Engineer Software
Resume:
Andrew
Gillies
**********@*****.***
Ridgefield, CT
https://www.linkedin.com/in/
andrew-gillies-601b507/
EDUCATION
Savannah College of Art and
Design
Savannah, GA
Graduation Date: May 2010
SKILLS
Programming Languages
HTML, CSS, JavaScript
Python
C++
C#
jQuery
Frameworks
React
NodeJS
Bootstrap
Software/Tools
Linux
Visual Studio
VSCode
Git
Unity
WORK EXPERIENCE
Co-Founder and Software Engineer, Deadly Demon Games Aug 2013 - Present
• Co-founded a game company which, in under 3 years, grew from 1 individual to a team of 25, including writers, artists, and playtesters
• Oversaw all aspects of development, including design, art, writing, and publishing
• Designed a unique game system for Tabletop Role Playing Game, including 12 races, 11 powers, and 8 methods, allowing for 1000+ characters
• Led team of 15 playtesters through weekly games to ensure quality and balance Character Class Library Generator
• Designed and built a class library in C# that enables users to generate 1000+ characters and automates character progression and interaction through the game
• Leveraged Object-Oriented Programming, partial classes, interfaces, state machines, and polymorphism to handle complex edge cases within the character logic
• Spearheaded complete refactoring by incorporating design patterns like delegates and lambda functions reducing codebase from 15K lines to 8K lines of code
• Created a test harness to generate an XML document ~10K character permutations and progression from level 1 to 100 to verify code functionality Online Handbook
• Created online portal for Tabletop Role Playing Game to allow players to quickly access and navigate all game-related information
• Designed and built MongoDB for 12 races, 11 powers, 8 races, and 150+ abilities
• Designed a standalone API to access MongoDB using Node.js, Express, and Mongoose
• Developed a CMS with React Hooks to easily manage and organize thousands of entries
• Collaborated closely with UI/UX designer to develop an intuitive interface for 250+ information-rich pages across 6 different categories Web Developer, Wooster School Jun 2012 - May 2013
• Created a web application, using JQuery and WAMP stack, for enrollment in a private school’s summer activities for 500+ students and parents
• Designed and built 6 data models and 4 relationships using MySQL database
• Designed and built JQuery interface for users to enroll in 50+ activities Software Engineer, Datto Jun 2010 - Apr 2012
• Worked at hyper-growth data backup company (grew 500% over 2 years), to manage petabytes of customer data through physical strategy
• Created automated Linux script to automatically sync data, reducing the amount of time spent on that task by 90% for the entire department
• Utilized a LAMP stack to create a tracking system to monitor the status of hundreds of hard drives, further reducing time spent managing hard drives by 20%
• Used JQuery to build a portal to grant real-time updates to other departments, completely eliminating communication bottlenecks
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