Michael Pollind
Senior Software Engineer at O3DE
San Diego, California, United States
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Top SchoolMichael Pollind is a Senior Software Engineer based in San Diego with 11 years of experience building maintainable, production-grade software across embedded systems, mobile, and large open-source 3D engine codebases. Currently at Qualcomm and serving as an O3DE maintainer, he focuses on backend stability, API usability, and refactoring—contributions visible in the high-profile Open 3D Engine project where he improved math libraries, fixed key bugs, and expanded cross-platform support. His background spans medical device software at Masimo, in-flight entertainment at Panasonic Avionics, and mobile and data tooling, demonstrating an ability to move between low-level embedded work and higher-level application stacks. A long-term open-source collaborator and mentor, he has guided hundreds of students and contributors through code, docs, and project workflows, blending hands-on coding with community stewardship. He holds a BS in Computer Science and a Master's in Computational Science from Chapman University, and he brings a pragmatic focus on code quality and reproducibility rooted in both research and industry projects.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Computer Science, Bachelor of Computer Science at Chapman University
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Programming languages (23)
Github contributions (5)
o3de/o3de
Oct 2021 - Nov 2022
Open 3D Engine (O3DE) is an Apache 2.0-licensed multi-platform 3D engine that enables developers and content creators to build AAA games, cinema-quality 3D worlds, and high-fidelity simulations without any fees or commercial obligations.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:454 reviews, 239 commits, 234 PRs in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Michael Pollind's contributions center around improving the codebase, fixing bugs, and adding documentation. The commits show work on improving code comments, cleaning up and refactoring source code, including code pertaining to the Math library. These efforts demonstrate a focus on code quality and maintainability.
c-plus-plusmulti-platformcommercialworldshalo
pollend/Terasology
Mar 2017 - Aug 2021
Terasology - open source voxel world
Contributions:3 PRs, 429 pushes, 531 branches in 4 years 4 months
terasologyvoxel
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