Ross D
Senior Software Engineer at Backpack
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRoss D is a Senior Software Engineer based in Austin with 12 years of experience building and maintaining backend services and databases, currently focusing on Rust services and PostgreSQL architecture. He has led backend development for large-scale restaurant ordering platforms, written greenfield APIs in C# and Go, and routinely coordinates cross-functional teams to deliver reliable features and weekly deploys. Ross pairs production engineering with hands-on open-source work—contributing gameplay fixes and control improvements to the popular Veloren voxel RPG—demonstrating a knack for practical problem solving across domains. He favors using personal projects to rapidly learn and apply new technologies, and has experience designing service templates and managing AWS environments to keep codebases maintainable.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science, Computer Science at Texas A&M University
English, Spanish
Github Skills (15)
rpg10
rust10
game-development10
voxel10
multiplayer-game9
server-side9
server9
multiplayer9
procedural-generation9
error-handling8
3d8
clientside8
front-end-development8
api-design7
git5
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
veloren/veloren
Oct 2019 - Sep 2021
An open world, open source voxel RPG inspired by Dwarf Fortress and Cube World. This repository is a mirror. Please submit all PRs and issues on our GitLab page.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Ross contributed to several bug fixes and feature implementations related to the game's mechanics and settings. They fixed a modulo range issue in inventory calculations and added a setting to invert the controller's camera Y-axis, impacting game controls. Furthermore, the user converted equip time to floating-point seconds, and added a client kick on duplicate login and allowed attacks to interrupt sprite interactions, enhancing the overall gameplay experience.
gamerpgsubmitvoxelsdwarf-fortress
heydabop/grades
Nov 2014 - Apr 2022
Contributions:77 commits, 18 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 6 months
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