# Dakota Hernandez

> Gameplay Engineer at 1047 Games

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/dakotahernandez

I'm a Carnegie Mellon University alum with a Bachelor's in Computer Science with a minor in Game Design. I currently work as a Gameplay Engineer at 1047 Games.

## Work Experience
### Gameplay Engineer @ 1047 Games
Jan 2023 – Present

### Software Engineer Intern @ Google
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Sunnyvale, California, United States
● Experimented with open-source firmware update solutions written in C to conduct firmware updates in google datacenters.
● Augmented an open-source tool to support our target device that can read and write arbitrary firmware blobs to memory.
● Documented process in markdown and created a setup guide for future engineers to extend the project to more devices in the future.

### Software Engineering Intern (STEP) @ Google
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021
● Revamped several debug web pages with HTML formatting and added new data
displays regarding resource utilization for Borgmaster, Google’s job scheduling system.
● Created a tool in C++ that reads through Borgmaster logs and replays RPCs to other
internal services for analysis.
● Reviewed changes from other googlers to ensure correct and well-written code.

### Research Assistant @ Carnegie Mellon University
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021
I worked on gameplay programming for Bloomwood Stories: Block Party, mostly focusing on implementing the visual novel aspects of our gameplay. Using Unity, I integrated the Ink visual novel scripting language with the Fungus visual novel tools to speed up the implementation of the narrative team's story.

Bloomwood Stories: Block Party is a transformational game focusing on health literacy and equity. Built in Unity, the game combines elements from visual novel and city management genres to accomplish our goal.

### Research Assistant @ Carnegie Mellon University
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020
I worked as a research assistant doing gameplay programming in Unity for the Improving Human Decision Making with AI Decision Support Systems project.

### Journalist, Event Coordinator @ GameSync Gaming Center
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018
I wrote articles for GameSync Gaming Center's Blog about esports and organized a video game tournament for the game Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (see attached links).


## Education
### Bachelor's degree in Computer Science
Carnegie Mellon University

### High School Diploma
La Jolla Country Day School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/the-dakota-hernandez
- Portfolio: https://dakotahernandez.com

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Last updated: 2026-04-10