Shaun Mitchell
Lead Programmer at Sumo Leamington
Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolShaun Mitchell is a Lead Programmer based in Newcastle upon Tyne with 12 years building commercial games and tools across mobile, desktop and browser platforms. Currently leading engineering at Sumo Leamington, he progressed internally from Senior Programmer and brings hands-on experience shipping polished gameplay and engine tooling at studios including Coatsink, Lockwood and tombola. Shaun combines a practical grasp of the full development lifecycle with a focus on readable, extendable code and cross-platform deployment (including AIR-packaged mobile titles). He holds a First Class BSc in Computer Games Programming and Development from SAE Institute and has a track record of improving performance and animation systems on live projects. Colleagues know him for thriving in fast-changing, collaborative environments and for turning complex gameplay requirements into maintainable systems.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Games Programming and Development, First Class (Hons), Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Games Programming and Development, First Class (Hons) at SAE Institute
English
Github Skills (5)
decoder2
surface2
cpp2
directdraw1
vulkan1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
shaunus84/culprit-framework
Apr 2023 - Mar 2025
Contributions:1 release, 25 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 11 months
shaunus84/argh-zombie-robots
Nov 2013 - Dec 2013
Contributions:8 commits in 13 days
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