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Richard Howard Bent-Marshall
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London
England, UK
Highly skilled software engineer with a passion for technology and a love of solving problems. Having over 9 years professional experience, focusing on efficient and scalable web services serving millions of users worldwide. Adept at bolstering existing teams and rapid prototyping, looking to build exciting & fun software.
Work
Senior Software Engineer - NaturalMotion's BossAlien Studio
August 2018
- Present
Developing key features for Star Wars: Hunters, a new mobile and Switch game set in the Star Wars universe, using C++ and Unreal Engine.
- Managed the delivery of features as acting scrum lead & release manager.
- Involved in the creation of an MVP gameplay prototype of a new Star Wars mobile game.
- Created UI and systems, in Unreal Engine 4, to be used within the metagame of Star Wars: Hunters
- Managed external vendors, to ensure the correct delivery and integration of audio into Star Wars: Hunters
- Led the engineering aspects of the audio team for Star Wars: Hunters
Software Engineer - NaturalMotion's BossAlien Studio
July 2014
- August 2018
Involved in the construction and maintenance of the infrastructure serving live games CSR Racing & CSR Classics, with over one million DAU, as well as tools & services. Taken a fullstack development approach working on both the client and server functionality for a new unannounced title. And have worked as part of a small team developing new features for the hit game CSR2.
- Managed and mentored new team members, making sure they integrate with the team.
Fullstack
- Ensured legacy titles, CSR Racing and CSR Classics, complied with european GDPR laws.
- Worked on UI, gameplay and systems architecture for CSR2 features: "The Fast and Furious Finale", "Ferrari 70th Finale" and "Porsche 70th Finale".
- Designed and implemented multiplayer lobbies & matchmaking functionality for an unannounced game.
- Developed both client side and server side player vs player feature for an unannounced game.
Backend - CSR Racing/Classics
- Spearheaded the transition to an AWS Auto-Scaling Groups and CloudFormation based system.
- Implemented & integrated a leaderboard backend using Redis for storing player data, including the replacement of the then live systems.
- Developed tooling and server-side functionality for CSR Racing's Events feature.
- Involved in the design and implementation of the CSR "Friends" feature, focusing on a scalable and fault tolerant backend architecture.
- Helped build and maintain the current infrastructure serving BossAlien games built on top of AWS.
- Gathered and documented requirements from game/client developers in order to produce implemented, documented, unit-tested and load-tested server APIs in a number of server-side languages.
Software Tester Frontrunner Plus - University of Essex
October 2013
- March 2014
6 month internship within the University of Essex's Staff and Students Learning Team.
- Designed, implemented, and reported system tests for the project manager and lead developer.
- Coordinated the communication of updates and features to the project members.
- Created instructional videos for both staff and students to teach the usage of the system.
Intern Software Engineer - NaturalMotion's BossAlien Studio
June 2013
- September 2013
Summer internship working on the server aspects of the mobile hits CSR Racing and CSR Classics.
- Designed and implemented the Boss Alien internal authentication systems.
- Developed additions to the suite of internal tools.
Education
B.Sc. Computer Science, University of Essex
- 1st class honours, 81% overall.
2011
- 2014
Advanced Programming, Distributed Computing Systems, C++ Programming, Software Engineering, Data Structures and Algorithms, Application Programming, Object-Oriented Programming
BTEC IT Practitioners National Diploma, West Suffolk College
- Triple Distinction
2009
- 2011
Awards
Frank Thilo Award
- Awarded on the basis of academic achievement.
2013
Big E Significant Contributors Employability Award
2013
K. F. Bowden Memorial Award
- Awarded to the highest 4 marks in a first year undergraduate degree.
2012
Mi Medal
- Awarded for the best software development project of the year.
2011
Interests & Hobbies
Interests:
Privacy & Security, Startups & Entrepreneurs, Finance & Fintech, Cryptocurrency
Hobbies:
Side Projects, Self-Hosting, Photography, Motor Sports, Gaming
Languages
Native:
English, Spanish