Benjamin Hauch
Software Engineer at Sony Interactive Entertainment
Wisconsin, United States
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Top SchoolBenjamin Hauch is a software engineer with nine years of experience blending research-driven problem solving and hands-on full-stack development. Currently at Sony Interactive Entertainment, he builds and tests single-page applications and automation tooling, drawing on deep JavaScript experience alongside regular C++ work and prior Python and VBA scripting. His background in materials science and nuclear engineering research gives him a data-focused mindset and an unusual comfort with low-level characterization and tooling—skills he’s translated into improving game AI and core mechanics in notable open-source projects like Endless Sky. He has practical SDET experience designing test suites with Ember.js, Node.js, WebdriverIO, and Selenium, and has fixed defects across front-end and Spring Boot backends. Colleagues rely on him for methodical debugging, pragmatic automation, and turning experimental analyses into maintainable software. Based in Wisconsin, he’s a hobbyist contributor who enjoys making data visible and solving thorny engineering problems.
9 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Nuclear Engineering, Nuclear Engineering at University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Github Skills (24)
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google-apps-script10
c-language10
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game-development10
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Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
endless-sky/endless-sky
Apr 2017 - Nov 2022
Space exploration, trading, and combat game.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 920 reviews, 517 commits in 5 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Benjamin's contributions primarily focused on enhancing the game's core mechanics and features, as demonstrated by the code changes. They implemented pathfinding improvements for escorts, added functionality for jettisoning ammunition, and reactivated the autopilot landing sequence. The user also addressed bugs in areas such as hailing hostile ships and managing fleet behavior. Their work primarily involved modifications to C++ source files related to game logic and AI behavior.
gamerpgc-plus-plustop-down2d-game
tehhowch/apps-script
Mar 2017 - Oct 2023
A collection of files used by Google Apps Script to develop and serve data via Google Sheets
Contributions:25 PRs, 260 pushes, 32 branches in 6 years 8 months
google-apps-scriptmousehuntgoogle-sheetsgoogleapps-script
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