Jason Knobler
Senior Staff Software Engineer at Lightning Gaming, Inc.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJason Knobler is a Senior Staff Software Engineer with 11 years of professional experience building game engines and renderer tooling, currently designing front-end renderers and pipeline tools for electronic gaming machines at Lightning Gaming. His background spans console and AAA development—contributing gameplay systems and asset pipelines at Rockstar San Diego and leading engine work for Nintendo platforms—bringing a blend of low-level engine craft and production pipeline engineering. Jason pairs game-development instincts with practical deployment experience for regulated, embedded gaming hardware, translating creative design needs into robust, maintainable engine features. He holds a BS in Game Design & Development from Full Sail and maintains an active interest in game dev and drumming, reflecting a creative, performance-oriented mindset that informs his technical work.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors of Science, Game Design, Game Development, Bachelors of Science, Game Design, Game Development at Full Sail University
Github Skills (39)
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Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
GameOverture/HarmonyEngine
Sep 2014 - Jan 2023
Cross platform and modular - An asset driven and programmatic approach to making 2.5D games
Contributions:2722 commits, 33 PRs, 2449 pushes in 8 years 5 months
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LightningGaming/HarmonyEngine
Oct 2019 - Mar 2025
Cross platform and modular - An asset driven and programmatic approach to making 2.5D games
Contributions:997 pushes, 23 branches in 5 years 6 months
gamegamesgamedevapproachprogrammatic
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