lambda, EKS, ECS, Fargate, Docker
  • Infrastructure: CloudFormation, Template Transformer Macros
  • Messaging: SNS, SQS
  • Security: IAM policy design and least-privilege management
  • APIs: API Gateway, RESTful API design and implementation
  • Monitoring: CloudWatch, X-Ray, structured logging
  • Storage: S3, RDS, DynamoDB

🧩 Development Practices

  • Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD) with Cucumber / Gherkin
  • Event-driven and modular architecture design
  • Testable, observable systems
  • Project lead on data suite engineering

🎯 Focus Areas

  • Cloud-native refactoring of legacy systems
  • Secure API integration and orchestration
  • Automated infrastructure provisioning
  • Distributed messaging and data pipelines

💼 Experience

360insights | Senior Software Engineer | 20201 - Present

  • CR Worldwide acquired by 360insights in 2020. 1
  • Lead engineer of an agile development team, delivering cloud-native solutions.
  • Mentored team members, fostering technical growth and collaboration.
  • Automated deployment processes using CI/CD pipelines.
  • Designed and implemented scalable, event-driven architectures using AWS services.

Corporate Rewards / CR Worldwide | Software Engineer | 2016 - 20201

  • Received multiple internal accolades, including Innovator of the Year 2018.
  • Built plugins for bespoke MediaWiki documentation platform.
  • Developed internal tools for data processing and reporting.
  • Led the design, development, and deployment of microservice-based systems supporting cross-platform integrations.
  • Built and maintained modular services in Python, JavaScript, for custom business logic via RESTful APIs.
  • Deployed and optimised these services on AWS, improving scalability, maintainability, and performance.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to modernise application architecture and streamline development workflows.
  • Delivered measurable improvements in operational efficiency and user experience through cloud-native solutions.

Volo Commerce | Technical Analyst | 2013 - 2016

  • B2B technical support and platform maintenance.
  • Analytics and reporting for e-Commerce clients.
  • Supported and maintained Volo Commerce's proprietary eCommerce platform eSellerPro, integrating stock management, order processing, accounting, and multichannel sales (eBay, Amazon, Rakuten, web shops).
  • Provided technical support and issue resolution for a large client base, including troubleshooting integrations and coordinating with internal teams.
  • Developed expertise in third-party accounting integrations (Sage 50, QuickBooks, Exchequer).
  • Identified and documented recurring client issues to drive process improvements and enhance system stability.
  • Contributed to departmental workflow optimisation through feedback and operational insight.

🎓 Education

  • Computer Science National Certificate | 2012

📫 Contact

Footnotes

  1. 360insights Announces Acquisition of CR Worldwide [link] 2 3

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