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Liam Foster

Game Developer
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7 years of experience creating multiplayer and single-player games for PC and mobile platforms using modern game engines.

Experience

Senior Game Developer
Arcline Interactive, Full-time
2019-07-01 – Present
Montreal, QC, Canada
Gameplay systems and performance for multiplayer titles — server-authoritative combat, render optimization, and telemetry.
- Built gameplay systems and performance pipelines for multiplayer titles - Implemented deterministic server-authoritative combat logic in Unreal Engine, reducing client desync reports by 63%. - Optimized draw-call budgets and LOD transitions, lifting average frame rate from 48 to 72 FPS on target console hardware. - Designed telemetry hooks for match events and balancing metrics, enabling faster tuning of weapon and class fairness.
Game Developer
Nebula Quarry, Full-time
2017-06-01 – 2019-06-01
Stockholm, Sweden
Live-ops gameplay and tooling — Unity ECS crowd AI, PlayFab entitlements, and content-validation automation.
- Developed gameplay features and build tooling for live operations - Built Unity ECS systems for AI crowd navigation that sustained 200 NPCs per scene without frame spikes. - Integrated PlayFab inventory and entitlement checks to support seasonal content drops with anti-duplication safeguards. - Created automated content validation scripts that caught broken prefab references before nightly builds.
Junior Game Developer
Beacon Pixel, Full-time
2015-05-01 – 2017-05-01
Warsaw, Poland
Mobile game tools and features — animation state fixes, in-editor analytics overlays, and memory-leak patching.
- Contributed to tools and feature work on a mobile game team - Implemented animation state machine fixes that removed jitter during chained movement abilities. - Added in-editor level analytics overlays to visualize death hotspots for designers. - Collaborated with QA to reproduce and patch memory leaks tied to asset bundle unload timing.

Education

Game Development, Bachelor of Science
Rochester Institute of Technology
2015-09-01 – 2019-06-01
Bachelor's-level training in game development at Rochester Institute of Technology. Completed coursework in C++, C#, Unity, capstone projects, and collaborative assignments that prepared for professional roles.

Skills

C++
C#
Unity
Unreal Engine
Gameplay Programming
Multiplayer Systems
Performance Optimization
Git
Agile Development

Certifications

Unity Certified Professional: Programmer
Unity
2023-06-01
Unreal Engine C++ Developer Certificate
Unreal
2022-06-01

Languages

English (Native)

CV writing guide

  • Include shipped titles and your concrete subsystem ownership.
  • Show understanding of frame-time budgets and platform constraints.
  • Demonstrate collaboration with design, art, and QA during iteration cycles.
  • Unity Certified Professional: Programmer
  • Unreal Engine C++ Developer Certificate
  • AWS for Games Accreditation