Jacob Delson

Experience

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  Self-Employed

  Sept 2013 - Sept 2014

  Freelance 3D Artst

  Commissioned complete renders to clients, with modeling, texturing, shading, lighting and post-processing.

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  818 PC Service

  Sept 2014 - Feb 2015

  Office Manager and Lead Technician

  Perform repairs on any hardware or software issues client has on their desktop or laptop. Communicate and act as a customer service/sales representative to clients in person, over the phone, and through email. Manage all business operations while the Owner is not present in office.

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  Electronic Arts (EA)

  May 2015 - Jul 2015

  Game Tester and Capture Actor

  Contracted as an alpha tester and capture actor. Tested levels and mechanics before a stable build was used for a gameplay trailer showcased at E3.

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  Strong Arm Studios

  Sept 2015 - Nov 2016

  Game Developer - Truant Squad (Unreleased – UE4)

  ● Manage scheduling creation and implementation of assets/gameplay to efficiently meet deadlines● Work directly with company founder in recruitment, budgetary responsibility, and training● Program combat mechanics/physics, game modes and multiplayer functionality● Design first pass shaders/lighting/post before the artists, and implement final assets

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  Peak Adventure

  Apr 2017 - Jan 2020

  Programming/Robotics Teacher and IT Consultant

  • Manage all facets of IT including website, email system, and financial/roster databases• Programming, game development, and robotics teacher of children grades TK – 12th at various schools in Southern California• Graphic designer for the company and subsidiaries

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  Transmerssive & Flex Axion

  Jan 2020 - Mar 2021

  Technical Intern

  Assisted on a variety of software projects for the California Science Center & more:• Financial algorithms & UX; Aerospace simulation in Unreal; Cloud event registrationapp in Unity; Text Adventure Game Engine; Interactive Halloween Experience, andVFX/Previz for a TV show• Coach and Participant in Global Game Jam 2020 & 2021 & 2021

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  Frisson Studios Inc.

  Mar 2021 - May 2022

  Associate Game Developer

  Developed many major systems for Frisson's virtual music festival platform in Unity / C#:• Stage building tools, such as a grid-constrained truss system with undo history,cloud save/load in Azure, and more• Crowds with complex animation states driven by song BPM detection algorithms• UI, rigging, shaders, graphic design, and other generalist contributions

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  Mojang Studios

  May 2022 - Jul 2022

  Technical Designer – Minecraft

  Hired under Director of Franchise Development to craft an engaging gameplay experience for 100+ concurrent players by building highly configurable game mode classes.• Used an experimental scripting engine in TypeScript wrapped around core C++ API, requesting & testing features, delegates, & components from RnD team• Worked with Director of Game Design & the Art team to develop fun content & assets• Set up DevOps pipeline with producers & devs from backlog & ticketing, to push-to-deploy & git hooks.Contract via Insight Global Show less

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  Google

  Oct 2022 - Jan 2024

  Unreal Engine Software Engineer

  Joined engine, graphics and web programmers to work on a custom fork of UE4 for a performant application for very large 3D models.• Primarily performed UX programming in C++ & Blueprints, working closely with designers to craft new interactive experiences through a wide variety of user features and UI• Extended Engine and APIs in C++• Python script for our various pipelines• Very client-facing role – worked with the User Research expert to scope features and collect feedback with our (internal) customers directly.Contract via Synergis Show less

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  Amazon

  Feb 2024 - now

  Unreal Engine Developer III

  Creating Interactive 3D visualization tools with a team under Amazon's retail site!Contract via Insight Global