Stephen Bahr

moc.liamg@rhabrnehpets

Experience

Founding Engineer, Branch Technologies
Mar 2021 - Dec 2021
Cross-platform F2P social game with proximity voice and sandbox properties

Abstract Java game instance to handle infinite game type using AWS ECS.
Modify routing/authentication to account for 30k DAUs.
Create spatial elements like Navigation Meshes, Wang Tiles, Teleport Pads, and Throwable entities to Phaser/Java game.
Support client and server packets for stateful changes regarding multiplayer support.
Integrate matchmaking system with AWS GameLift route players to mini-games.

Software Engineering Manager, God Complex / Hylist Games
Jan 2019 - Mar 2021
Multiple F2P SaaS PC game server with over 1.2 million accounts

Introduced Agile Development to three product teams, managing bi-weekly content release schedule for 10+ engineers, 15+ employees.
Directly responsible for product/engineering workflow for F2P SaaS video game generating $3 million in sales, over 7,000 CCU and 1.2 million accounts.
Designed integrated in-game content partnerships, promoting social advertisement and reach.

Senior Software Engineer, Grand Theft Minecart
Sept 2017 - May 2020
F2P SaaS PC game server with over 1.1 million accounts.

Reconstructed and optimized relation database systems to store minimal data, increasing data retrieval response time.
Developed event framework and seasonal in-game shops promoting traffic during holidays and weekends, servicing 1.1 million unique accounts and up to 1,200 CCU.
Introduced statistical framework for tracking user behaviors, currency trends, and actions to understand how players can play and/or exploit the game.
Constructed cross server player-to-player market system with mutex locks that helped with economy inflation.

Software Engineering Manager, Isles Softworks
June 2015 - Sept 2017

Lead multiple SaaS development teams through sprint life cycles, aligning content release schedules to bi-monthly.
Responsible for patching live services with up to 2,200 CCU and over 400,000 accounts generating $300k in revenue.
Implemented dynamic queueing systems for products that have variable audience sizes.
Created a Python imaging system to manage server shards with custom load/unload handling.
Engineered a time management/tracker, allowing engineers to observe their JIRA progress and GitHub contributions daily.

Terminal Systems Administrator, Boston University
June 2013 - May 2015

Maintained computer functionality of 100+ Windows/Linux/MacOS machines.
Managed imaging deployment services to accommodate software needs for educational purposes.

Software Engineer / Project Lead, Core Network
Dec 2012 - Oct 2014
F2P SaaS PC game server.

Designed scalable network structure to handle up to 2,000 CCU.
Created SQL structures to manage over 200,000 accounts, and proposed switch to TokuDB engines increasing read times by 4x.
Constructed abstract framework system to increase turnover rates of "game updates".

Boston University, Boston MA 2011 - 2015

Languages: Java / Python (proficient), Typescript / C++ / Objective-C / Lua (intermediate)
Operating Systems: CentOS, Ubuntu, Mac OS X, Windows
Game Engines: Phaser / Unity / Roblox Studio
Tools and Frameworks: AWS, MySQL/MongoDB, Redis/RabbitMQ/AWS SNS, Docker, AirTable, Maven/Gradle, Artifactory/Nexus, Jenkins/CircleCI, Git, JIRA/Asana