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Resume
2025-06-19 | Alex Mbugua Ngugi's Professional Experience
tags: resume Alex is a results-driven, articulate, and analytical Full-Stack Engineer with extensive experience designing and deploying secure, scalable cloud architectures for high-impact platforms. Demonstrates expertise in authentication systems, infrastructure as code (IaC), and Agile methodologies, driving successful technology initiatives impacting millions of users. Recognized for driving platform transformation through cross-functional collaboration and excels at guiding engineering teams towards delivering platform-wide tools and infrastructure that drive business and engineering success.
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Andela
Increased mentorship connections at Andela using Lenken, collaborating in a scrum team of 12 members to build features for mentee-expert developer interactions
Delivered major updates, including social login and barcode scanning, on the Andela Resource Tracker android app by leading and mentoring a team of 10 developers
Placed on partner 2U, where I have been contributing to delivering learning outcomes to millions of students at scale by collaborating with universities and learning institutions
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2U, Engineer III
Collaborated with cross-functional teams, including auth, payments, and platform engineers, to align authentication flows with the broader marketplace transformation strategy
Increased transaction completion rate by designing robust authentication flows for the Marketplace Transformation initiative
Enabled seamless checkout sessions between edX and Commerce Tools by integrating authentication logic using Next.js (SSR), Netlify, and Frontastic API Hub
Secured over 500,000 user sessions per month by enforcing JWT signature verification and managing edge cases such as token expiration and single log-out scenarios
Maintained authentication service uptime by deploying and monitoring using Datadog, Frontastic.io, and Humio dashboards
Mentored developers and facilitated professional development
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2U, Engineer III
Enabled secure SSO integration for all enterprise users by designing and deploying a SAML SSO and edX OAuth self-service orchestration API via Auth0
Developed API Gateway endpoints and AWS Lambda functions for SSO authentication, serving a user base of more than 200,000 across enterprise clients
Achieved a reduction in onboarding time by building a self-service orchestrator, allowing enterprise users to configure SSO independently by automating management tasks
Implemented authentication flows to validate user roles and restrict access based on metadata in Auth0 and Cognito
Improved OAuth2 connection efficiency for all applications by enhancing the Auth0 Terraform provider to support custom headers by contributing to the open source project
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2U, Engineer III
Enabled secure access to EDX and GetSmarter by enterprise clients by deploying a federated SSO solution with Auth0
Improved B2B authentication flow by centralizing SSO for all client organizations, resulting in an increase in login efficiency
Enabled migration of user accounts to Auth0 by implementing user linking between Cognito and Auth0
Achieved a reduction in onboarding time for EDX and GetSmarter enterprise clients by collaborating with all cross-functional teams to ensure successful SSO migration
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2U, Engineer II
Implemented a proxy service for authentication between 2U’s degree sites and all internal applications with Auth0, ensuring user data parity during transition from OARS
Reduced auth provisioning time for new programs through automation of all Auth0 configurations using Terraform
Supported logistration and user management operations by developing and maintaining Lambda functions and serverless services
Increased user profile completeness by creating progressive profiling pages for richer data collection across platforms
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2U, Engineer II
Streamlined asset delivery and reduced deployment times by engineering ViBrAM (Visual Brand Asset Manager), AWS Lambda and Step Functions for seamless asset delivery across all 2U platforms
Migrated all branded and brand assets to new infrastructure by implementing Lambda functions that integrated Central Park (new program data entry point), Hygraph (content manager using GraphQL), and S3 (asset store), ensuring on demand content delivery to all platforms
Improved asset visibility and QA turnaround times for creative teams by collaborating to deliver ViBrAM-UI using Next.js, Material-UI, and Storybook
Enabled monitoring by developing CloudWatch and Slack Integrations to ensure ViBrAM system reliability
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2U, Engineer I
Increased onboarding efficiency by synchronizing 100% of all new program fields with Salesforce using the in-house CMS, OARS
Reduced UAT times and decreased deploy frequency by ensuring 100% accuracy during all program standup
Resolved manual process hurdles, enabling faster deployments by implementing GitHub version control strategies
Managed all support tickets, reducing turnaround times by 80% for program updates and enhancements post-launch
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B.Sc. Information Technology, Jomo Kenyatta University Of Agriculture And Technology
Second Class Upper Division
Majored in Software Engineering
Developed a .Net and MSSQL application to streamline procurement management for the Public Procurement Oversight Authority of Kenya
Migrated the existing MS Access database to MSSQL, preserving historical records while improving workflow efficiency for procurement management and government tender tracking