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Senior Software Engineer and Game Developer with 15+ years of industry experience spanning mobile, console, PC, and XR development. I began my career in mobile games at Other Ocean (2009–2012), followed by a decade at SynaptixGames (2012–2022), where I contributed to the development and shipment of cross-platform titles, proprietary engines, internal tools, and prototypes. From June 2022 to June 2026, I worked at Meta on Quest release titles First Encounters, Hyperscape, Horizon Worlds, Batman: Arkam Shadow and many other innovative projects. I develop immersive systems from prototype through production release, with extensive experience building multiplayer networking solutions. I combine deep hands-on engineering expertise with long-term ownership of complex projects, bringing systems from concept to launch.…Senior Software Engineer and Game Developer with 15+ years of industry experience spanning mobile, console, PC, and XR development. I began my career in mobile games at Other Ocean (2009–2012), followed by a decade at SynaptixGames (2012–2022), where I contributed to the development and shipment of cross-platform titles, proprietary engines, internal tools, and prototypes. From June 2022 to June 2026, I worked at Meta on Quest release titles First Encounters, Hyperscape, Horizon Worlds, Batman: Arkam Shadow and many other innovative projects. I develop immersive systems from prototype through production release, with extensive experience building multiplayer networking solutions. I combine deep hands-on engineering expertise with long-term ownership of complex projects, bringing systems from concept to launch.

Stephen Madsen

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Game Developer, App Developer, Full Stack Developer, +5

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Senior Software Engineer and Game Developer with 15+ years of industry experience spanning mobile, console, PC, and XR development. I began my career in mobile games at Other Ocean (2009–2012), followed by a decade at SynaptixGames (2012–2022), where I contributed to the development and shipment of cross-platform titles, proprietary engines, internal tools, and prototypes. From June 2022 to June 2026, I worked at Meta on Quest release titles First Encounters, Hyperscape, Horizon Worlds, Batman: Arkam Shadow and many other innovative projects. I develop immersive systems from prototype through production release, with extensive experience building multiplayer networking solutions. I combine deep hands-on engineering expertise with long-term ownership of complex projects, bringing systems from concept to launch.…Senior Software Engineer and Game Developer with 15+ years of industry experience spanning mobile, console, PC, and XR development. I began my career in mobile games at Other Ocean (2009–2012), followed by a decade at SynaptixGames (2012–2022), where I contributed to the development and shipment of cross-platform titles, proprietary engines, internal tools, and prototypes. From June 2022 to June 2026, I worked at Meta on Quest release titles First Encounters, Hyperscape, Horizon Worlds, Batman: Arkam Shadow and many other innovative projects. I develop immersive systems from prototype through production release, with extensive experience building multiplayer networking solutions. I combine deep hands-on engineering expertise with long-term ownership of complex projects, bringing systems from concept to launch.

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Grand Junction, United States

Senior Software Engineer and Game Developer with 15+ years of industry experience spanning mobile, console, PC, and XR development. I began my career in mobile games at Other Ocean (2009–2012), followed by a decade at SynaptixGames (2012–2022), where I contributed to the development and shipment of cross-platform titles, proprietary engines, internal tools, and prototypes. From June 2022 to June 2026, I worked at Meta on Quest release titles First Encounters, Hyperscape, Horizon Worlds, Batman: Arkam Shadow and many other innovative projects.

I develop immersive systems from prototype through production release, with extensive experience building multiplayer networking solutions. I combine deep hands-on engineering expertise with long-term ownership of complex projects, bringing systems from concept to launch.

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Software Engineer at Meta

June 1, 2022 - May 1, 2026

Built production-facing Unity features for Meta Quest applications and samples, supporting mixed reality, spatial anchors, discovery, colocation, scene understanding, and immersive experiences. Developed Unity integrations, frontend workflow dashboards, and backend Python orchestration services for AI-assisted 3D/XR workflows and production runtime systems. Contributed to gameplay engineering, multiplayer/networked experiences, Meta XR developer SDK integrations, debugging, optimization, and prototype-to-release delivery across Quest, mobile, and web surfaces. Collaborated with AI, product, design, and engineering teams to shape workflow architecture, service integration, production delivery standards, and developer-facing tools.

Lead Engineer at SynaptixGames

February 1, 2012 - May 1, 2022

Led engineering for Unity mobile games, XR applications, WebGL experiences, cloud-backed services, proprietary engine development, and cross-platform client applications. Built and shipped iOS and Android applications using Unity, C#, Objective-C, Swift, C++, Xcode, Android Studio, and mobile platform SDKs. Implemented gameplay systems, input handling, UI flows, mobile runtime behaviors, platform integration, debugging workflows, optimization passes, and release support across multiple production titles. Designed and maintained full-stack and client/server systems spanning Unity, Unreal, proprietary engines, Azure Tables, Azure SQL, web dashboards, REST/JSON APIs, WCF/SOAP/XML services, and SQL stored procedures. Owned architecture, implementation, debugging, optimization, platform integration, build/release support, CI/CD practices, automated testing practices, and long-lived production system maintenance. Mentored engineers and coordinated cross-functional delivery across design, art

Game Programmer at Other Ocean Interactive

July 1, 2008 - February 1, 2012

Developed mobile, console, handheld, desktop, and educational games using C/C++, Objective-C, Java, and proprietary engine technology. Built and optimized gameplay systems, UI/game flows, platform-specific features, tools, and cross-platform runtime systems for shipped licensed and original titles. Contributed to a multi-platform 3D rendering engine supporting DirectX and OpenGL across Windows and Mac. Shipped mobile titles across iPhone, iPad, Android, Mac, Windows, Nintendo DS, Blackberry, Leapfrog Explorer, Xbox 360, and PS3 platforms.