Summary
Casey Yelland is a Principal Software Engineer with over 18 years at Blizzard Entertainment, specializing in customer-facing game tooling and cross-platform systems for Battle.net. He leads development on the consolidated Battle.net Desktop App and has deep experience across updaters, installers, launchers, deployment services, build/patch tooling, and shared libraries including Mac-specific builds. Proficient in C++, C#, Qt, Perl and Objective C++, Casey bridges QA roots with senior engineering practice to deliver reliable infrastructure used by millions of players. Known for tackling both internal developer platforms and front-end customer experiences, he combines product-focused thinking with low-level systems craftsmanship. Based in Lake Forest, CA, he holds a B.A. in Computer Science from UC Irvine and brings institutional knowledge of Blizzard’s tooling ecosystem that few outside the company possess.
10 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, Irvine