Javair Ratliff
Co-Founder at The Emergence Project
New York City Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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RockstarJavair Ratliff is a founder and engineer who builds systems that help machines understand the world, combining hands-on ML engineering with product-focused infrastructure work. Over six years he’s shipped end-to-end solutions—from real-time computer vision at the National Museum of Mathematics to cost-optimized on-prem ML hardware and APIs at a startup. As Co-Founder of The Emergence Project he supports research in under-explored tech areas where traditional funding is scarce, blending technical depth with mission-driven strategy. He has practical cloud and DevOps experience (AWS, DigitalOcean, auto-scaling, monitoring) and a knack for making complex systems “set-it-and-forget-it.” During COVID-19 he rapidly delivered SMS screening tools and helped institutions pivot to virtual events, showing an ability to move from prototype to production under pressure. He’s the sort of engineer who happily “fights with computers” until they do useful things.
6 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (52)
steam-api10
starter-kit10
game-engine10
discord-rpc10
steam-web10
discord10
open-source10
steambot10
gdscript10
google-play10
game-development10
wrapper10
steamworks9
godot9
ipc9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
FailSpy/humble-steam-key-redeemer
Feb 2021 - Dec 2021
Python script to extract all Humble Bundle keys and redeem them on Steam automagically.
Contributions:56 commits, 11 PRs, 68 pushes in 10 months
steamworkspythonbundlesteam-apikeys
FailSpy/Cogito
Feb 2024 - Mar 2024
Immersive Sim Template Project for GODOT 4
Contributions:59 pushes, 11 branches in 1 month
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