Alex Mauney
Senior Algorithms Engineer at Invisible AI
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlex Mauney is a Senior Algorithms Engineer with 10 years of experience applying modeling, simulation, and high-performance computing to real-world problems spanning industrial computer vision, aerospace simulations, and biomolecular modeling. Currently at Invisible AI he designs distributed edge-data architectures, accelerates compute to faster-than-real-time, and invents compact on-device storage formats for time-sensitive systems. His background includes high-fidelity aerospace performance testing at Raytheon and a PhD from Cornell where he developed novel, sequence-aware nucleosome unwrapping simulations and custom beamline control software. Comfortable across physics, mechanical engineering, and software, he brings a rare mix of scientific rigor and production-facing optimization skills. He has hands-on QA/test automation experience contributing to the Mycroft AI platform, highlighting attention to reliability in open-source systems. Based in Charlotte, NC, he often connects deep simulation insight with practical, edge-scalable engineering solutions.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Physics, Bachelor’s Degree Physics at North Carolina State UniversityDoctor of Philosophy Physics, Doctor of Philosophy Physics at Cornell UniversityBachelor of Science Physics, Bachelor of Science Physics at NC State University Libraries
English
Github Skills (13)
unit-testing10
mocks10
mocker10
pytest10
python10
testing10
ai9
automation9
automations9
natural-language-processing8
continuous-integration6
dockers5
docker5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
MycroftAI/mycroft-core
Aug 2019 - Aug 2019
Mycroft Core, the Mycroft Artificial Intelligence platform.
Role in this project:
QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:9 commits, 1 PR, 4 comments in 6 days
Contributions summary:Alex primarily focused on improving the quality and reliability of the Mycroft Core project through the implementation and modification of tests. Their contributions involved refactoring existing tests to use `unittest.mock`, ensuring the correct setup and teardown of test environments, and expanding test coverage for various API endpoints, including device-related functionality. The user's work also touched on skills-related testing and verification of AVX instruction set detection.
artificial-intelligenceainlpvoice-assistantpython
mathmauney/SafetyCheck
Apr 2020 - Apr 2022
A slack bot for safety check-ins for essential workers in labs
Contributions:4 PRs, 71 pushes, 5 branches in 2 years
botslack-botinsslackessential
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