Alex Mclain
Software Solutions And Support Engineer at Kry10
Everett, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolAlex Mclain is a seasoned software solutions and support engineer with 14 years of experience building cloud-connected devices, embedded firmware, and full-stack web services from concept to production. He has led technical transformations—most notably migrating firmware teams from C++ to Elixir/Nerves and implementing OTA updates for deployed controllers—while also founding and running a product development agency. Comfortable across Elixir/Phoenix/Nerves, React, Ruby, and AWS/Terraform, he blends hands-on firmware expertise with backend and frontend architecture. Alex contributes to open-source tooling, having fixed subtle inherited-method bugs and improved test coverage in the widely used YARD Ruby documentation project. Based in Everett, Washington, he combines consulting leadership with practical engineering, often automating developer workflows and building bespoke tooling to streamline delivery. His background in music industry studies and early work in audio/control systems gives him a practical systems mindset and an unusual perspective on hardware–software integration.
14 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Music Industry Studies, Bachelor of Science Music Industry Studies at University of Colorado Denver
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Github Skills (8)
ruby10
testing10
yard10
code-documentation9
documentation9
api-documentation9
tooling8
toolbox8
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
lsegal/yard
Apr 2014 - Jan 2017
YARD is a Ruby Documentation tool. The Y stands for "Yay!"
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 1 PR, 7 comments in 2 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Alex primarily focused on addressing issues related to the `private_class_method` handler within the YARD documentation tool. They debugged and resolved an unhandled exception related to inherited methods, specifically the `:new` method, and ensured proper handling in reopened classes. The user also removed inaccurate tests and added new tests to ensure the fix's functionality, demonstrating a strong understanding of the project's core functionality and testing procedures. Furthermore, the user added a helper to handle method decorators.
documentation-generatordocumentation-toolrubyyardocdocumentation-site
redwirelabs/speck
Jul 2023 - Feb 2025
Input validation & protocol documentation
Contributions:10 releases, 12 reviews, 10 PRs in 1 year 6 months
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