About Me

I make the
web beautiful.

Eight years ago, I wrote my first line of CSS and got completely hooked. Today, I lead frontend architecture for products used by millions — but I still get the same thrill every time something clicks into place on screen.

My sweet spot is the intersection of engineering and design: systems that are fast, accessible, and beautiful. I care deeply about craft — from the API surface of a component to the 12ms animation curve that makes a button feel alive.

When I'm not pushing pixels, I'm hiking the Marin Headlands, obsessing over specialty coffee, or mentoring developers early in their careers.

Alex Mercer — portrait

8+

Years building

Skills & Tools

What I work with

Frontend

ReactTypeScriptNext.jsTanStackTailwind CSSFramer Motion

Backend

Node.jsPythonPostgreSQLRedisGraphQLREST APIs

Design

FigmaDesign SystemsMotion DesignPrototypingUser ResearchAccessibility

Platform

AWSNetlifyVercelDockerCI/CDPerformance

Career

Experience

2024

Senior Staff Engineer

Luminary Labs

Leading frontend platform for 3M+ users

2021

Lead Engineer

Orbital Systems

Built real-time analytics from 0 to 10M events/day

2019

Senior Frontend Developer

Axiom Design Co.

Architected design system adopted by 50+ products

2017

Frontend Developer

Hyperwave Studio

Interactive web experiences for Fortune 500 clients

2016

BSc Computer Science

UC Berkeley

Graduated with honors, focus on HCI