Michael Hillman
Software Engineer at Gearset
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolMichael Hillman is a software engineer with 12 years’ experience building user-focused desktop applications and data visualisation tools, now working at Gearset from Cambridge. With a First Class degree in Computer Science (Games) from the University of Brighton, he blends game‑centric UX thinking and ludology with robust object‑oriented architecture to deliver polished front ends for scientific and engineering software. At Computational Modelling Cambridge he led front‑end design, packaging, licensing and customer support for kinetics and DoE suites, and also managed network administration and developer onboarding. He began his career tackling IP enforcement and internal investigations at Jagex, giving him a rare mix of technical, process and legal awareness. A lifelong hobbyist in graphic design and classical literature, he brings an eye for visual polish and a long-term curiosity about how users interact with complex systems.
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science (Games), Bachelor of Science, Computer Science (Games) at University of BrightonA-Levels & GCSEs, Maths, Physics, Information Technology, A-Levels & GCSEs, Maths, Physics, Information Technology at Thomas Bennett Community College
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Github Skills (20)
knowledge-graph10
3d7
maps6
automated-tests6
rollback6
noise6
bufferedimage6
vector-tiles6
htaccess6
python6
java6
openpyxl6
webgl6
javascript6
awt6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
daltonbr/UnityTools
Feb 2016 - Jun 2017
Custom made gizmos for use in Unity final builds.
Contributions:16 commits in 1 year 4 months
buildsgizmosunity-editorunityscriptableobject
simphony/SimCMCLkinetics
Apr 2021 - Jan 2023
Contributions:3 releases, 1 review, 4 PRs in 1 year 10 months
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