James Poole
Game Developer at Dirtybit
Bergen, Vestland, Norway
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Poole is an Irish game developer and computer engineer with 11 years of experience, currently building frontend, backend, and internal tooling for Dirtybit’s Fun Run series in Bergen, Norway. He combines game-facing systems work with DevOps and backend experience from prior roles, enabling faster iteration and more reliable pipelines for live games. Outside the studio he ships indie titles—his recent game Give Me Strength earned festival nominations and awards for audio—demonstrating a strong blend of creative design and technical execution. Comfortable across the stack, James brings production-grade engineering discipline from internships at Intel and early-career DevOps roles to game development. He’s also a musician and maker, often integrating audio and tooling improvements into small projects, and is working on a relaxed exploration game, Wee Boats, slated for 2025.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Rice College, Westport, Co. MayoBachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Electronic and Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Electronic and Computer Engineering at University of Limerick
Github Skills (17)
voice-control10
voice-assistant10
mycroftai9
fedora8
collaboration8
arch8
linux7
ai7
natural-language-processing7
python7
webcam7
nlp7
raspberry-pi6
artificial-intelligence6
open-source5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
JamesPoole/WebControlledRobot
Apr 2016 - Jan 2018
Raspberry Pi Robot that can be controlled via a website with a live streaming webcam
Contributions:2 commits, 1 push, 1 branch in 1 year 9 months
live-streamingraspberry-piwebcam
JamesPoole/podcast-skill
Jan 2018 - May 2019
A skill for the Mycroft AI platform to play the users favourite podcasts
Contributions:2 releases, 39 commits, 5 PRs in 1 year 4 months
ai
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