Matthew Kosarek

🖥️ Computer Programmer 🔗 matthewkosarek.xyz 📧 mkosare1@gmail.com 🇺🇸 United States Citizen

Skills

Languages & Frameworks
C, C++, C#, ASP.NET, JavaScript, TypeScript, React, HTML, CSS, Java, OpenGL
Tools
git, Linux, npm, Webpack, Unity, AWS, Emacs, Visual Studio Professional

Experience

Software Team Lead Vention
July 2020 to Present Montreal, QC
  • Led a team in the development of industrial software applications including robot palletizers, cartesian palletizers, and CNC machines
  • Developed and shipped a number of client projects which are now being used everyday in factories
  • Architected and developed a framework for all future client projects
  • Interacted with other teams on a daily basis to align on business goals and meet deadlines
  • Planned, scoped, and organized daily tasks and long-term projects
  • Individually contributed across many aspects of the codebase, from firmware to the application layer
Software Engineer I Big Huge Games
January 2018 to June 2020 Timonium, MD
  • Developed and maintained the data pipeline - from data entry, to data validation, to data publishing - for Arcane Showdown
  • Designed, built, and maintained a live operations scheduling and publishing web application for DomiNations
  • Implemented a localization system for Arcane Showdown which allowed the game to be released in different languages
  • Implemented game features on all parts of the stack, including tools, Unity client, and game servers
Teaching Assistant for Intro to Video Game Design Johns Hopkins University
September 2017 to December 2017 Baltimore, MD
  • Assisted beginner programmers in the development of 2D game engines using the SDL2 library
Software Engineering Intern Big Huge Games
May 2017 to August 2017 Timonium, MD
  • Developed a tool using C# and GTK to improve the workflow of the quality assurance team for DomiNations
  • Wrote a comprehensive user manual that explains how the tool functions for both technical and non-technical users
Software Engineering Intern Sparkypants Studios
May 2016 to August 2016 Baltimore, MD
  • Developed a profiling framework for the game systems in Dropzone

Education

BSc Computer Engineering at Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD
September 2014 to December 2017
  • 3.53 GPA (Magna Cum Laude)
  • Relevant Coursework: Computer Graphics, Object Oriented Software Engineering, Linear Algebra, Video Game Engines and Design, Operating Systems, Data Structures, Introduction to Renewable Energy Engineering

Projects