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Hi, I’m Albar Butt, a Canadian software engineer based in Vaughan, Ontario. I specialize in building scalable web and game-facing software as a Full-Stack Software Engineer at Big Viking Games, with hands-on experience across front-end (Next.js, React, TypeScript, SASS, HTML/CSS) and back-end (Java, PHP).\n\nI thrive in cross-functional teams, love containerized deployments with Docker and CI/CD via GitHub Actions, and enjoy digging into data with PostgreSQL queries and analytics pipelines. I’m active in open-source Rust projects and have shipped a few Rust-based back-end tools and embedded test tooling. In my spare time I explore hobby game development using Bevy, Godot, and Unity.…Hi, I’m Albar Butt, a Canadian software engineer based in Vaughan, Ontario. I specialize in building scalable web and game-facing software as a Full-Stack Software Engineer at Big Viking Games, with hands-on experience across front-end (Next.js, React, TypeScript, SASS, HTML/CSS) and back-end (Java, PHP).\n\nI thrive in cross-functional teams, love containerized deployments with Docker and CI/CD via GitHub Actions, and enjoy digging into data with PostgreSQL queries and analytics pipelines. I’m active in open-source Rust projects and have shipped a few Rust-based back-end tools and embedded test tooling. In my spare time I explore hobby game development using Bevy, Godot, and Unity.

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Hi, I’m Albar Butt, a Canadian software engineer based in Vaughan, Ontario. I specialize in building scalable web and game-facing software as a Full-Stack Software Engineer at Big Viking Games, with hands-on experience across front-end (Next.js, React, TypeScript, SASS, HTML/CSS) and back-end (Java, PHP).\n\nI thrive in cross-functional teams, love containerized deployments with Docker and CI/CD via GitHub Actions, and enjoy digging into data with PostgreSQL queries and analytics pipelines. I’m active in open-source Rust projects and have shipped a few Rust-based back-end tools and embedded test tooling. In my spare time I explore hobby game development using Bevy, Godot, and Unity.…Hi, I’m Albar Butt, a Canadian software engineer based in Vaughan, Ontario. I specialize in building scalable web and game-facing software as a Full-Stack Software Engineer at Big Viking Games, with hands-on experience across front-end (Next.js, React, TypeScript, SASS, HTML/CSS) and back-end (Java, PHP).\n\nI thrive in cross-functional teams, love containerized deployments with Docker and CI/CD via GitHub Actions, and enjoy digging into data with PostgreSQL queries and analytics pipelines. I’m active in open-source Rust projects and have shipped a few Rust-based back-end tools and embedded test tooling. In my spare time I explore hobby game development using Bevy, Godot, and Unity.

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Hi, I’m Albar Butt, a Canadian software engineer based in Vaughan, Ontario. I specialize in building scalable web and game-facing software as a Full-Stack Software Engineer at Big Viking Games, with hands-on experience across front-end (Next.js, React, TypeScript, SASS, HTML/CSS) and back-end (Java, PHP).\n\nI thrive in cross-functional teams, love containerized deployments with Docker and CI/CD via GitHub Actions, and enjoy digging into data with PostgreSQL queries and analytics pipelines. I’m active in open-source Rust projects and have shipped a few Rust-based back-end tools and embedded test tooling. In my spare time I explore hobby game development using Bevy, Godot, and Unity.

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Open-Source Back-End/Embedded Rust Engineer

December 1, 2024 - Present

Created and maintained the snowflake-connector crate: async client for Snowflake SQL with key-pair authentication, Rust struct auto-generation of tables, and macro-based deserialization. Contributed to the Graphite open-source project, expanded UI macros and collaborated with developers over Discord. Created a stack-based test runner for embedded devices and tested on multiple simulated hardware using QEMU.

Full-Stack Software Engineer at Big Viking Games

December 1, 2024 - September 12, 2025

Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ship features across front-end client using React, TypeScript, SASS, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS, and back-end with Java and PHP. Used Docker for development environments, GitHub Actions CI/CD, and Rust as a dev-tool CLI for setting up dev environment and utilities like resetting databases, syncing with live, and pulling updates from CDN. Implemented GDPR-compliant account deletion/data requests; optimized PostgreSQL queries and data pipelines; supported mobile companion apps built with Unity and C#.

Hobby Game Developer at Remote

December 1, 2021 - September 12, 2025

Projects using Bevy (Rust), Godot (Rust API), and Unity (C#); published on itch.io. Produced additional creative work including writing and music projects on itch.io.

Open-Source Back-End/Embedded Rust Engineer

December 1, 2024 - Present

Created and maintained the snowflake-connector crate: async client for Snowflake SQL with key pair authentication, Rust struct auto-generation of tables, and macro based deserialization. Contributed to an open-source project Graphite, expanded UI macros and collaborated with developers over Discord. Created a stack-based test runner for embedded devices, tested on multiple simulated hardware using QEMU. Proficient in Rust: borrow checker, lifetimes, traits, dyn traits, async (tokio), type-safe error handling, sockets/ports, thread channels. Let's Get Rusty's accelerator program.

