Kian Bennett
Software Engineer at Rare Ltd
Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolKian Bennett is a software engineer based in Portsmouth with nine years of professional experience and a BSc (Hons) in Computer Games Technology from the University of Portsmouth. He progressed from a gameplay engineering intern to a full Software Engineer on Rare’s Sea of Thieves team, contributing to live game systems and player-facing features. Kian combines academic grounding in game tech with hands-on production experience at a high-profile studio, comfortable working within iterative, cross-disciplinary development cycles. His background includes customer-facing roles earlier in his career, which sharpened his communication and problem-solving when shipping features to diverse player audiences. Colleagues would describe him as a pragmatic engineer who bridges creative design intent and robust technical implementation.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bsc (Hons) Computer Games Technology, Creative Technologies, Bsc (Hons) Computer Games Technology, Creative Technologies at University of PortsmouthThe Skinners' SchoolGithub contributions (5)
KianBennett/lol-ping-tool
Jul 2017 - Nov 2019
Contributions:1 release, 3 commits, 2 pushes in 2 years 4 months
kianbennett/kianbennett.co.uk
Nov 2019 - Feb 2025
Contributions:13 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 3 months
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