Alex Salmon
Senior Software Engineer
Senior Software Engineer with 12 years of experience building SaaS products across startups and scale‑ups. Specialising in TypeScript, React, AWS, and frontend architecture, with a track record of setting technical direction, leading post‑acquisition platform integrations, and shipping LLM‑powered enterprise products.
EXPERIENCE
Nexthink
Software Engineer 4
Mar '24 – now
- DEX platform valued at ~$3B following a majority investment from Vista Equity Partners in 2026.
- Led the post‑acquisition integration of AppLearn's micro‑frontend platform into Nexthink's DEX suite, aligning distributed engineering teams onto shared architecture and practices.
- Engineered an LLM‑powered in‑app AI assistant delivered via browser extension, launching the product with early enterprise technical preview customers.
- Set technical direction through RFCs and ADRs, drove code review culture, and onboarded engineers across distributed teams in Switzerland, Spain, and beyond.
AppLearn
Senior Software Engineer
Apr '16 – Mar '24
- Acquired by Nexthink in 2024, directly transitioning the team and platform into Nexthink's DEX suite.
- Contributed to securing a $25M growth investment from K1 Investment Management by delivering an enterprise‑grade Digital Adoption Platform.
- Built and scaled a global multi‑tenant SaaS platform on serverless AWS, serving hundreds of enterprise customers across global brands.
- Drove successive front‑end platform migrations (PHP, Angular, React), architecting the browser extension DAP component layer central to the core product.
- Grew into leading cross‑functional projects, coordinating between Product and Architecture teams and mentoring junior engineers.
BI WORLDWIDE Front End Developer Oct '14
Benson Price Consultants Web Developer Sep '13
The University of Salford BSc Physics
SKILLS
Frontend
Strong focus on highly interactive UI development and client-side performance.
- Angular
- Canvas
- CSS
- Framer Motion
- HTML
- JavaScript
- React
- Redux
- RxJS
- Storybook
- SVG
- Tailwind CSS
- TypeScript
- Web Extensions
Backend & Cloud
Serverless-first AWS architecture with experience across the full deployment stack.
- AWS
- CloudFront
- DynamoDB
- GraphQL
- Lambda
- Node.js
- REST APIs
- S3
- Serverless
Testing
Behaviour-driven testing across unit, integration, and end-to-end layers.
- BDD
- Jest
- Playwright
- React Testing Library
- Vitest
Leadership & Planning
Strategic planning, team leadership, and cross-functional project delivery.
- Agile
- Mentoring
- Project Leadership
- Prototyping
- RFCs / ADRs
- Roadmapping
- Stakeholder Communication
- Technical Direction
Practices
Cross-functional delivery with a focus on maintainability, extensibility, and developer experience.
- AI-assisted Development
- Architecture
- CI/CD
- Code Review
- Docker
- LangChain
- LLM Tooling
- Micro-frontends
- Monorepo
- Platform Migrations
- System Integration