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I’m Chase Pilon, an experienced indie game developer, automation engineer, and QA leader who loves turning complex challenges into clean, reliable products. I’ve built and led QA teams, implemented automation, and improved release quality across game and software projects. I’m excited to bring my hands-on development background and people leadership to help a team ship robust, delightful experiences. My approach blends strong technical execution with practical process improvements, enabling cross-functional teams to focus on value while maintaining high quality. I’m eager to collaborate with engineers, designers, and product leaders to push quality, speed, and stability forward together.…I’m Chase Pilon, an experienced indie game developer, automation engineer, and QA leader who loves turning complex challenges into clean, reliable products. I’ve built and led QA teams, implemented automation, and improved release quality across game and software projects. I’m excited to bring my hands-on development background and people leadership to help a team ship robust, delightful experiences. My approach blends strong technical execution with practical process improvements, enabling cross-functional teams to focus on value while maintaining high quality. I’m eager to collaborate with engineers, designers, and product leaders to push quality, speed, and stability forward together.

Chase Pilon

Game Developer, QA Engineer, Full Stack Developer, +2

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I’m Chase Pilon, an experienced indie game developer, automation engineer, and QA leader who loves turning complex challenges into clean, reliable products. I’ve built and led QA teams, implemented automation, and improved release quality across game and software projects. I’m excited to bring my hands-on development background and people leadership to help a team ship robust, delightful experiences. My approach blends strong technical execution with practical process improvements, enabling cross-functional teams to focus on value while maintaining high quality. I’m eager to collaborate with engineers, designers, and product leaders to push quality, speed, and stability forward together.…I’m Chase Pilon, an experienced indie game developer, automation engineer, and QA leader who loves turning complex challenges into clean, reliable products. I’ve built and led QA teams, implemented automation, and improved release quality across game and software projects. I’m excited to bring my hands-on development background and people leadership to help a team ship robust, delightful experiences. My approach blends strong technical execution with practical process improvements, enabling cross-functional teams to focus on value while maintaining high quality. I’m eager to collaborate with engineers, designers, and product leaders to push quality, speed, and stability forward together.

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I’m Chase Pilon, an experienced indie game developer, automation engineer, and QA leader who loves turning complex challenges into clean, reliable products. I’ve built and led QA teams, implemented automation, and improved release quality across game and software projects. I’m excited to bring my hands-on development background and people leadership to help a team ship robust, delightful experiences.

My approach blends strong technical execution with practical process improvements, enabling cross-functional teams to focus on value while maintaining high quality. I’m eager to collaborate with engineers, designers, and product leaders to push quality, speed, and stability forward together.

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Work Experience

Unity Developer at Gaze.ai

July 1, 2024 - Present

Created and established quality standards and documentation; improved product quality and stability through exploratory testing; documented bugs and usability recommendations; collaborated with CTO to set task priorities; fixed mobile and VR app bugs using Unity; refined architecture, Bluetooth networking, UI, and overall user flow.

Unity Developer at Malice Games

January 1, 2023 - Present

Designed and developed gameplay concepts using Unity and C#; worked on visual effects, particle systems, and UI; expanded an established internal game data base; created new sub-systems like a trap mechanic for hidden enemies, mines, and environmental hazards; implemented new enemies & attack types; leveraged QA background to perform thorough testing of release builds.

Senior Automation Engineer & QA Manager at Freedom Pay

April 1, 2021 - Present

Helped convert old test scripts to the Quality Suite system (backend); moved into a junior developer role supporting C# development; reassigned to an internal ‘special forces task force’ to tackle critical projects and directives that maintain product stability and proactively address potential pitfalls; promoted to QA Manager on the frontend team, leading 4 QA teams with 20 full-time and contract direct reports; drove KPI commitments and release quality.

Godot Developer at Future Way Designs

July 1, 2024 - January 1, 2025

Collaborated with the U.S. Air Force to design an interface for importing old Pascal data and converting it to a usable format for a newer system; created frontend interface with Godot; handled backend data import/export logic in C#.

QA Manager at eN Solutions

October 1, 2022 - April 1, 2024

Scaled QA staffing by 50% with solid engineering candidates; steered initiatives with the Director of Engineering and CTO; ensured releases had production bugs in single-digit counts; oversaw multiple mobile releases; increased automation coverage by 10% within a year; contributed to test automation development as needed.

QA Lead, Unity Developer at Snapyr

April 1, 2021 - September 1, 2022

Led QA and Unity development efforts, helped integrate test automation with the SDK; built and expanded the QA organization; established best practices to ensure high-quality releases and onboarding of new testers.

Senior Automation Engineer & QA Manager at Wine Access

December 1, 2015 - January 1, 2017

Built a centralized QA & automation framework; moved from backend testing to frontend QA leadership; managed a distributed team of engineers; defined release processes and schedules; contributed to product development as needed.

Senior QA Analyst at MeetMe.com

May 1, 2010 - November 1, 2013

Managed multiple small QA teams for bug-free, high-quality feature releases; created test plans aligned with project requirements; collaborated with marketing for sponsor launches via social theater partnerships; researched and prototyped test automation approaches.

QA Automation Engineer at A Weber Communications

November 1, 2013 - November 1, 2015

Established QA department with policy, automation using Selenium WebDriver and Python/Django; mapped the application, authored test plans and documentation; built test environments in collaboration with backend, data and frontend teams; trained other engineers and customer service staff in coding basics; set up on-demand environments for testing.