Gerald Mcalister
Software Engineer at RGB Schemes
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolGerald Mcalister is a full-stack software engineer with 13 years of experience building B2B, B2C, and B2D products, currently contributing to Meta Reality Labs and leading his indie game studio RGB Schemes. He blends system-level engineering—sometimes digging into hardware or OS source like FireOS—with product-minded work around GDPR, data privacy, UX, and post-launch support. His background includes shipping Alexa developer tools and deeply integrated Android features at Amazon, plus VR/AR-first games and tooling selected for Oculus Launch Pad. Focused now on VR, MR/AR, and AI, he pairs performance-driven engineering with entrepreneurial product instincts and a track record of reliable deployments. An electrical/computer engineering-trained builder based in Seattle, he also maintains a portfolio of VR side projects and a haptics Unity asset that reflect a hands-on, multimedia curiosity.
13 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Advanced High School Diploma, 3.55 GPA, Advanced High School Diploma, 3.55 GPA at Mount Vernon High SchoolBachelor's degree, Computer Science and Computer Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science and Computer Engineering at Christopher Newport University
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Github Skills (78)
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Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
GEMISIS/personal-website
Dec 2018 - Dec 2024
Contributions:11 pushes in 6 years
GEMISIS/discord-bot-cdk-construct
Mar 2021 - Apr 2022
A CDK Construct for creating a serverless Discord bot. All you need to do is supply your code to handle the commands!
Contributions:29 commits, 3 PRs, 26 pushes in 1 year 1 month
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