Brik Royster
Senior Software Engineer at Blizzard Entertainment
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolBrik Royster is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building backend systems for major tech companies, currently at Blizzard Entertainment in Seattle. He has held staff and senior engineering roles at Fast, Affirm, Intuit, and Google, bringing deep experience in scalable product engineering across finance, productivity, and consumer platforms. Brik contributes to open-source projects such as XMage, where he implements nuanced game logic and card behaviors, reflecting a knack for complex rule systems and robust bug fixes. He combines hands-on coding with cross-team collaboration and has a Computer Science degree from Boise State University. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic solutions that balance product needs with long-term maintainability.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Boise State University
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Github contributions (5)
magefree/mage
Dec 2016 - Feb 2019
XMage - Magic Another Game Engine
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:10 commits, 9 PRs, 6 comments in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Brik primarily contributed to implementing and modifying card functionalities within the XMage engine, a Java-based Magic: The Gathering game implementation. The commits focused on creating new cards, updating existing card logic, and fixing bugs. Specifically, the user worked on the `Harsh Judgment` and `Dralnu's Crusade` cards, and made other changes related to card effects.
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brikr/advent-of-code
Nov 2021 - Dec 2024
Contributions:79 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 1 month
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