Full-Stack Software Engineer at Big Viking Games

December 1, 2024 - September 12, 2025

Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ship features across the front-end client using React, TypeScript, SASS, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS, and back-end with Java and PHP. Used Docker for development environments, GitHub Actions CI/CD, and Rust as a dev-tool CLI for setting up dev environments and utilities like resetting databases and syncing with live updates. Refactored and wrote Java and PHP to implement a new login flow in collaboration with the development and DevOps teams. Monitored exploits, implemented GDPR-compliant account deletion/data requests using Java and Redis; optimized PostgreSQL queries and built aggregation pipelines; supported mobile companion app built with Unity and C#.

Hobby Game Developer

December 1, 2021 - September 12, 2025

Projects using Bevy (Rust), Godot (Rust API), and Unity (C#), published on itch.io. Produced additional creative work including writing and music projects on itch.io.

Full-Stack Software Engineer at Big Viking Games

December 1, 2024 - October 1, 2025

Collaborated with cross-functional teams to plan code architecture and ship features across front-end (Next.js, React, TypeScript, SASS, JavaScript, HTML, CSS) and back-end (Java, PHP). Implemented login flow; utilized Docker for containerization and GitHub Actions for CI/CD; used Rust as a dev-tool CLI for environment setup, database resets, live sync, and CDN updates. Conducted unit and integration testing (JUnit, PHPUnit); addressed exploits; implemented GDPR-compliant account deletion/data requests using Java and Redis. Optimized PostgreSQL queries and built aggregation pipelines for data analysts. Supported mobile companion app built with Unity and C#, including updating Unity versions, resolving networking issues, crashes, creating particle effects, and updating payment flow.

Open-Source Back-End/Embedded Rust Engineer at Remote

December 1, 2024 - Present

Created and maintained snowflake-connector crate: async Snowflake SQL client with key-pair authentication, Rust struct auto-generation of tables, and macro-based deserialization. Contributed to the Graphite open-source project, expanding UI macros and collaborating with developers on Discord. Built a stack-based test runner for embedded devices, tested on multiple simulated hardware using QEMU. Proficient in Rust concepts: borrow checker, lifetimes, traits, dyn traits, async (tokio), type-safe error handling, sockets/ports, thread channels. Currently enrolled in Let's Get Rusty’s accelerator program.

Hobby Game Developer at Remote

December 1, 2021 - October 1, 2025

Independent game development focusing on Bevy (Rust), Godot (Rust API), and Unity (C#); published titles on itch.io.

Full-Stack Software Engineer at Big Viking Games

December 1, 2024 - October 1, 2025

Worked with cross-functional teams to plan code architecture and ship features across front-end client using Next.js, React, TypeScript, SASS, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS, and back-end with Java and PHP. Used Docker for containerization and GitHub Actions for CI/CD; Git for version control; Rust as a dev-tool CLI for setting up dev environment and utilities like resetting database, syncing with live, and pulling updates from CDN. Conducted unit/integration testing with JUnit and PHPUnit. Refactored and wrote Java and PHP to implement a new login flow on a dedicated website; collaborated with DevOps; tracked and fixed exploits; implemented GDPR-compliant account deletion/data requests with Java and Redis; optimized PostgreSQL queries; built data aggregation pipelines; supported mobile companion app built with Unity and C# (Unity updates, networking issues, crashes, new particle effects, updated payment flow).

Back-End/Embedded Rust Engineer at Snowflake Connector / Graphite (Open-Source) Remote

December 1, 2024 - Present

Created and maintained snowflake-connector crate: async Snowflake SQL client with key-pair authentication, Rust struct auto-generation for tables, and macro-based deserialization. Contributed to Graphite, expanding UI macros and collaborating with developers on Discord. Created a stack-based test runner for embedded devices, tested on multiple simulated hardware using QEMU. Proficient in Rust: borrow checker, lifetimes, traits, dyn traits, async (tokio), type-safe error handling, sockets/ports, thread channels. Currently enrolled in Let's Get Rusty accelerator program.

Hobby Game Developer at Independent / Self-Directed

December 1, 2021 - October 1, 2025

Projects using Bevy (Rust), Godot (Rust API), and Unity (C#); published on itch.io.

Full-Stack Software Engineer at Big Viking Games

December 1, 2024 - October 1, 2025

Collaborated with cross-functional teams to plan code architecture and ship features across front-end (Next.js, React, TypeScript, SASS, JavaScript, HTML, CSS) and back-end (Java, PHP). Implemented Docker-based containerization and CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions; used Rust as a dev-tool CLI for setting up the development environment and utilities such as database reset and CDN sync. Wrote and refactored Java and PHP to implement a new login flow on a dedicated website in collaboration with the development and DevOps teams. Monitored for exploits and implemented GDPR-compliant account deletion/data requests using Java and Redis. Optimized PostgreSQL queries and built aggregation pipelines for data analysts. Supported the mobile companion app built with Unity and C#, including updating Unity versions, addressing networking issues and crashes, and updating the payment flow.