Alirie Gray
Unity Engineer at WaxHeart Team
Los Angeles, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlirie Gray is a Unity Engineer based in Los Angeles with a decade of software development experience spanning full‑stack web work and game programming. She has shipped back-end improvements to high-profile open-source projects like InfluxDB and Chronograf, focusing on configuration APIs, route handling, and testable authentication flows. After pivoting from web development to game and interactive media, she combines systems-level backend discipline with creative Unity development at WaxHeart Team. Her background includes hands-on roles from startup engineering to teaching coding to youth, reflecting strong communication and mentorship skills. Alirie’s education blends computer science, game design, and immersive full‑stack training, enabling her to bridge gameplay systems and robust server-side engineering. A detail-oriented engineer, she often surfaces subtle configuration and proto-level fixes that improve reliability and developer ergonomics.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Full-Stack Web Development, Full-Stack Web Development at Make SchoolBachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at California State University, NorthridgeCalifornia Institute of TechnologyAssociate of Science Game and Interactive Media Design, Associate of Science Game and Interactive Media Design at Moorpark CollegePhysics, Physics at Occidental College
Github Skills (15)
go10
api10
back-end-development10
apidoc10
testing9
flux9
fluxor9
configuration-management8
api-design8
protobuf7
protobuffer7
database7
databases7
react5
redux5
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
influxdata/influxdb
Jun 2018 - Sep 2020
Scalable datastore for metrics, events, and real-time analytics
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 285 commits, 268 PRs in 2 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Alirie primarily focused on refactoring the configuration API methods within the InfluxDB project. This involved replacing hard-coded endpoints with specific endpoints and refactoring service handler methods for improved route handling. Additionally, the user changed properties of the log viewer UI config. The user also made changes in proto files, added comments and refactored map syntax and fixed the issue for task run by ensuring the status field isn't null.
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influxdata/chronograf
Jun 2018 - Mar 2019
Open source monitoring and visualization UI for the TICK stack
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:142 commits, 95 PRs, 341 pushes in 8 months
Contributions summary:Alirie's commits focused on refactoring and enhancing the Chronograf configuration API, specifically addressing authentication and log viewer configuration. They replaced generic endpoints with hard-coded ones for better control and organization of API methods. The user also contributed to the testing of these configurations, modifying server configuration tests to accommodate the API changes. This work demonstrates a focus on improving the application's internal configuration and management capabilities.
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