Samuel Hudson
Engineering Manager - FLIX at The Foundry
England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolSamuel Hudson is an engineering manager with 11 years of experience building scalable web and cloud-native products, currently leading FLIX at The Foundry — a collaborative visual story development tool used across film, TV, and games. He combines hands-on engineering roots (PHP, Python, AWS, DynamoDB) with proven operational experience designing high-traffic e-commerce and rendering infrastructures. Samuel has a track record of moving services from single-developer projects to robust, distributed platforms, having led architecture for sites handling tens of thousands of daily visitors and high order volumes. As a former lead engineer and independent contractor, he blends client-facing product sensibility with deep technical execution and team-building skills. Based in England and trained in Games Computing and Software Engineering, he’s equally comfortable shipping backend systems and enabling creative workflows for artists. Notably, he founded Black Hole Digital to help businesses solve complex web challenges, reflecting an entrepreneurial streak alongside his engineering leadership.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Games Computing and Software Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Games Computing and Software Engineering at University of Lincoln
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Github contributions (5)
samsamm777/blackholedigital.com
Feb 2015 - Oct 2019
Contributions:21 pushes in 4 years 9 months
samsamm777/unity-game
Feb 2015 - Mar 2015
Contributions:29 pushes, 2 branches in 14 days
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