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Hi 👋, I'm Alex Cutler

Full-Stack & Mobile Developer | Cloud, APIs, and Web/Mobile Applications

About Me

Recent Software Engineering graduate building production-ready applications with modern full-stack technologies. Interested in cloud systems, distributed systems, and full-stack and mobile development.

I am available for part time freelance software development work. Feel free to look through my GitHub Page for further details.

  • 🔭 I'm currently working on a city park reservation tool along with a fitness and calorie tracker and workout planner.
  • 🌱 I'm currently learning C#/ASP.Net, Flutter/Dart, FastAPI/Python, and PostgreSQL.
  • 💬 Ask me about web (backend and frontend) and mobile development.
  • 📫 How to reach me [email protected].
  • 👨‍💻 All of my projects are available at my GitHub Profile.
  • 📄 Know about my experiences on my resume.

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My Core Tech Stack

Languages

Python TypeScript JavaScript PHP HTML5 CSS3 Swift Kotlin C++

Frameworks

Vue.js Angular Flask Laravel Express.js Node.js

Databases

MongoDB MySQL SQLite

Cloud Platforms

AWS Firebase

Hire Me For:

  • Backend Development
  • Frontend Development
  • Fullstack Development
  • Mobile Development

Recent Projects

  • The Recipe Archive
    • This project aims to "digitize" family recipes by allowing users to add in and search through recipes.
    • It uses Java and Spring Boot for the backend, PostgreSQL for the database, and Svelte and SvelteKit for the frontend.
    • The frontend uses REST APIs to connect to the backend and JWTs for user authentication. Recipe Archive Homepage
  • Card Game Point Tracker
    • This is a point tracking app used to help keep track of points during card games (think games like Wackee Six, Cover Your Assets, Skull King, etc.)
    • The iOS app is built with SwiftUI and the Android app is built with Kotlin and Jetpack Compose.
    • I wrote several unit and instrumented tests for both apps.
    Android Point Tracker App iOS Point Tracker App
  • Cutler Code Business Website
    • This is a website for a personal business idea I have in mind for creating custom software for clients who wish to work with me.
    • It uses MySQL for the database and the Laravel PHP framework for both the frontend and backend.
    • The frontend uses dozens of REST APIs to communicate with the backend.
    • I wrote several unit and feature tests to test the website and added a small CI/CD pipeline with GitHub Actions to automate the test runner when I push code to the repository. Cutler Code Homepage

Featured AWS Project: Serverless Payment Clearinghouse

Python | AWS Lambda | DynamoDB | Distributed Systems

Designed and implemented a scalable serverless API that abstracts payment processing between merchants and multiple financial institutions. The system simulates hight-volume transaction flow while enforcing strict SLA and security constraints.

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🏗️ Architecture

  • Amazon Web Services Lambda for stateless transaction processing
  • Amazon Web Services DynamoDB for merchant authentication and transaction logging
  • REST-based integration with heterogeneous downstream banking APIs
  • Token-based merchant authentication model

⚙️ Engineering Highlights

  • Routed transaction across 5 vendor-specific banking APIs with differing schemas
  • Normalized inconsistent downstream responses into a unified status model
  • Enforced <3 second SLA with timeout handling and graceful degradation
  • Simulated 100+ concurrent merchants to evaluate scalability and resilience
  • Processed 700+ transactions under load conditions
  • Designed with PCI-aware constraints (no sensitive card data persisted)
  • Identified and resolved JSON schema validation issue discovered during production-style testing

📈 Production Considerations

  • Designed for horizontal scalability using serverless architecture
  • Implemented defensive JSON parsing and error handling
  • Evaluated cost vs availability tradeoffs in free-tier cloud environment
  • Future enhancements: IAM role-based auth, structured logging, rate limiting, circuit breaker pattern

Source code remains private due to academic requirements. Architecture and design details are shared for portfolio purposes.

Additional Languages and Tools I Used

android c csharp django figma git java linux nestjs nextjs nginx nuxtjs postgresql postman rails react ruby selenium spring tailwind unity vuetify

How to Connect with Me

cacutler cameron-cutler 26648996/alex-cutler alex.cutler.10236 @cacutler1 cacutler1 @alexsoftwarecorner agentalex

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  1. CutlerCode/CutlerCode-Laravel-PHP CutlerCode/CutlerCode-Laravel-PHP Public

    This is my personal business website.

    PHP 1

  2. HealthPlanner-FastAPI-Flutter HealthPlanner-FastAPI-Flutter Public

    This is a calorie/fitness tracking and workout planning project built with FastAPI/Python, PostgreSQL, and Flutter/Dart.

    Dart 2

  3. iOSPointTracker-SwiftUI iOSPointTracker-SwiftUI Public

    A point tracking app for card games.

    Swift 1

  4. AndroidPointTracker-JetpackCompose-Kotlin AndroidPointTracker-JetpackCompose-Kotlin Public

    This is the Android version of my card game point tracker app.

    Kotlin 1

  5. RecipeArchive-SpringBoot-SvelteKit RecipeArchive-SpringBoot-SvelteKit Public

    This is a Spring Boot and SvelteKit project for storing, digitizing, and viewing family recipes.

    Svelte 1

  6. Park-Reservations-CSharp-ASPNet Park-Reservations-CSharp-ASPNet Public

    This is a simple park reservations web app for cities built with C# and the .Net framework

    HTML