Oliver A
Software Developer - Character Sheets at Roll20
Greater Edmonton Metropolitan Area Canada
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Top SchoolOliver A is a software developer with nine years of experience building web and game-adjacent tooling, currently shaping character sheet infrastructure at Roll20. He combines front-end and back-end skills across Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, C, PHP and HTML/CSS to deliver features on tight schedules—helping launch major sheets like Dungeons & Dragons 2024 and shipping the Candela Obscura sheet ahead of schedule. Comfortable working across teams, he acts as a subject matter expert who prevents knowledge silos by translating complex codebase interactions for peers. Prior roles include designing server-backed playtesting tools for tabletop game developer Resonym and building customer-facing systems that improved operational efficiency by 50% at StickyPiston Hosting. Based in the Edmonton area and active in the LGBTQ+ community, he brings a practical, collaborative approach informed by a lifelong love of games, music, and nerd culture.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at University of Saskatchewan
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Github Skills (40)
obsidian10
plugin9
minecraft9
bukkit9
discord-bot9
tracks9
spigot8
spotify8
spotify-api8
discord8
gameplay7
discord-js7
java7
paper7
file-explorer6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
Oliver-Akins/top-lists
Jun 2020 - Sep 2021
A tool for getting a user's top tracks/artists on Spotify
Contributions:281 commits, 39 PRs, 89 pushes in 1 year 2 months
spotify-playlist-generatordata-analysisspotify-developerspotifyspotify-web-api
Oliver-Akins/foundry.dungeon
Dec 2023 - May 2024
A Foundry VTT game system for the .dungeon TTRPG
Contributions:2 releases, 4 PRs, 122 pushes in 4 months
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