Kent Lui
Staff Software Engineer at Vantage
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolKent Lui is a Staff Software Engineer based in Old Toronto with 12 years of experience building backend systems and shipping production software. He has progressed through hands-on engineering roles at Flipp and Vantage, now leading technical work and delivery as a staff engineer. Kent contributes to open-source game-simulation tooling—adding modular mage spell classes to the popular SimulationCraft engine—demonstrating attention to complex domain modeling and performant simulation logic. He blends a strong academic foundation in computer science and quantitative disciplines from The University of Hong Kong and University of Toronto with pragmatic engineering at consumer and B2B companies. Colleagues know him for translating intricate requirements into modular, testable designs and for quietly owning the hard backend problems that make products reliable.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
The University of Hong Kong (HKU)Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Mathematics and Physics, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Mathematics and Physics at University of TorontoPickering College
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c-language10
game-development10
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game-engine10
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Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
simulationcraft/simc
Jun 2014 - Dec 2016
Simulationcraft engine/GUI
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:521 commits, 1 PR, 105 pushes in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Kent's contributions primarily involve the introduction and modification of classes related to mage spells within the simulation engine. They implemented base classes like `arcane_mage_spell_t`, `frost_mage_spell_t`, and `fire_mage_spell_t`, reflecting a focus on modularizing spell mechanics. They added and modified existing fire, frost, and arcane mage spells, implementing features related to the Legion expansion. These changes suggest a direct contribution to the game logic and mechanics simulation.
c-plus-plussimulationguisimulationcraftreal-time-strategy
kenthklui/adventofcode
Dec 2020 - Dec 2024
Contributions:119 pushes, 7 branches in 4 years
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