Alex Kerfoot
Senior Software Engineer at Unity Technologies
San Francisco Bay Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlex Kerfoot is a Senior Software Engineer in the San Francisco Bay Area with over 15 years of experience building games, full-stack web and mobile apps, and performance-focused systems. Currently at Unity Technologies and previously a founding engineer at mappable, he combines system design and architecture with hands-on implementation across C, C++, JavaScript, and Python, and a growing interest in Go. Known for making things fast—whether algorithmic performance, runtime optimization, or developer workflows—he brings deep experience in iOS development, data visualization, and music-informed UX. His background spans AAA game studios and startups, giving him a rare blend of product-minded engineering and low-level technical rigor.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
B.S.E., Computer Science, B.S.E., Computer Science at University of Michigan
English
Github Skills (39)
graphic10
angularjs10
json-parser9
java9
serialization9
protobuf9
html9
rust8
grpc8
python8
shader8
cross-platform8
rpc8
go8
mmap8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
mediagraph/plovr
Feb 2016 - Feb 2016
Contributions:2 PRs, 1 push, 2 branches in 5 days
closurebuild-toolplovr
akerfoot/nano-csv
Jul 2017 - Aug 2017
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 26 days
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