VIDEO GAME DEVELOPER / SOFTWARE DEVELOPER I am a talented software engineer with diverse experience and background in video game development, including 3D math, graphics, linear algebra, data structures, and design patterns.

2022 — 2024Manticore Games Inc.Senior Software Engineer II

2022 — 2024

2020 — 2022Electronic Arts (EA)Software Engineer

2020 — 2022

Seattle, WA

Worked in the systems domain of the Frostbite Migration team which migrates games from bespoke game engines to the Frostbite engine. Worked with both game teams and core engine teams to refactor complex features. Focused on memory optimization, profiling, and tooling required to reach shipping targets.

Investigated and resolved out-of-memory issues, memory leaks, and other hindering issues.

Tuned platform-specific memory configurations to maximize memory available to the title.

2018 — 2019Turn 10 StudiosSoftware Engineer 2

2018 — 2019

Redmond, WA

Worked on Forza Horizon 4.

Fixed gameplay and UI bugs leading up to certification. Added telemetry events to harvest data used to inform gameplay changes and troubleshoot user issues. Debugged and troubleshot full suite of tools used by artists and content creators. Implemented and fixed bugs post-ship to improve product quality of life.

Identified and fixed systemic issues with serialization of data files, walk around cameras, and physics collision detection.

Improved in-game telemetry, racing sled interaction, and peripheral devices support.

2017 — 2018Monolith Productions (WB Games)Release Engineer

2017 — 2018

Kirkland, Washington

Responsible for full-stack web development of web dashboard that allows users to queue build jobs, view progress and history, as well as manage build machines. Maintained scripts used to build game assets, game packages, and continuous code builds. Debugged and troubleshot build jobs and servers to keep systems functional.

Optimized job history SQL query to reduce time from 30 seconds to 3 seconds, handling over 3.5 million records.

Increased performance of webpage for managing machines by factor of 80 by adding a caching layer to the queued and running jobs state data.

Improved asset builder log parser by a factor of 16 by hashing errors based on resource and error message.

2016 — 2016MicrosoftSoftware Engineer

2016 — 2016

Redmond, WA

I was responsible for creating tools and debug commands in the game engine used by developers, content creators, and testers.

Developed framework that leveraged HTTP request capture and playback on Xbox One to ensure high quality of game, Cloud, and Xbox Live services. Built a usage report using Power BI to help drive adoption and identify areas needing maintenance.

Responded to broken external Xbox Live login and friending code that caused a majority of automated tests to fail. Re-implemented and simplified code to get partners up and running again in a short amount of time.

Education

DigiPen Institute of Technology

Experience+

Education

Bachelor’s Degree