Alexander Henry

About

I am a results-oriented Engineering Manager and hands-on technologist with over 19 years of progressive experience at CNET, evolving from Quality Assurance to Staff Engineer, and ultimately to Engineering Leadership. I specialize in bridging the gap between high-level strategy and technical execution, ensuring teams deliver scalable, modern solutions. Throughout my career, I have balanced technical contributions with team mentorship, resource allocation, and career pathing for direct reports. My recent technical focus has been on architecting and implementing commerce-related business initiatives using a modern stack including Java, Spring Boot, and Gradle. I am currently seeking my next challenge as an Engineering Manager or Staff Software Engineer where I can leverage my deep experience in backend architecture and team leadership to build high-volume, reliable systems.

Experience

• Engineering Manager · CNET11-01-2021 – 01-01-2026

  Engineering Manager responsible for allocating work to developers, guiding career paths, and delivering CMS/Commerce initiatives. Led PHP-based CMS and API work, task assignments, and ensured training and career progression for direct reports.

• Staff Software Engineer · CNET08-01-2021 – 11-01-2021

  Focused on PHP and Symfony 2 based API/CMS development; designed and implemented software solutions using Java, Spring Boot, VueJS, and other technologies in the Commerce area.

• Senior Software Engineer · CNET10-01-2013 – 08-01-2021

  Developed and maintained SOLR indexes; supported PHP and Symfony 2 based API; served as SOLR indexes point of contact; collaborated with Product Managers to tune search results; contributed to PHP REST API and CMS.

• Software Engineer · CNET08-01-2008 – 10-01-2013

  Provided data to front-end developers via API; managed backend SOLR indexes and MySQL databases; served as point of contact for legacy Java-based REST API and product-focused SOLR indexes; contributed to PHP-based REST API.

• Associate Software Engineer · CNET10-01-2007 – 08-01-2008

  Front-end and middle-layer API work; populated JSP pages with data from API; styled pages using CSS and JavaScript.

Education

• San Francisco State UniversityBachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science
• City College of San FranciscoComputer Science

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