Tim Alby

Hello, I'm Tim, a passionate senior software engineer with a strong startup culture.

I have 10+ years of experience as a full-stack web developer and love creating things that live on the internet.

I’m a true full-stack developer:

- database (Postgres, Mongo, BigQuery)

- frontend (React, Backbone, Vanilla JS)

- backend (Rails, Node)

I have developed pgTop (pgtop.dev), a helpful tool to troubleshoot PostgreSQL databases, usable via the command line or as a Slack bot. I have also created Inkoming, a turn-by-turn board game.

I have a strong understanding of product and am used to recognize the needs of different actors (users, staff, investors) as well as the technical constraints to deliver projects successfully: technically efficient, functional and stable over time. As much as possible I prefer to deploy early and iterate.

I was the first employee at Overleaf and evolved with the company and its product throughout their growth (today 10M users, 60 employees). First employed in London, I became a freelancer working remotely as a digital nomad and took on different roles, ending up as a principal engineer and team lead.

Get in touch for:

- database performance audit

- creation of a MVP

- development of a full-features web app

- improving your existing web app

- API design and implementation

- and more...