Joseph Toppi
Co-Founder Lead Software Developer at BlackTopp Studios inc.
Bellevue, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJoseph Toppi is a versatile software engineer and co‑founder with 16 years of hands‑on experience across development, test automation, system administration, and technical support. As Lead Software Developer at BlackTopp Studios he builds AI and game software while bringing startup stability and a pragmatic systems perspective shaped by roles at Bloomberg, EA, TD Ameritrade and others. Comfortable in C++ and fluent in many languages, he moves quickly through large codebases and has a track record of integrating complex systems and leading developer teams to delivery. His background in both support and development gives him uncommon empathy for users and an ability to design software that fits real workflows. Open to remote contracting, he reliably ships without supervision and seeks engagements that synergize with his studio work. An early entrepreneur and longtime operator, he combines deep technical breadth with practical product instincts.
16 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Associates Software Applications and Programming, Associates Software Applications and Programming at ITT Technical Institute
c++, ruby, java
Github Skills (52)
3d-graphics10
mingw10
mezzanine10
lua10
webserver10
engine10
cpp10
game-development10
game-engine9
gcode9
crow9
flask8
curlpp8
http-server8
3d-printer8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
BlackToppStudios/Mezz_StaticFoundation
Feb 2016 - Jun 2021
All of the parts of the Mezzanine that need to be handled prior to the real build, like compiler options and platform detection.
Contributions:4 reviews, 66 PRs, 274 pushes in 5 years 5 months
compiler-optionsplatform-detection
Sqeaky/CppFileToStringExperiments
Aug 2015 - Jul 2020
Contributions:12 commits, 8 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 11 months
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