Gene Walters
Software Developer at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Anaheim, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolGene Walters is a software developer with eight years of professional experience building backend systems, currently at Amazon Web Services in Anaheim. He has a strong foundation in real-time interactive simulation, computer science, math, and physics from DigiPen, and earlier roles range from lead programmer on an iOS puzzle game to teaching assistant responsibilities in advanced animation and physics. At AWS and as a contributor to the high-profile Open 3D Engine project, he has focused on multiplayer backend reliability—improving network layers, entity spawning, and connection management during complex scenarios like level loading. Gene combines game-engine instincts with cloud-scale engineering practices, able to translate low-level timing and synchronization issues into robust server-side fixes. Known for pragmatic problem-solving, he favors diagnosing edge-case connection failures that often surface only under real-world load.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Real Time Interactive Simulation, CS, Math and Physics, Real Time Interactive Simulation, CS, Math and Physics at Digipen Institute of Technology
Github Skills (9)
c-language10
multiplayer10
cprogramming-language10
network-programming10
multiplayer-game10
networking9
game-dev9
game-development9
game-engine9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
o3de/o3de
Apr 2021 - Jan 2023
Open 3D Engine (O3DE) is an Apache 2.0-licensed multi-platform 3D engine that enables developers and content creators to build AAA games, cinema-quality 3D worlds, and high-fidelity simulations without any fees or commercial obligations.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:643 reviews, 698 commits, 332 PRs in 1 year 9 months
Contributions summary:The user, Gene Walters, contributed to the Open 3D Engine (O3DE) project by working on backend systems related to multiplayer functionality. Their commits focused on enhancing the network layer, specifically addressing issues with entity spawning and connection management. They implemented fixes to handle various connection scenarios, including those during level loading, and added code to prevent client-server connection issues.
c-plus-plusmulti-platformcommercialworldshalo
aws-lumberyard-dev/o3de-multiplayersample
Sep 2021 - Jan 2025
Multiplayer Sample based on Spectra Technology
Contributions:111 reviews, 26 PRs, 201 pushes in 3 years 5 months
actgamemultiplayercolyseusspectra
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