Alexander Cannon

Stack

TypeScript · Rust · Python · Go · React · React Native · Expo · Next.js · AWS · Azure · GCP · Postgres · Redis · Kafka · LLMs where the pager still rings

Experience

• Zinguist

  Nov 2023 - Present

  CTO · Berlin, Germany

  • Automated the workflows that kept operations stuck in the same three tools
  • Scaled infrastructure for a sharp rise in user activity, including video streaming for online classes
  • Led engineering alongside product and marketing

• Kellogg Brown & Root

  Dec 2023 - Feb 2025

  Engineering Manager · Los Angeles, California, United States

  • Led a team building an enterprise AI tool from prototype through deployment
  • Integrated and tuned language models for real client use cases
  • Compared models under production constraints and mentored the team on deployment and ethics

• Mishcon De Reya (MDRX)

  April 2022 - Nov 2023

  Head of Engineering · London, England, United Kingdom

  • Recruited and led a 30-person engineering team
  • Delivered 10+ projects and prototypes across the portfolio
  • Created and launched 3 crypto tokens and ICOs

• Winston App

  Jan 2020 - April 2022

  Founder & CEO · London, England, United Kingdom

  • Obtained a banking license and launched a regulated fintech application
  • Led strategy, team building, and the mobile launch as a licensed financial institution

• Farpoint Labs

  Jan 2019 - April 2022

  Founder & CEO · London, England, United Kingdom

  • Founded and operated a DevOps consultancy
  • Delivered video game asset pipeline automation and streaming video file processing
  • Built GP application infrastructure and an oil company telemetrics project

• Lloyds Banking Group

  July 2017 - Dec 2018

  Engineering Lead · London, England, United Kingdom

  • Oversaw a loan platform processing £360M annually
  • Built a data science platform for onboarding
  • Led technical architecture decisions