Forrest Pruitt
Senior Software Engineer at Maxis Studios - EA
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolForrest Pruitt is a senior software engineer with 13 years of experience building games and the infrastructure that supports them, currently contributing to Maxis Studios and Cliffhanger Games from Seattle. He brings a rare full-stack game skill set spanning gameplay programming, engine and tools development (UE4/5, Unity, Azoth/Lumberyard), scalable live services in Go, web/Twitch integrations, and systems administration. At Amazon Games he architected online subsystems, authored game services used across projects, and holds two patents related to live audience participation. Forrest combines hands-on C++ and Blueprint delivery with developer tooling and pipeline work that empowers creatives to ship content at scale. Beyond shipped titles, he’s co-founded a VR startup that won multiple awards for low-latency immersive experiences, demonstrating both entrepreneurial drive and deep systems-level engineering.
13 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Computer Science: Information Security and Assurance, Bachelor of Science Computer Science: Information Security and Assurance at The University of Tennessee at ChattanoogaBScHons Computing Science, BScHons Computing Science at Griffith College Dublin
English
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Github Skills (63)
csv8
django8
minecraft7
state-machine7
static-site7
android7
sqlalchemy7
lua7
python7
fsm7
routes6
ruby-on-rails6
model-view-controller6
django-rest-framework6
jsonp6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
bellhops/django-crud-filters
Aug 2015 - Dec 2015
Role-based filters for Django Rest Framework
Contributions:46 commits, 10 PRs, 41 pushes in 4 months
django-rest-framework
bbrock25/engage3D
Feb 2013 - Jun 2013
Contributions:31 commits in 4 months
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