Rob Link
XR Game Design Engineer at DB Creations, Inc- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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DB Creations, Inc
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United States
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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XR Game Design Engineer
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Feb 2023 - 11 months
Seattle, Washington, United States Designing and developing the next generation of XR gaming experiences.
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Niantic, Inc.
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United States
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Software Development
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700 & Above Employee
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Platform Support Engineer
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Apr 2022 - Feb 2023
Seattle, Washington, United States Supported a worldwide augmented reality (AR) development community focused on Niantic's premier Lightship SDK – an AR software package for Unity iOS and Android development. My duties included diagnosing issues with early-release software, assisting developers with script implementation via traditional forums and live Discord support chat, tracing and logging novel issues via bug-tracking software, and developing ad hoc tutorial content to drive platform growth.
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Aether Soup
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Computer Games
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1 - 100 Employee
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Lead Engineer
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Apr 2022 - Nov 2022
Led an engineering team of fully remote indie game developers working on an isometric 3D rogue-like dungeon crawler. My duties on the team included designing and diagramming software architecture, writing C# script implementations, abstracting refactoring and encapsulating where appropriate, task delegation and sprint planning, and occasionally... channeling my inner git-fu. 🙏
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Owner
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Nov 2021 - Apr 2022
Seattle, Washington, United States Developed content for a YouTube channel which included creating games, scriptwriting, recording, editing, branding, publishing, and marketing.
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Independent Contractor
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Jan 2019 - Jan 2022
Seattle, Washington, United States Worked remotely as an independent contractor, managed databases and tables while creating workflows within the company’s database software to process incoming form updates.
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Microsoft
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United States
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Software Development
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700 & Above Employee
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Lead Peripheral Tester
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Oct 2018 - Jan 2019
Redmond, Washington, United States Tested hardware peripherals for Microsoft Store compliance on titles such as Microsoft Flight Simulator and Forza Horizon 4, and to developed team training documentation.
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Pushpay
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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300 - 400 Employee
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App Technical Specialist
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Nov 2016 - Oct 2018
Redmond, WA Designed, built, configured and compiled apps for customers at scale. Produced customer CMS integrations using distributed version control. Contributed to documentation and training materials.
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Microsoft
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United States
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Software Development
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700 & Above Employee
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Test Associate I
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Jun 2016 - Nov 2016
Redmond, WA Identified, collected media for, logged, and regressed various gameplay bugs for a popular cover-based third-person shooter video game for both Xbox One and PC while working in a fast-paced team environment.
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Colloquy360
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Education Administration Programs
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1 - 100 Employee
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Independent Contractor
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Dec 2015 - Jun 2016
Renton, WA Transcribed and corrected captioning for video lecture series.
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Education
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Rochester Institute of Technology
Master of Science (M.S.), Game Design & Development -
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Communications Media, Computer Science, German