Senior Software Engineer
Alex demonstrated deep understanding of distributed systems and showed excellent problem-solving approach.
Exceptionally clear at explaining complex concepts and collaborating on solutions. Great cultural fit.
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I see you built a real-time collaboration platform at your last company. What were the main technical challenges you faced?
The biggest challenge was handling concurrent edits without conflicts. We implemented operational transformation with a custom CRDT solution for eventual consistency.
Interesting choice. Why did you go with CRDTs over other approaches like operational transformation alone?
OT alone required a central server for ordering operations. CRDTs let us build peer-to-peer sync, reducing latency and improving offline support. The trade-off was more complex merge logic.
How did you handle the complexity of CRDT merges? Any specific data structures you found particularly effective?
We used RGA (Replicated Growable Array) for text editing and LWW-Element-Set for metadata. The key insight was keeping operations commutative - made testing much easier.
Your GitHub shows contributions to several open-source projects. How do you balance open-source work with your day job?
I contribute to projects we use at work - it's a win-win. Fixed bugs in our Redis client and added features to a monitoring library. My employer supports it since it benefits our stack.
I see you built a real-time collaboration platform at your last company. What were the main technical challenges you faced?
The biggest challenge was handling concurrent edits without conflicts. We implemented operational transformation with a custom CRDT solution for eventual consistency.
Interesting choice. Why did you go with CRDTs over other approaches like operational transformation alone?
OT alone required a central server for ordering operations. CRDTs let us build peer-to-peer sync, reducing latency and improving offline support. The trade-off was more complex merge logic.
How did you handle the complexity of CRDT merges? Any specific data structures you found particularly effective?
We used RGA (Replicated Growable Array) for text editing and LWW-Element-Set for metadata. The key insight was keeping operations commutative - made testing much easier.
Your GitHub shows contributions to several open-source projects. How do you balance open-source work with your day job?
I contribute to projects we use at work - it's a win-win. Fixed bugs in our Redis client and added features to a monitoring library. My employer supports it since it benefits our stack.
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