Ian Easton
Senior Backend Engineer at NantGames
Buffalo-Niagara Falls Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolIan Easton is a Senior Backend Engineer with 11 years of experience building data-driven, backend systems across gaming, e-commerce, and enterprise software. He brings strong expertise in SQL, Python, Java, and C#, and has held senior roles at NantGames and PUBG Corporation where he focused on scalable backend services and data work. Ian’s background includes deep database and BI experience—from hands-on DBA work to senior database engineering—giving him a practical edge in optimizing data pipelines and analytics. An active open-source contributor, he enhanced FlexGet’s plugin ecosystem with robust archive handling (RAR/Zip) and Transmission integration, signaling attention to interoperability and automation. Based in the Buffalo-Niagara Falls area, he pairs technical breadth with a liberal arts BA in English Literature, which informs clear technical communication and pragmatic problem framing.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts English Literature, Bachelor of Arts English Literature at University of Pittsburgh
Github Skills (7)
plugin-development10
automation10
automations10
extraction10
extractor10
python10
flex9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
Flexget/Flexget
Feb 2015 - Jul 2021
The official FlexGet repository
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:22 reviews, 86 commits, 36 PRs in 6 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Ian primarily contributed to the `flexget/flexget` repository by developing and enhancing plugins, which extend the functionality of the FlexGet automation tool. Their contributions included creating a plugin to manage and extract files from Transmission instances and RAR archives. Furthermore, the user refactored existing plugins and added support for handling both RAR and Zip archives. These changes indicate an understanding of archive formats, and improving the versatility of FlexGet's file handling capabilities.
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ianstalk/Flexget
Feb 2015 - Apr 2020
The official FlexGet repository. Issue Tracker: http://flexget.com/report Forum: http://discuss.flexget.com
Contributions:76 pushes, 40 branches, 3 tags in 5 years 2 months
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