Donald Hutchison
Senior Backend Developer at Tenjin
Berlin, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolDonald Hutchison is a Senior Backend Developer based in Berlin with 16 years of software engineering experience spanning mobile, desktop and backend systems. He excels at building reliable backend services and automating deployment pipelines, with recent work deep in DevOps and blockchain tooling—contributing backend enhancements and CI/CD improvements to the well-known Blockscout Ethereum explorer. A pragmatic engineer who values clean code and clear communication, he balances focused technical work with a playful curiosity that keeps him exploring new stacks and technical rabbit holes. His long freelance practice and varied roles across gaming, mobile, and infrastructure give him a broad perspective on shipping production-quality software.
16 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Games Software Development Computer Science, Games Software Development Computer Science at Glasgow Caledonian University
Github Skills (16)
objective-c10
mobile-development10
coco10
cocos2d-x10
android10
ethereum10
elixir10
blockchain10
android-development10
native-android10
opengl9
api8
github-ci8
cicd8
apidoc8
Programming languages (22)
Github contributions (5)
cocos2d/cocos2d-objc
Dec 2014 - Apr 2015
Cocos2d for iOS and OS X, built using Objective-C
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:65 commits, 16 PRs, 2 pushes in 4 months
Contributions summary:Donald focused on adapting the Cocos2d-objc framework for Android platforms. Their contributions primarily involved modifying and adding functionality to the Android-specific components, including changes to CCActivity, CCGLView, CCDirectorAndroid and CCFileUtils. These changes focused on fixing compiler issues, supporting layout on Android, and overall integration with Android.
objective-ccocoapodscocos2dswiftios
blockscout/blockscout
Aug 2021 - Aug 2021
Blockchain explorer for Ethereum based network and a tool for inspecting and analyzing EVM based blockchains.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:9 commits, 6 PRs, 1 comment in 8 days
Contributions summary:Donald primarily focused on enhancing the Blockscout backend functionality. Their contributions included modifying database interaction, contract verification using Sourcify, and token balance retrieval. They also implemented token-related features in the web interface and optimized GitHub Actions for continuous integration and deployment. Additionally, the user made changes to the token transfer functionality.
analyzingetherscanethereumblockchainelixir
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