Technical portfolio

Two tracks, one engineer. A decade of production software engineering, now applied to gameplay programming.

Gameplay programming

Mechanics that feel good, AI that plays fair, and code structured so designers can tune it.

Engines

Unity (C#)
Unreal Engine (C++)

Mechanics and feel

2D physics (Rigidbody2D)
Input systems for keyboard, mouse and gamepad
Game feel and juice
Data-driven tuning

Game AI

State machines
Difficulty tiers
Trajectory prediction
Behavior trees

Online and backend

Multiplayer servers in Node.js/TypeScript
Authoritative server design
AWS for game backends

Senior software engineering

Production systems that real people depend on: scalable, observable and cheap to change.

Languages and runtimes

TypeScript
JavaScript
Node.js
C#

Cloud and infrastructure

AWS
Amazon ECS
Docker
Infrastructure as code
CI/CD

Architecture

Distributed systems
Event-driven design
REST and real-time APIs
Observability

Ways of working

Code review and mentoring
Automated testing
Incident response
Technical writing

Projects: gameplay programming

In development2026

eXtreme Pong

A fast Pong where the paddle rotates freely, with collectible effects and an AI opponent on three difficulty levels.

Role

Solo developer (design and programming)

Stack

Unity
C#
Rigidbody2D
Unity Input System

Highlights

Rotation-based aiming: outgoing angle combines impact point and paddle angle
Ball speed driven by impact force, clamped to a tunable range
AI opponent with Easy, Normal and Hard difficulty
Mouse control: vertical movement moves, horizontal movement rotates the paddle

Planned2026

Multiplayer game server

An authoritative real-time game server in Node.js and TypeScript, deployed on AWS, bridging backend experience and online gameplay.

Role

Solo developer

Stack

TypeScript
Node.js
WebSockets
AWS

Highlights

Authoritative server with a fixed tick rate
Client prediction and server reconciliation
Containerized deployment on AWS

Projects: senior software engineering

Open Finance and Open Insurance dispute system

Back-end of the dispute system for the Open Finance and Open Insurance ecosystems.

Role

Back-end developer

Highlights

Built the back-end of the dispute system
Work within the Open Finance and Open Insurance ecosystems

4 years

FinPec

Fintech where I led the technology team for four years.

Role

Tech lead

Highlights

Led the technology team for four years

The Network Firm

Client panels and a rebuild of the billing system.

Role

Full-stack developer

Highlights

Client panels
Billing system rebuild

LaunchCode (Canada)

Consulting for LaunchCode in Canada, delivering three full-stack projects.

Role

Full-stack consultant

Highlights

Three full-stack projects delivered

In progress2026

Container platform modernization

Migrating production Amazon ECS clusters from Amazon Linux 2 to Amazon Linux 2023 ahead of end of life, keeping the services on top available.

Role

Senior Software Engineer

Stack

AWS
Amazon ECS
Amazon Linux 2023
Docker

Highlights

Migration of ECS capacity planned around service availability
Risk assessment and rollback path per cluster
Runbooks and documentation for operations

Production10+

Distributed backend systems

A decade of designing, building and operating TypeScript and Node.js services on AWS.

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Role

Software Engineer to Senior Software Engineer

Stack

TypeScript
Node.js
AWS
Docker

Highlights

Service design, API contracts and data modelling
Observability, on-call and incident response
Mentoring and code review across teams

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