Ben Morningstar
Associate Lead Software Engineer
Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia
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Top SchoolBen Morningstar is an Associate Lead Software Engineer based in Brisbane with 12 years’ experience building full-stack and interactive applications, specializing in C#, JavaScript, Unity and VR. He progressed from freelance IT and enterprise support into game and simulation engineering, holding senior roles at Real Serious Games before joining PlaySide Studios where he now leads engineering efforts. Ben combines a games-focused software engineering degree with hands-on product delivery across studios, shipping multiplayer and immersive experiences. Known for bridging development and operational needs, he brings practical expertise in both tooling and gameplay systems and a track record of mentoring engineers as teams scale. An Australian-based developer comfortable across backend, client, and real-time 3D tech stacks, he often surfaces less-visible quality improvements that reduce production friction.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Games and Interactive Entertainment Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor of Games and Interactive Entertainment Computer Software Engineering at QUT (Queensland University of Technology)Certificate 3 in Information Technology, Certificate 3 in Information Technology at TAFE NSW
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Github Skills (46)
multipart10
download-file10
download-manager10
multitasking10
csharp9
idm9
dotnet8
dotnet-core8
asynchronous8
cross-platform7
async-await6
curl6
unity3d6
windows6
discord6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
Real-Serious-Games/activecollab-discord-bot
Jan 2018 - Mar 2018
Discord integration for ActiveCollab
Contributions:185 commits, 43 PRs, 87 pushes in 2 months
discordrailsdiscord-integrationrubyactiverecord
Borningstar/Sentenceoriser
Jul 2013 - Nov 2013
Contributions:21 commits in 3 months
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