Andrew Velez

Andrew Velez

Andrew Velez

Senior Game/Tools Programmer

Hey my name is Andrew. I love to code, I spend a lot of my time working on games or websites. There's something amazing about solving a problem and seeing your hard work show up on the screen. A lot of my experience is in C++, C#, Unity, Unreal, html, css, JavaScript, and React.

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2021 — NowSonySenior Software Engineer

2021 — Now

San Diego Metropolitan Area

Working on UI team for MLB the Show.

Coordinated the Localization of the game.

Setup automation testing for the daily build of the game.

Implemented features in both the Ui Engine(C#) and in the Game(C++).

2018 — 2021MicrosoftGame Tools Programmer

2018 — 2021

Redmond, Washington, United States

Created a Spline System in Engine.

Took ownership for creating backlogs and features I thought artist needed for the tools.

Created a Live-Link from other programs to our engine. Making it easier to use photoshop and other tools.

Worked on Procedural Generation of content.

Created hundreds of Tests for Code Base.

Implemented a way of creating integration tests the way the user would use the program.

Technologies: C#, PhotoShop, P4, Houdini

2018 — 2018IGTGame Programmer (JavaScript)

2018 — 2018

Seattle, Washington

Worked on the web and mobile game DoubleDown Casino.

Helped release multiple social casino games to 1,000,000+ users of DoubleDown Casino.

Contributed to knowledge base on confluence on team of around 50 people.

Technologies: JavaScript, Lime.js, Google Closure, Unity

2017 — 2018WyzantGame Programming Tutor (C#, C++)

2017 — 2018

Greater New York City Area

I help college students and hobbyist learn how to create games.

I teach Game Development in Unity, UE4, and HTML5.

Mentoring in languages such as C#, C++, and JavaScript.

2017 — 2017IGTTools Programming Intern (C#)

2017 — 2017

Reno, Nevada - Remote

Created Editor Scripts to help artist streamline the UI Creation.

Helped save artist 30-50 hours per game.

Parsed a word document that contained rules for a game.

Technologies: C#, Unity

Education

2014 — 2017

Neumont University

Bachelor’s Degree

2014 — 2017