Derek Baird
Senior .Net Software Engineer at IntrinsiQ Specialty Solutions
Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex United States
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Top SchoolDerek Baird is a Senior .NET Software Engineer with nine years of experience building and maintaining reliable backend systems across healthcare, energy, insurance, and financial services. Based in the Dallas–Fort Worth area, he has a strong track record of improving system performance, integrations, and billing consolidation solutions while operating in both development and DBA roles. Derek pairs practical cloud and database administration experience with deep .NET expertise to deliver end-to-end solutions and production-ready enhancements. He contributes to open-source game-simulation tooling, having implemented class-specific mechanics and action priority logic in the well-known SimulationCraft engine, illustrating a knack for complex domain modeling. Comfortable in cross-functional teams, he consistently turns ambiguous requirements into maintainable, testable code. With a Physics background from Texas Tech, he brings analytical rigor and curiosity to software design and problem solving.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Physics, Physics at Texas Tech University
English
Github Skills (8)
mechanics10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
gameplay10
game-programming10
performance-optimization9
git8
version-control8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
simulationcraft/simc
Jan 2017 - Oct 2022
Simulationcraft engine/GUI
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 104 commits, 5 PRs in 5 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Derek's contributions primarily focused on implementing and updating game mechanics within the simulation engine of the SimCraft project. They made changes to the C++ code in the engine, specifically targeting class modules related to specific character classes, like the Shaman class. Their work involved modifying and adding logic to enhance the Action Priority Lists (APLs) for various specializations, including implementing set bonuses and azerite traits for the characters within the game.
c-plus-plussimulationguisimulationcraftreal-time-strategy
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