Live · iOS, Android, web
ShelfLife
A social book-tracking app, built and launched as the only engineer on a serverless AWS backend.
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4.8★
App Store rating
~3,500
installs in the two months after v1
Alexander Cherry
Product engineer & technical leader
I work directly with customers and stakeholders to turn problems into shipped products. My work spans engineering, architecture and UI/UX, across federal platforms and consumer apps.
Arlington, VA
Founder & lead engineer · 2026 — now
Fisherbird Software
A two-person software studio I started with my wife. I lead the engineering, architecture and UI/UX for our apps, and build custom software for businesses.
Near beta
WanderCrew
An offline-first trip planner for groups, from idea to near-beta in under a month.
React Native / ExpoTypeScriptAWS LambdaDynamoDBPulumiApp Store & Google Play releases
OneGlobe LLC · 2022–2026 · Business Development Solution Architect
From federal requirements to working software
I worked with federal stakeholders to shape technical proposals and built working applications for live evaluations.
SBA evaluation application
Built the demo application that helped OneGlobe win a seat on the SBA Enterprise Agile Delivery Services BPA. The first call order followed a week later.
$200MBPA ceiling · OneGlobe awarded a seat
Tech Challenge Platform
Top contributor to a reusable reference architecture for government technical challenges, with a React client, Java Spring services, and deployment through Terraform, Pulumi or AWS CDK.
ReactTypeScriptJava SpringUSWDSInfrastructure as code
OneGlobe LLC · 2018–2021 · Workstream technical lead
FEMA GO
FEMA's grants management platform, built to FedRAMP High. I oversaw UI delivery across the platform and led the fire-grants workstream.
6 peoplecross-functional agile team I led
20 peoplefire-grants workstream I supervised
Platform scale
$7B+
grants processed
50
states served
40+
grant programs
- Oversaw all UI work and served as the final reviewer of all UI code.
- Delivered the COVID-19 CARES Act funding opportunity in under a week, helping FEMA meet its congressional deadline.
- Worked directly with federal product owners and mentored engineers through 1:1s and code review.
React / ReduxJava SpringVert.xPostgreSQLAWSSection 508
American Student Assistance · 2016–2018
saltmoney.org
Delivered the saltmoney.org rebrand as a front-end engineer, then stepped into the design role after a design team reorg. Prototyped React and React Native apps using OCR, AR and chatbot technology.
Front endDesignReact Native
History
2026 — nowFounder & Lead Engineer · Fisherbird Software
2022 — 26BD Solution Architect · OneGlobe LLC
2021 — 22Career break · Travel, 25+ countries
2018 — 21Workstream Technical Lead · OneGlobe LLC, FEMA GO
2016 — 18Front-End Engineer · American Student Assistance
2018B.S. Computer Science · Northeastern University