Personal details

Tom H. - Remote game developer

Tom H.

Based in: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Timezone: Edinburgh (UTC+1)

Summary

Software engineer with over ten years’ experience in the industry. Delivered as an individual contributor, tech lead and software development manager across games, developer tools and high-performance computing.

Looking for new opportunities as an independent contractor/consultant along side building software to support the environment.

Work Experience

Founder/director
Trifle Tech Ltd | Jan 2024 - Present
C++
CMake
AWS (Amazon Web Services)
  • Independent contracting
  • Developing desktop agroforestry tree planting tool
Software Development Manager
AWS | May 2022 - Jan 2024
AWS DynamoDB
AWS Lambda
AWS (Amazon Web Services)
  • Managed a team of 7 engineers delivering a new AWS service.
  • Participated regularly in code, architecture and design reviews.
  • Collaborated extensively with teams in Italy, UK and US.
  • Heavily involved in hiring and team development.
  • Led animation, physics, viewport, and robotics development teams.
  • Ran weekly newsletter on technical topics and coding best practices.

Education

The University of Hull, UK
Master's degree・Computer Science with Games Development
Sep 2007 - Jun 2011

Personal Projects

Wood Pasture ToolIconOpenNewWindows
2024
C++
Git
CMake
FlatBuffers
SDL2
AWS (Amazon Web Services)
Blogpost describing tool to aid with tree planting.
CMake ExamplesIconOpenNewWindows
2019
CMake
GitHub repo with an introduction to modern CMake.