Dustin Shaffer
Backend Server Engineer II at The Pokémon Company International
Renton, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDustin Shaffer is a backend-focused software engineer with 11 years of experience building reliable systems across aerospace, medical devices, and consumer entertainment. He has shipped critical ground systems at Blue Origin and now contributes backend services at The Pokémon Company International—notably the first role in his career where C++ is not his primary language. Dustin’s background in algorithms and game development (B.S. Computer Science, UC Irvine) pairs with hands-on embedded and test-driven work on medical ventilators, giving him an uncommon blend of low-level systems rigor and scalable server design. Known for craving simplicity and clear writing, he gravitates toward clean system design and pragmatic solutions that reduce complexity. Based in Renton, WA, he brings steady delivery and a creative engineering mindset to cross-disciplinary teams.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
GE, Computer Science, GE, Computer Science at Saddleback CollegeB.S, Computer Science, B.S, Computer Science at University of California, Irvine
c#, c++, python, erlang, rust, haskell, fortran, clojure, jai, lisp, c, x86 assembly, javascript, java, lua
Github Skills (14)
java9
2d9
linux9
ios8
windows8
3d8
libgdx8
android8
game-engine7
game-development7
desktop7
cross-platform7
java-game7
mobile-game2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
misterdustinface/gamelib-common-polyglot
Feb 2016 - May 2017
Contributions:181 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 2 months
misterdustinface/LuaJ-Futures
Jun 2015 - Sep 2017
Contributions:36 commits, 34 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 3 months
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