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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Worked on an undisclosed project for the last 6 monthsMinecraft Legends:- Helped develop React Facet npm package with a team of UI programmers to optimize the internal reconciliation algorithm by altering React’s rendering strategy in order to replace the standard state management- Refactored more than 90% of UI components to use React Facet rather than the standard React states which optimized the average time to update and re-render components from ∼360ms to ∼25ms during each tick- Resolved various memory management and invalid reference bugs in C++ codebase by utilizing smart pointers- Built the in-game marketplace’s back-end features such as item purchase and entitlement redemption by utilizingAzure PlayFab and platform-specific native APIs, to handle over 50,000 daily transactions- Implementing and maintaining various UI features on Bedrock Engine while collaborating with UI/UX designers

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Minecraft Legends:- Implemented over 15 complex UI components and their back-end APIs while coordinating with UI/UX designers- Delivered over 30 application crash bugs by collaborating with Coherent Gameface to resolve the demanding issues encountered on middleware integration to allow for a smoother UI development by using React on Bedrock Engine- Built a debug mode into the front-end, making it easier to detect segmentation faults and uncaught JS exceptions- Migrated complex JavaScript front-end functions to C++ back-end codebase to optimize runtime performance

Vancouver, Canada Area

Trailer Park Boys: Greasy Money- Addressed production bugs and features such as creating a REST API for leaderboard system, solving critical monetization issues on backend servers, and integrating third-party services for advertising and A/B testing- Executed a large scale C# script refactor which reduced a total of ∼3000 lines of code to ∼800 lines of code by applying SOLID principles and utilizing C# Generics for a more concise, less error-prone codebase- Implemented the backend for a new daily login reward feature using Docker with AWS ECS and Secrets Manager- Participated in coders’ meetings by giving a series of presentations on the Unity’s ECS and Job System

Istanbul, Turkey

- Developed an automation tool to be used by clients to create and manage Microsoft Azure and Google Compute Engine Virtual Machines with varying specs using Java and Spring Framework.- Optimized various SQL queries on MySQL for a smoother user experience on Testinium's dashboard which resulted in ~30% faster load times for a diverse set of pages

Istanbul, Turkey

- Participated in various CryEngine tutorials, specifically on shaders and game physics by CryTek's own game developers- Mentored by game designers working on FarCry on how to approach and plan level design for FPS games- Designed and implemented a prototype for a first person survival game with two other interns, influenced by the original FarCry game- Accepted to the internship as the only high school student

Bachelor Of Science, Computer Science

High School Diploma