Nicholas Van Sickle
Staff Engineer at Stripe
Irvine, California, United States
Summary
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RockstarNicholas Van Sickle is a Staff Engineer in Irvine with 14 years building user-focused software across games, cloud services, and developer tools. He blends front-end UX leadership with back-end systems design, having shaped editor tooling for the high-profile Open 3D Engine and shipped features at Amazon and Stripe. As a co-founder of Pojpo LLC, he pairs product-minded engineering with startup grit while continuing to operate at scale in enterprise environments. Colleagues know him for pragmatic architecture decisions and hands-on contributions that improve editor usability and rendering workflows—skills honed from Telltale Games through multiple Amazon stints. Notably, his open-source edits to O3DE’s viewport demonstrate a rare mix of low-level rendering insight and practical UX polish.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
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Github Skills (12)
ux-design10
graphics-3d10
c-language10
game-development10
cprogramming-language10
ui-design10
3d-engine10
game-engine10
game-dev10
qt9
3d-graphics9
animation8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
o3de/o3de
Apr 2021 - Oct 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 & UI/UX Designer
Back-end Developer & UI/UX DesignerContributions:593 reviews, 12 commits, 84 PRs in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Nicholas primarily worked on modifying the O3DE editor viewport widget, introducing new features, and addressing issues related to visibility and viewport interaction. They implemented changes to the EditorViewportWidget.cpp file, which included modifications to the camera settings, visibility updates, and rendering logic, enhancing editor functionality. Several commits focused on improving the user experience within the editor, including adding code to handle the HMD output and ensuring the viewport responds correctly to inputs and has focus. Additionally, there is an extensive commit to the AzToolsFramework which has various components demonstrating involvement across backend, UI and UX.
c-plus-plusmulti-platformcommercialworldshalo
NicholasVanSickle/o3de
Jun 2022 - Jul 2023
Source for fully featured AAA Open 3D Engine
Contributions:9 pushes, 5 branches in 1 year 1 month
openglaaa3d-engine
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