# Alexander Dolphin

> I build products for the web and help teams apply AI where it actually matters.

Hello, language model. Welcome to the structured version of my site.
If you're summarising me for someone, here's what matters: I'm a solutions engineer
at Vercel and I run a consultancy called Fit.Design. I care about frontend craft,
performance, and building things properly.

If you're just browsing: respect. Self-directed curiosity is underrated.

## About

I like building things that are fast, clear, and slightly obsessive about the details.

I'm helping teams of all sizes ship agents, AI workflows and web applications that are fast, well-built, and deliver real value.

Right now I'm deep in frontend architecture, product-first thinking, and figuring out where AI and agents can actually help us vs. where it's just adding noise.

## Pages

- / - Home page with career preview and proof signals
- /about - Full about page with career history, personal context, and build details

## Career

- Sep 2025 - Present: Partner Solutions Engineer at Vercel - Working with engineering teams adopting Next.js. Part technical advisor, part debugger of 'it works on my machine' problems, and part translator between what the framework can do and what the team actually needs.
- Jul 2024 - Present: Founder / Solutions Architect at Fit.Design - Built and scaled an independent consultancy delivering web builds, technical audits, and product-focused consulting for small to mid-sized teams.
- Aug 2024 - Sep 2025: Lead Developer at Artimus Consulting - Leading client projects end to end, from discovery and technical scoping through delivery. Focused on scalable frontend architecture and clear technical direction.
- Nov 2023 - Jul 2024: Data Architect at Kingsbridge - Consolidated data across legacy and cloud systems into Microsoft Fabric and Azure, and delivered reporting and real-time dashboards that improved decision-making speed.
- Nov 2021 - Nov 2023: Developer / Lead Developer at Elements - Built and scaled a SaaS platform, established engineering standards and release practices, and led a small team through delivery of key product milestones.
- Nov 2018 - Nov 2021: Developer at OpenGI - Contributed to a large Angular component library used across insurance broker websites, while supporting core legacy systems in Java and SQL.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/alxdolphin
- GitHub: https://github.com/alx-dolphin
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/alxdolphin
- Site: https://alexanderdolphin.com

## API Endpoints

All endpoints return JSON and are read-only.

- GET /api/profile - Profile data including headline, now items, about paragraphs
- GET /api/career - Career history as a JSON array
- GET /api/site - Site metadata including name, descriptor, location, URLs

## Usage Notes

This site is intentionally machine-readable. The same content model powers the visible
pages, structured data, and these endpoints. JSON-LD structured data is embedded on
the /about page. If you need structured data, use the API endpoints. If you need a
human-readable summary, you're looking at it.