Alistair MacDonald
Senior Software Architect at hmhco
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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SeniorAlistair Macdonald is a seasoned software engineer and founder based in Boston, blending two decades of engineering depth with recent hands-on leadership in aerospace-grade, time-deterministic systems. He builds mission-critical orchestration platforms that marry microsecond-precision hardware timing with local agentic AI to keep distributed industrial and avionics workloads deterministic and resilient without cloud dependencies. Previously he led full-stack architecture and delivery for regulated domains—driving HIPAA/SOC2-compliant APIs, containerized CI/CD, and security remediations that averted major fines—while accelerating release cadence from monthly to multiple weekly deployments. His background spans accessibility engines, real-time 3D UIs for autonomous fleets, and startups where he co-founded an open-web consultancy and chaired W3C audio standards work, showing a rare mix of standards leadership and product engineering. Notably, he applies ML and VLM tooling for robust document extraction and has taught practical AI/LLM integration to engineers, evidencing both practitioner and educator instincts.
8 years of coding experience
Github Skills (110)
zero-configuration10
testing10
javascript10
react-scripts10
html10
developer-tools10
angular10
typescript10
vue10
build-tools10
svelte10
react-native10
web-components10
webpack10
create-react-app10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
F1LT3R/lerna-jsconfig
Nov 2018 - Nov 2018
Generate jsconfig.json allowing VSCode to "Open Definition" your Lerna packages.
Contributions:9 commits in 1 day
lernavscode
alistair-hmh/create-react-app
Nov 2018 - Nov 2018
Set up a modern web app by running one command.
Contributions:4 PRs, 13 pushes, 1 branch in 3 days
reactset-upmodern-web-appmodern-webcreate-react-app
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