Jesse Himmelstein
Senior Backend Developer at Datadog
Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France
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Top SchoolJesse Himmelstein is a Senior Backend Developer and founder with 13+ years blending research-grade problem solving and product-focused engineering across games, VR, and web platforms. He has built startups and led EU research projects, shipping multiplayer backends, data visualization tools, and motion-planning R&D grounded in a PhD on collision detection and swept volumes. At Play Curious he wore every non-art hat—from lead developer to sales—turning experimental learning games into commercial and commissioned products. More recently he’s moved into scalable backend work for startups at Datadog after designing Node.js/Socket.IO multiplayer systems and modern front-ends in Vue.js. Comfortable bridging academia, grants, and delivery, he also serves as an expert reviewer for EU creative-industry research, bringing both technical depth and a playful, user-centered approach to systems design.
13 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
french language, french language at Institut catholique de ToulouseJohns Hopkins UniversityPhD, motion planning, collision detection, swept volumes, PhD, motion planning, collision detection, swept volumes at LAAS-CNRSM2R, informatique, M2R, informatique at INSA Toulouse - Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Toulouse
French, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (127)
threejs10
canvas2d10
rendering-engine10
javascript10
rendering10
glsl10
data-visualization10
webgl10
fastest10
scene-graph10
canvas10
pixijs10
renderer10
maquette9
virtual9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
CyberCRI/RedWire
Dec 2012 - Aug 2018
Contributions:1106 commits, 58 PRs, 118 pushes in 5 years 9 months
gamegamesgamedevmodifygame-development
CyberCRI/IdeaWeave
Nov 2014 - Jan 2016
Contributions:411 commits, 76 PRs, 157 pushes in 1 year 3 months
social-networkreactnodejsmongodb
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