Alex Mastro
Software Engineer at Meta
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlex Mastro is a software engineer in San Francisco with 11 years of experience building embedded and systems software for consumer hardware and machine learning infrastructure. He has shipped low-level firmware and drivers across Apple’s haptics and trackpad platforms and now works on hardware infrastructure for ML and video accelerators at Meta. His background blends biomedical engineering research and hands-on embedded design—from microcontroller-driven sensor systems and bootloaders to Taptic Engine factory calibration—giving him a rare mix of signal processing, firmware, and tooling expertise. Comfortable across prototype CNC/CAM work and large-scale product firmware, he thrives on turning physical-mechanical constraints into reliable software systems. Notably, his early research projects included building synchronized multi-camera high-speed capture systems and custom measurement hardware, reflecting strong interdisciplinary problem-solving.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MS), Biomedical/Medical Engineering, Master of Science (MS), Biomedical/Medical Engineering at UNC Chapel Hill
Github Skills (93)
vim10
spacemacs10
bluetooth10
embedded10
git-repository10
melpa10
emacs10
scalable10
infiniband10
freertos10
microcontroller10
zephyr10
iot10
hardware10
architectures10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
opsound/adventofcode
Dec 2020 - Dec 2021
Contributions:35 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
opsound/fts
Aug 2020 - Oct 2020
Contributions:15 pushes, 2 branches in 2 months
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