Brad Mcalister
Manager, Software Engineering at Zelis
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBrad Mcalister is a pragmatic software engineering manager in Tulsa with 13 years of experience building production web applications and platforms, currently leading a team at Zelis focused on healthcare cost-transparency solutions. He combines hands-on development in .NET, Rust, and JavaScript with operational ownership of AWS infrastructure and Terraform/Packer IaC, shipping both backend services and frontend UX improvements. Previously he established CI/CD practices, migrated legacy apps into an Nx monorepo, and led the smartshopper.com v4 initiative, demonstrating a blend of technical leadership and delivery execution. Known as a working manager, he still codes alongside his team while coaching engineers and coordinating cross-functional work. An early background in system administration and freelance web development gives him a practical, full-stack perspective for solving production reliability and deployment challenges.
13 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
B.S. Communications, B.S. Communications at Oral Roberts University
Github Skills (81)
cli10
angular-app10
javascript9
angular9
monorepo9
ui-bootstrap9
cypress9
nextjs9
responsive9
postcss9
react9
typescript9
build-system9
tailwindcss9
nodejs9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
sonicparke/webfont-opensans
Jun 2014 - Mar 2015
Google WebFont OpenSans
Contributions:1 release, 11 commits, 1 PR in 9 months
webfont
santoshyadavdev/ngRxElementDemo
Sep 2019 - Jun 2024
Contributions:2 PRs, 1 issue in 4 years 9 months
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