Summary
Denis Nikitin is a Software Engineer III with nine years of hands-on experience building and leading development of aircraft training and maintenance simulators, primarily for Apache platforms. He blends strong object-oriented C/C++ and C# skills with practical tooling knowledge—Jenkins, GTest, SVN/Git—and a history of integrating third-party libraries like Boost and WT. Comfortable moving projects from prototype to production, Denis has shepherded small teams alongside subject matter experts, technical artists, and engineers to deliver government-contracted simulation systems. His background in game development gives him a keen eye for performance, memory management, and interactive systems design that surfaces in simulator fidelity and stability. Based in Jacksonville, Florida, he’s known for meticulous attention to detail and a hands-on problem-solving approach to both large and legacy codebases. Colleagues rely on him to translate complex aircraft requirements into reliable, testable software that reaches completion.
8 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Game Development, Bachelor of Science Game Development at Full Sail University
Russian, English