# Ryan B.

> Principal Software Engineer at Manticore Games

Location: San Mateo, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/ryanb2

## Work Experience
### Principal Software Engineer @ Manticore Games Inc.
Jan 2019 – Present | San Mateo, California, United States

### Principal Software Engineer @ Zynga
Jan 2016 – Jan 2019
- Principal Software Engineer, Empires & Allies
- Full stack developer implementing features in C# both on the client (Unity) and server (Mono backend)
- Primary engineer in DAU pod with goals of improving player retention and organic growth
- Implemented experimentation support
- Architected and implemented in-game push notification support that includes subsystems for deep linking and interactive push notifications for both iOS and Android
- Wrote supporting admin tool features in an angular js web application
- Improved build process through shell scripts and makefiles to support installation of multiple instances (one per environment) on iOS and Android.

### Senior Software Engineer @ Zynga
Jan 2012 – Jan 2015
- Senior Software Engineer, FarmVille 2
- Pod Lead of a team of 6 developers with responsibilities including:
-- Ramping up and mentoring developers within pod
-- Costing feature specifications
-- Performing code reviews
-- Identifying problem areas and implementing improvements to the feature development process
-- Managed end-to-end delivery of features from design specifications up to release
- Wrote features primarily in ActionScript 3 with PHP code as needed
- Primary developer on 4 of top 5 performing features of the week
- Developer on the largest FarmVille 2 feature for 2013 (County Fair) 
- Lead developer on the largest features for 2014 (My Farm Co-Op) and 2015 (Breeding)

### Software Engineer @ 6waves Lolapps
Jan 2011 – Jan 2012
- Reviewed design specifications and scoped out technical specifications
- Implemented features in ActionScript 3 for client-side code and Python for the backend for Ravenshire Castle
- Implemented virality features for Ravenshire Castle
- Integrated Facebook Open Graph actions into Ravenshire Castle
- Maintained ownership of implemented features and worked with QA to address bugs and regressions

### PHP Programmer @ Perfect World Entertainment, Inc.
Jan 2010 – Jan 2011
- Lead programmer for internal tools
- Created analytics tools for measuring game performance using Cassandra
- Integrated 3rd party games with internal analytics and game management tools
- Managed integration of email systems with third party platform ExactTarget
- Developed CRM programs for MMORPGs
- Facilitated training of engineers from Shanghai and Amsterdam

### Systems Analyst Intern @ Procter & Gamble
Jan 2008 – Jan 2008
- Regional Mobile Service Delivery Manager for Australia, ASEAN, and India 
- Managed end-to-end delivery of mobile sampling campaigns for the Olay Brand in Thailand and Indonesia
- Led system integration between website and mobile services for the Olay sampling campaign in the Philippines
- Served as technical resource for the Pampers Hearts Club Program
- Led system verification and testing for the Pampers Hearts Club and wrote programs to verify system functionality in C++
- Trained Pampers Hearts Club team in using the SQL language


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ryan-b-469ab112

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Last updated: 2026-04-12