# Dustin Yost > Gameplay Engineer Location: Greater Boston, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/dustinyost Generalist Gameplay Engineer with passions for player abilities, artificial opponents / AI (not generative AI), systems tech design and implementation, and good dev team tooling. Experience shipping multiple multiplayer games (pvp and co-op) on major cross-play platforms (PC via Epic & Steam, Xbox, PlayStation, Switch). > 5 years experience in Unreal Engine 4/5. Absolutely no blockchain/crypto/NFTs/generative AI (LLMs) ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer @ Ruckus Games Jan 2023 – Present ### Software Engineer @ Blizzard Entertainment Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States ### Game Engineer @ Proletariat Inc. Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States Acquired by Blizzard Entertainment ### Associate Gameplay Engineer @ Proletariat Inc. Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States ### Resident Assistant @ Champlain College Jan 2016 – Jan 2019 | Champlain College Developed a safe and inclusive community within the residence halls/dorms, as well as being a role model and leader at Champlain College. Duties Include: • Helping residents with issues about their rooms and roommates • Assisting residents in dealing with both everyday issues and policy violations • Informing residents of ongoing events and extracurricular activities • Hosting events in the halls/dorms for students to spend time at and enjoy the presence of one another ### Project Manager @ Champlain College Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Burlington, Vermont Area Project Manager for the Open-Source Software Development Internship. Acted as a producer for 2 teams of 3-4 (merged to one team of 7 after 5 weeks) of software development interns, and then for them as a merged team. We created a class scheduling system for the campus, which and then pitched to the College administration to get funding for the group to hire students in the coming semester and years. ### Conference Associate @ Game Developers Conference Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | United States Served attendees and supported peers as a Conference Associate during GDC 2019. ### Game Programming Intern @ Disruptor Beam Inc. Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Massachusetts Worked on bugs, features, and a content development tool for LiveOps on Star Trek: Timelines. ### Software Engineer Internship @ LORD Sensing-MicroStrain Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Williston, VT Develop and maintain SensorConnect, which allows configuration and data collection/display of our sensors in real time. Uses c++ and the Chromium Embedded Framework (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, WebGl). Develop Demonstration of sensors using communications library MSCL using Unity. ### Instructor @ iDTech Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Villanova, PA Taught the basics of programming logic, as well as Java and C++ code, to campers ages 10-17. Duties Include: • Working with kids to help them understand the basics of how a computer works • Teaching the Java language in conjunction with Minecraft • Teaching the C++ language to help students create text based games • Watching and facilitating outdoor activities and indoor games for campers ages 6-17 ### Cashier @ Weis Markets Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | Glenlivet Dr, Allentown, PA 18106 Trained in multiple roles – Cashier, Customer Service, Customer Courtesy Duties Include: • Constant contact and interaction with customers • Working with & helping other associates use the provided technology • Helping customers use self-service technology ### Forensic Internship @ The Senator Patrick Leahy Center For Digital Investigation (lcdi) Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 Worked with a team of programmers to overhaul an internally used website, of which the purpose is to track an inventory of physical devices in the lab. Duties Include: • Leading development of a website using Python, HTML, and JavaScript • Communicating with team members to address bugs and implement ideas • Present the project to the public, with the team, at the end of the semester • Take client (manager) input and ideas to implementation • Deploy the website and troubleshoot bugs as they appear ### Network Administrator @ The Senator Patrick Leahy Center For Digital Investigation (lcdi) Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 Provided technical support to the office and managed a large network dealing with sensitive information. Duties Include: • Helping co-workers with software and hardware issues • Managing password databases • Fixing and updating software (Mac OS X, Linux, Windows) • Manage multiple servers • Dealing with security of sensitive information ## Education ### Bachelor’s Degree in Game Programming Champlain College ### High School in General Studies Lehigh Carbon Community College ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/dustin-yost - Portfolio: https://dustinyost.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/dustinyost JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/dustinyost/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-31