Valentine Powell
namespace.valentine@gmail.com www.linkedin.com/in/namespacevalentine
(503) 539-1565 Portland, OR
Experience
Senior Server Engineer Playable Worlds
Aug 2022 - Apr 2023
● Created a C# microservice websocket infrastructure for real-time world editing and rendering
● Built and maintained dozens of build pipelines to support rapid development iteration
● Generated environment-based terraform IaC for infrastructure and asset promotion
● Integrated cloud-based SSAS into an existing Unity gameplay ecosystem
● Worked with QA to create automated testing frameworks for multi-layered testing
● Created a stress-testing framework for Unity servers using swarming Docker containers
Senior Software Engineer Blizzard
June 2020 – Aug 2022
● Implemented a Remote Procedure Call API to allow designers to write from dev clients to SQL
databases, used to layout the 10.0 talent revamp
● Created two WYSIWYG tools in Lua/C++ that allow designers to generate 2d and 3d interfaces
● Built a suite of reusable editor components to allow faster iteration of internal development tools
● Updated our Shop UI to include design-requested features including external web linking and layered
card textures
Senior Software Engineer – Battle.net Blizzard
Oct 2017 – June 2020
● Built a tool suite in ReactJS for creating Blizzard websites, used for sites such as Diablo Immortal and
Warcraft Reforged
● Conducted technical user research testing to target the needs of designers in Battle.net
● Rewrote the StarCraft 2 Community API to allow players access to more robust profile data
● Integrated our internal localization tool into our CI/CD web deployment flow through a NodeJS API
Senior Software Developer – Notifications Team Nike
Sep 2016 – Oct 2017
● Maintained a Java notifications API with over 80% unit test coverage to manage delivery of up to 500
requests/second
● Created an AWS architecture for delivering scheduled notifications to meet a 15 minute delivery SLA
for multi-million message payloads
● 24/7 Live-Ops support of Nike’s notification platform, resolving production issues in under an hour
Web Application Developer – Marketing Mentor Graphics
June 2014 – Sep 2016
● Deployed AWS CloudFormation templates to host on-demand virtual machines to allow customers to
instantly demo our products in optimal environments
● Developed new automated support site to serve all product divisions in the company
● Integrated automation test suite and transitioned team to CI/CD deployments
Skills
C++/C, C#, Java, PHP, Python, Javascript, AngularJS, NodeJS, ReactJS, SQL, Postgres, DynamoDB, Redis,
IaC, Terraform, XML, CSS, HTML, AWS, Agile (Scrum and Kanban), CI/CD, Jenkins
Education
B.S. Computer Science Portland State Univ.
Projects
Accessibility Hackathon Blizzard
Dec 2019
Led a hackathon to gather and present best practices for accessibility needs across the B&OP org. The
project broke down the expectations by discipline and “a11y” pillar and provided tools for measuring
compliance at each point along the web development pipeline.
Other Stuff
● Dungeon Master for several D&D campaigns spanning the last 10+ years (3.5e and 5e)
● Led grassroots movement to establish Blizzard’s Multicultural Council
● Blizzard Orange County Pride planning committee 2019 and 2020
