Max Hayman
Lead Programmer at University of Southampton
Southampton, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolMax Hayman is a senior programmer and cyber security researcher at the University of Southampton with 16 years of experience building high-performance, reliable distributed systems and conducting reverse engineering research. He has led backend development and global server orchestration for multiplayer games, creating core systems like matchmaking, progression, and client libraries while operating Kubernetes across cloud and bare-metal environments. Previously he optimized B2B platform architecture, implemented security and compliance measures, and built CI/CD and containerized infrastructure for mixed legacy and modern stacks. Comfortable at the intersection of security research and production engineering, he blends hands-on C#/.NET and cloud infrastructure expertise with a knack for hardening systems under real-world load. As founder of ReturnOfReckoning, he also brings community-driven product experience and long-standing involvement in game ecosystems.
16 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy Computer Science at University of Southampton
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Github Skills (123)
bug-tracker10
file-upload10
getopt10
azerothcore10
twitch-api10
pathfinding10
csharp10
world-of-warcraft10
game-dev10
matchmaking10
game-ai10
navmesh10
dotnet9
mesh9
ftp9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
WarEmu/WarEmu
Jan 2014 - Aug 2014
Warhammer Online Emulator 1.4.8
Contributions:75 commits in 7 months
emulatorazerothcoretrinitycoreworld-of-warcraftwarhammer
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