Kurtis Melby
Software Engineer, AI Innovation & Research
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKurtis Melby is a polyglot server engineer with 13 years of experience building scalable systems and shipping practical product-focused solutions, now working on AI innovation and research at Google in New York. He has held senior engineering and leadership roles across Google, Etsy, Realm, and media startups, consistently bridging backend architecture, frontend polish, and product needs. Known for finding the shortest path to quality, he pairs deep systems know-how with hands-on contributions to developer-facing projects like the Flame Flutter game engine, where he improved rendering, animation, and documentation. Kurtis's background spans distributed systems, consumer-facing services, and game programming—an unusual mix that fuels pragmatic, creative problem solving. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Minnesota and brings a habit of improving usability and tooling alongside core platform work.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
B.S. Computer Science, B.S. Computer Science at University of MinnesotaHong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
Github Skills (15)
rendering10
flame10
flutter-game10
dart10
game-development10
game-engine10
animation10
render10
flutter-apps10
game-dev10
flutter10
ui-components9
debug8
debugging8
documentation8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
flame-engine/flame
Sep 2019 - Sep 2022
A Flutter based game engine.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:16 reviews, 26 commits, 10 PRs in 3 years
Contributions summary:Kurtis contributed to the Flame game engine by updating documentation, adding examples, and implementing features for rendering, including flipping and text box enhancements. They focused on improving the rendering quality of text and addressing formatting issues within the codebase. Furthermore, the user made significant modifications to the animation component, adding features like autoResetTicker and supporting image layer repetition. These contributions suggest a focus on improving the engine's usability and rendering capabilities.
gamegamedevdartgame-developmentflame
kurtome/leap
Sep 2022 - Dec 2022
An opinionated toolkit for creating 2D platformers on top of the Flame engine.
Contributions:50 reviews, 12 commits, 107 PRs in 3 months
2d-gameflame-enginegamedevgame-developmentopengl
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