Justin Scott Bieshaar

At Voodoo I played a key role on Voodoo’s hit title Hole.io, contributing to user engagement, retention, and internal workflow efficiency through feature development and custom tooling. - Contributed to numerous A/B-testable live features to optimize user engagement. - Built custom editor and inspector tools to streamline level editing for Game Designers. - Automated editor workflows, enabling loading from any scene with correct systems/tools for fast and realistic iteration. - Developed remote configuration tools for quick testing a faster development. - Led architectural decisions to improve feature isolation for better maintainability and easy rollback of underperforming features. - Prototyped systems that significantly influenced core design decisions.

At Engine Software, I have been working on a temporary contract basis, assisting the Network Programming team with the delivery of Monopoly across all platforms for Ubisoft. - Contributed to cross-server networking systems. - Quickly adapted to working with a team following their philosophy an focus on delivering the product within the given deadline. - Prioritizing and tackling compliance issues. - Initially loaned from Paladin Studios in April; continued at Engine Software after Paladin Studios closed.

At Paladin Studios I played a key role in the architects team providing structural support, developing systems and tools for all ongoing projects. - Created and contributed to various internal frameworks that live across all development projects. - Developed a tool that runs millions simulations of the game. The result of this simulation is then used to validate and balance the game economy and/or flow. - Designed automated unit tests that were developed to enhance productivity and game balancing. - Refactored game systems to optimize both performance and productivity. - Maintained, refactored and updated older projects to keep them up to date with the latest technologies and internal frameworks. - Presented technical solutions to both non-technical stakeholders at a high level and technical audiences at a detailed level.