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Hi, I’m

Alex van der Heijden

Engineering @ Alan

# About

I build software with a product lens: thoughtful systems, clear interfaces, and teams that can move quickly without sacrificing quality. I’m especially energized by work that sits between disciplines. I enjoy moving between product thinking, engineering detail, and team design to make outcomes feel both solid and human.

# Journey

Jun 2026 → Present

Software Engineer @ Alan
  • senior
Paris

health can't wait

  • member lifecycle area

Oct 2025 → Jun 2026

Software Engineer @ MakiPeople
  • lead
Paris

helping people make better decisions

  • leading product and engineering for our new interview assistant, tomo
  • redefining team workflows for fast iteration
  • rearchitected the whole frontend, boosting AI coding productivity 80% and paving the way for a monorepo migration

Aug 2024 → Sep 2025

Software Engineer @ Doppel
  • staff
NYC

protecting people and aura farming threat actors at the same time

  • engineer #15
  • technical lead for the product team
  • led client-facing aspects of executive protection product
  • designed and built multi-tenancy and permission system from scratch

Sep 2020 → Aug 2024

Software Engineer @ Teladoc Health
  • senior
NYC+CO+Chicago

giving people access to the healthcare they deserve

  • built the company's first microservice
  • one of the ic leads on one app, the company's largest product initiative
  • shipped across clinical, integrations, and care plan / care team
  • junior → mid-level → senior swe promotions

# Side Quests

Baking

I slap dough and make it tasty. one day you might be lucky enough to savour my babka.

Flights

Plane nerd and avid traveler. Flighty power user.

TFT grind

I refuse to die the full time hardstuck tft viewer who never hit masters. Follow the grind.

Game dev

I've always dreamt of developing my very own videogame. Stay tuned to see it happen.