Sam Mercer
Software Engineer at DNEG
United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolSam Mercer is a software engineer with nine years' experience specializing in VFX and animation tools, pipelines, and platform engineering across studios and R&D teams in the UK. He blends a film-and-television production background with a software engineering degree to bridge creative workflows and robust technical systems, recently contributing to DCC platform work at DNEG and a DNEG-dedicated unit at BRAHMA AI. His apprenticeship at JLR added embedded EDU controls and cybersecurity R&D exposure, giving him practical experience in safety-conscious, hardware-adjacent software. Sam is comfortable operating at the intersection of content creation and production-scale engineering, able to translate artist needs into reliable pipeline automation and platform services.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
BA Film and Television Production, BA Film and Television Production at University of HertfordshireBSc Digital and Technology Solutions (Software Engineering), BSc Digital and Technology Solutions (Software Engineering) at University of Warwick
English, French, German
Github Skills (13)
python3
blocked3
java2
nodejs2
sling2
control-panel2
lua2
groff1
ips1
refer1
collada1
auth1
preprocessor1
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
Mercer01/TalespireModding
May 2020 - May 2020
Contributions:2 releases, 7 commits, 1 PR in 12 days
Mercer01/AM2_Template.Stratis
Nov 2018 - Jun 2019
Contributions:1 release, 7 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
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