Alex Olyaiy

Vancouver BC · · linkedin.com/in/olyaiy · github.com/olyaiy

Skills

Programming Languages: TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, C++, C, Java, SQL, HTML/CSS, BASH

Frameworks / Libraries: React, Next.js, Express.js, Node.js, Mongoose, GraphQL, Tailwind, Vite, Framer Motion

Developer Tools: Git, Docker, AWS (S3, EC2, ECS, Lambda), Linux, MSSQL, PostgreSQL, NGINX, REST APIs, Vercel

Experience

Member of Technical Staff

Obvious · Contract, Full-time

  • Built agent feedback and task-routing workflows for Obvious's autonomous development loop, enabling agents to act on PR feedback, triage Autobuild issues, and connect changes back to trackable work.
  • Developed AI image and video generation features end to end, spanning generation and editing UI, persistent media artifacts, playback, and model provider integrations (Veo 3.1).
  • Contributed to Product Atlas, Obvious's agent-facing product memory layer, building semantic retrieval and context injection for agents and pipelines that turned merged PRs into timelines and product-area summaries.
  • Shipped core surfaces across an AI-native workspace, including Gallery View, onboarding, artifact viewers, and agent chat / tool-call UX, spanning React frontends and API services.

Founder and Owner

Hightide Digital

  • Architected and deployed 12+ high-performance web applications using Next.js, React, and Tailwind CSS, achieving sub-1s load times and 90+ Lighthouse scores across client sites.
  • Engineered custom headless CMS solutions integrating with AWS S3 and Supabase, reducing content management time by 60% for clients while maintaining enterprise-grade security.
  • Orchestrated successful project deliveries through balanced timeline management and technical excellence, shipping production-ready code while meeting all client deadlines.

Full Stack Developer

Plug Vancouver

  • Architected and deployed a high-performance full-stack website using Next.js, React, and Tailwind CSS, achieving 100% Core Web Vitals scores and reducing load times by 40% through server-side rendering and Vercel edge optimization.
  • Engineered a scalable content management system (CMS) with PostgreSQL database (Supabase), implementing role-based access control and a custom React editor interface, resulting in 70% reduction in content update time for non-technical staff.
  • Developed and deployed an AI content generation system using OpenAI's GPT-4 API, implementing custom prompt engineering that increased content production by 300% while maintaining 95% brand voice accuracy.

Projects

ResumeLM

resumelm.ca

Next.js 15, React 19, TypeScript, OpenAI GPT-4, Vercel AI SDK, Supabase, Shadcn UI, Tailwind CSS, React PDF, Vercel

  • Architected and deployed a production-grade AI resume builder using Next.js 15 and React 19, implementing enterprise-grade security with Supabase Row Level Security (RLS) and TypeScript, achieving 95% user satisfaction rate and 40% faster resume creation time.
  • Engineered an AI content recommendation engine using OpenAI's GPT-4 and Vercel AI SDK for efficient streaming responses, resulting in 60% improvement in resume quality scores and 80% reduction in revision cycles while maintaining sub-200ms response times.
  • Developed a mobile-first design system using Shadcn UI and Tailwind CSS, implementing responsive PDF generation with React PDF for professional resume exports, deployed and optimized on Vercel for global edge performance.

Education

University of British Columbia

Combined Major of Science (Computer Science, Physics, Earth and Ocean Sciences)