Ishmael King
Software Engineer - Payroll Team at Gusto
Denver, Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolIshmael King is a software engineer with 11 years of experience, currently on Gusto’s Payroll team in Denver, bringing a University of Toronto computer engineering background to complex product work. He has hands-on systems experience from ASIC synthesis internships at AMD to full-stack product development and maintenance in payroll systems. As a co-founder of an educational game startup he shipped an iOS app, secured a US trademark, and led product promotion at industry events, demonstrating entrepreneurial instincts and user-focused design. Comfortable in low-level tooling and high-level product delivery, he has written automation and visualization scripts (Perl) for ASIC flows and production features for consumer-facing software. Known for a playful, relentless coding drive (his GitHub bio reads “I came here to code and chew bubblegum; I'm all out of bubblegum!”), he blends technical rigor with practical product sense. He’s adept at translating complex technical constraints into shipped features and improving workflows across teams.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Computer Engineering at University of TorontoInternship, Science, Technology and Society, Internship, Science, Technology and Society at The Washington Center for Internships and Academic SeminarsHigh School Diploma, Cumulative GPA: 3.98, High School Diploma, Cumulative GPA: 3.98 at Faith Lutheran Jr./Sr. High School
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Github Skills (32)
simulation10
multiplayer10
msbuild10
discord10
windows10
linux10
cpp10
opengl10
server10
cmake9
visual-studio9
xcode8
translation7
internationalization7
checker7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
iking96/Kingof20
Mar 2019 - Apr 2021
My Kingof20 Game
Contributions:8 PRs, 10 pushes, 5 branches in 2 years 1 month
game
iking96/Kingof20Backend
May 2020 - Nov 2024
Ruby on Rails API for King of 20
Contributions:43 PRs, 65 pushes, 16 branches in 4 years 6 months
ruby-on-railsapiruby-on-rails-apirails-apirails
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