# Lisa Hicks

> Sr Software Engineer at Night School Studios

Location: San Mateo, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/lisahicks

## Work Experience
### Sr Software Engineer @ Night School: A Netflix Game Studio
Jan 2024 – Present | United States

### Principal Engineer @ Pizza Club Games
Jan 2019 – Jan 2023
-Co-founder, CTO, and Principle Engineer
-One of four original developers for IOS/Android game: Raid Boss
-After soft-launching Raid Boss, helped grow team size to twelve to continue development and live-ops for raid boss.

### Senior Software Engineer @ NCSOFT
Jan 2016 – Jan 2019 | San Mateo
-Full stack developer on two Unity front end / C# back end unannounced games.
-Helped implement REST framework and migrate existing TCP network game code to micro services architecture.
-Implemented two asynchronous PVP matchmaking systems from end to end (client and server).

### Game Engineer @ SEGA Networks Inc. and Three Rings Design Studio
Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco Bay Area
-Programmer on two unreleased mobile titles using C# Unity Engine with a Java server backend.

-Created a extensible, fluid layout UI system using Unity's UGUI system.
-Integrated IAP and event tracking systems for both iOS and Android.
-Experience with full stack server-client architecture.
-Experience with localizing mobile games for a full international release.

### Gameplay Programmer @ Playdom
Jan 2011 – Jan 2014 | San Francisco Bay Area
-Client programmer for the mobile game Star Wars: Commander. Helped create the FUE and worked on tools.

-Architected JSON driven UI system to work with EZGUI middleware in Unity for a web social game. 
Helped create and maintain many front end systems in C# Unity, including quest and event systems.

-Worked on Words of Wonder Flash web social game. Refactored existing systems to support additional gameplay features and pushed new live content on a regular schedule.

### Engineer Intern @ Real Life Plus
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | San Mateo
Working as a junior programmer under Lisa Ching


## Education
### Computational Media in Computer Science, Game Design
Georgia Institute of Technology


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/lisa-hicks-57b12636

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Last updated: 2026-04-01