Ellen Porter
Halo - Principal Engineering Lead at Halo Studios
Kirkland, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolEllen Porter is a principal engineering leader with 8+ years of experience crafting scalable developer tools, engine infrastructure, and reliability systems for AAA games and large distributed services. She has led cross-functional teams at Turn 10 and Microsoft, driving technical strategy for build pipelines, test automation, and device integration while partnering with external studios and platform teams. Known for blending rigorous engineering with an artisan’s eye for elegant solutions, she emphasizes usability, performance, and observability so developer workflows feel intuitive at scale. Her background in scientific computing and HPC informs a pragmatic approach to complex system design and automation, from Monte Carlo risk tools to virtual device labs. Based in Kirkland, WA, she combines hands-on technical mentorship with a track record of modernizing pipelines and reducing technical debt across long-lived projects.
8 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at Washington State University Tri-CitiesBachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at Oregon State University
English, French
Github Skills (10)
translators8
translation7
nodejs3
cli2
auth2
command-line-interface2
core-platform2
golang2
protocols2
cross-platform1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
openT2T/translators
Jul 2017 - Nov 2017
Contributions:106 commits, 43 PRs, 86 pushes in 4 months
translatorstranslation
openT2T/cloud
Aug 2017 - Jan 2018
Contributions:13 commits, 5 PRs, 11 pushes in 5 months
node-jsnodejscloud-samplecloud-service
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