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Alex Howden — Software Engineer

Computer Science student at the University of Michigan.

Currently at Bumble Bee Scribe, BrowserGuard, and Provira. Before that, Annaly Capital Management.

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University of Michigan

B.S. in Computer Science, Minor in Mathematics

Expected May 2028 · GPA 3.91

Coursework

  • Operating Systems
  • Computer Security
  • Data Structures & Algorithms
  • Computer Organization
  • Computer Vision

Honors

  • James B. Angell Scholar Award
  • University Honors (Fall 2024 – Present)
  • William J. Branstrom Freshman Prize

Software Engineer (Part-time)Sep 2026 – Present

Bumble Bee Scribe · Ann Arbor, MI

Software Engineer (Part-time)Jul 2026 – Present

BrowserGuard · Remote

Founding Software EngineerMay 2026 – Present

Provira · Remote

Software Engineer InternOct 2025 – Apr 2026

Bumble Bee Scribe · Ann Arbor, MI

IT Infrastructure InternJun 2024 – Aug 2024

Annaly Capital Management · New York, NY

SkyLedgerJul 2026 – Present

Built a live market analytics platform for the Hypixel SkyBlock economy, pushing price updates to every connected client within about a second

PythonFastAPIPostgreSQLReact

Autonomous Off-Road Perception SystemJan 2026 – Present

Hyundai America Technical Center (HATCI), Michigan MDP

Designed a vision-based perception pipeline for soft road boundary detection in unmarked off-road environments

PythonPyTorchOpenCV

PhantomNov 2025

Developed a bot to automate Clash of Clans gameplay, leveraging PyAutoGUI to precisely carry out in-game actions

PythonYOLOv11PyAutoGUIOpenCV

AutoCalAug 2025

Built an AI-powered calendar assistant enabling users to easily manage events through natural language queries

PythonLangGraphGoogle Calendar APIFastAPIReact

ChefOct 2026 – Present

Built an invite-only math practice app that pays real money per correct answer, with passkey sign-in and an admin console for payouts

TypeScriptNext.jsPostgreSQLDrizzle

Languages

PythonTypeScriptC++SQLJavaScriptKQLHTML/CSS

Frameworks

ReactNext.jsFastAPIDjangoLangGraphLangChainPyTorchTensorRTOpenCV

Cloud & Infrastructure

Azure (Container Apps, Lighthouse)AWS (S3)DockerPostgreSQLLinuxMQTTGitHub Actions

Happy to talk about a role, a project, or anything on this site.

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