Hey! I'm Alex.

Portrait of Alexander Pekkari

I work comfortably across the full stack, from shaping product direction to building and delivering the systems behind it.

At Cerve, I’ve recently focused on delivering useful agentic product workflows with Google ADK and the Vercel AI SDK.

Cerve

Founding Engineer 2025 — now

Working across the stack on data integrations, AI-assisted workflows and product systems for the food and beverage supply chain.

TypeScript · Node.js · GraphQL · Google ADK · Vercel AI SDK

Meltwater

Senior Software Engineer 2019 — 2025

Worked across customer-facing products and a shared component system for media and social intelligence.

TypeScript · Node.js · Vue.js · Stencil.js · GraphQL · Apollo · Vercel AI SDK

SMS Park (now EasyPark)

Frontend Tech Lead Jul — Nov 2019

Led frontend work for an SMS- and app-based parking service used across Sweden.

Node.js · Go · Vue.js · GraphQL

Humly (Studentvikarie)

Frontend Architect Jan — Jun 2019

Helped shape the frontend architecture for a marketplace connecting substitute teachers with schools.

Heroku · Node.js · GraphQL · Vue.js · React · Apollo

Realforce (Adfenix)

Lead Frontend Developer 2018 — 2019

Led the development and maintenance of several client applications for data-driven property advertising.

Docker · Kubernetes · Node.js · GraphQL · Vue.js · React · Cypress

SpeedLedger

Frontend Architect 2016 — 2018

Focused on frontend architecture and the mobile web experience for a bookkeeping product with bank integrations and automation.

Node.js · Babel · React · Redux · Webpack · Ava · Enzyme

Saltside Technologies

Lead Frontend Developer · Frontend Developer 2014 — 2016

Built and led frontend work for the online marketplaces Tonaton in Ghana, Bikroy in Bangladesh and ikman in Sri Lanka, with a focus on varied devices and connection speeds.

Node.js · Express · Backbone.js · Webpack · Less · Selenium

Carmenta

Full Stack Developer 2010 — 2014

Spent two years on customer projects built with Carmenta Engine, followed by two years of product R&D on the Carmenta Server web API and its frontend applications.

C# · .NET · ASP.NET · MS SQL · jQuery · Sass

Chalmers University of Technology

  • Software Engineering 2007 — 2010
  • Information Technology 2004 — 2007

Master's thesis: using WebKit as a cross-platform GUI renderer for the Spotify client.

You can reach me by email, or find my work on GitHub and my experience on LinkedIn.