Jaylon Gowie
Software Engineer at Kobo
Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJaylon Gowie is a software engineer with eight years of experience specializing in low-level and embedded systems debugging, currently developing at Kobo after recent roles at Top Hat Studios and Maximum Entertainment. He brings practical game-dev experience from titles like Hammerwatch Anniversary Edition and Hammerwatch 2, paired with hands-on firmware and homebrew work on PlayStation Vita that reflects deep curiosity about hardware-software interaction. Jaylon transitioned from managing operations as a general manager to full-time engineering, demonstrating strong ownership, cross-functional communication, and an ability to ship features under real-world constraints. Based in Illinois with an AS in Computer Science, he combines pragmatic problem-solving with a constant appetite for learning obscure platform internals and reverse-engineering challenges.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Associate of Science - AS Computer Science, Associate of Science - AS Computer Science at College of Lake CountyRound Lake Senior Highschool
Github Skills (124)
compile-time10
sdl10
pe-analyzer10
portable-executable10
pe-file10
video-recording10
raspberry-pi-camera10
emotes10
screen-capture10
simple-gui10
internals10
ffmpeg10
egl10
url-parser10
obs-studio10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
SonicMastr/Random-Hentai
Jan 2020 - Jun 2020
Simple PSVITA Application that returns a random Hentai Picture
Contributions:5 releases, 25 commits, 4 PRs in 5 months
returnsreactpsvitanodejspicture
SonicMastr/cpython-vita
Jan 2021 - Dec 2022
Python 3.11.2 and 2.7.18 Interpreters and Libraries for the PSVita
Contributions:2 releases, 46 commits, 11 PRs in 1 year 11 months
python
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