# Danny Lewis

> Software Engineer at Riot Games

Location: Seattle, Washington, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/dannylewis

I'm an experienced Software Engineer with a passion for making other folks' jobs easier. Many hours put in to Go, C/C++, Java, and C#, but I am very language agnostic and love an opportunity to learn a new tech stack. Strong software engineering and communication skills with a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) focused in Computer Science from University of Calgary.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Riot Games
Jan 2023 – Present | Seattle, Washington, United States
- Lead developer on Entitlements and Wallets services backing permanent unlocks and virtual currencies for all Riot titles. 
- Rewrote Entitlements from internal framework to Spring Boot, improving efficiency, maintainability, and resilience
    - Number of required pods reduced by 30 - 40%
    - Incidents caused by Entitlements reduced from multiple per quarter to zero in past 6 months

### Senior Back End Engineer @ Unity
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Bellevue, Washington, United States
• Instrumental in Lobby and Friends service development, bringing them through design, alpha, closed / open beta, and GA
• Lead integration of Vivox into Lobby, reducing lines of code needed to enable voice chat in games by 10x
• Developed and maintained several libraries, enabling consistency and improving velocity across micro-services
• Skills: Go; Kubernetes; Postgres; TypeScript; CI/CD (Github Actions, Jenkins); Dev-ops; Packaging and evangelizing internal libraries

### Back End Engineer @ Unity
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Bellevue, Washington, United States
Back end Software Engineer working on Lobby within Multiplayer Services.

### Software Development Engineer II @ Microsoft
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Redmond
• Lead critical migration effort in Azure SQL Server, coordinating work between internal and external teams
• Built and owned storage pre-provisioning feature, fixing long-standing performance issues, improving I/O telemetry, and eliminating recurring customer reported incidents
• Skills: C/C++; C#; Driving full development cycle; Dev-ops; Simulation and automated testing

### Platform Software Developer @ Benevity
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Calgary, Canada Area
• Built and launched a content-driven webservice, utilizing concepts of microservices, API design, and Dev-ops
• Automated manual SQL processes for other teams, reducing time spent on these tasks from weeks to hours
• Skills: Java; Bash; MySQL; API, webservice, and microservice design; Agile / SCRUM; Presentation andmentorship

### Software Development Engineer @ Microsoft
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | Redmond, WA
• Focused on reducing cost of giving service within Azure SQL Server, writing performant, scalable code in
established codebases 
• Collaborated with a multi-disciplinary team of diverse experience
• Performed regular on-call rotations involving the assessment and mitigation of immediate performance issues on live production databases, utilizing time-sensitive analytical thinking and problem solving skills
• Skills: C/C++; C#; Design, implementation, validation, and roll-out of features; Dev-ops

### Software Engineering Intern @ Microsoft
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Vancouver
• Worked in a team of 5 entirely made of interns, promoting teamwork and collaborative skills
• Helped design and implement a piece of software from start to finish with very broad guidelines, fostering creative thinking, problem solving, and programming abilities
• Presented progress to other foundry teams and leaders on a weekly basis, strengthening confidence and presentation skills
• Held position of “Champion of Quality” for team, making sure that our software was up to a high standard by implementing tests and performing code reviews

### Test Automation Intern @ Coverity
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015
• Wrote new and ran existing manual and automated tests for the Eclipse / Visual Studio plugins, developing understanding of professional QA practices (and gaining experience in Javascript) 
• Found bugs and wrote bug reports using BugZilla, reinforcing analytical and communication skills
• Wrote and maintained scripts to increase efficiency and programming skills
• Worked together and collaborated with an international team of colleagues, expanding knowledge of teamwork and working effectively with others

### Information Technology Summer Student @ ConocoPhillips
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013
• Built and distributed Windows PCs to ConocoPhillips employees, applying knowledge of both hardware and software
• Used problem solving skills to troubleshoot user's problems through ticketing software
• Analyzed old tickets and facilitated the creation of help articles to make service desk more efficient
• Counted and balanced hardware inventory, utilizing organizational skills and attention to detail

### Guest Services Representative @ Spray Lakes Sawmill Family Sports Centre
Jan 2010 – Jan 2012
• Employed organizational skills by booking rental times on behalf of customers
• Enhanced customer service and multitasking skills by assisting customers with service issues
• Assisted in the creation of inventory system for skate rentals, increasing staff efficiency
• Strengthened mathematical reasoning skill by ensuring cash and credit receipts balanced at the end of each shift


## Education
### Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) with Distinction in Computer Science
University of Calgary
Jan 2011 – Jan 2016


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/scraniel

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Last updated: 2026-03-22