Simon W
Lead Software Engineer at Wooting
Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway
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Top SchoolSimon W is a Lead Software Engineer based in Stavanger, Norway, with 11 years of experience building embedded and desktop software stacks. He leads development at Wooting, shipping firmware in C, cross-platform SDKs in Rust, and user-facing tools in TypeScript/React—bridging low-level hardware constraints with polished Electron apps. His open-source contributions include adding Python and CS-Script based effect scripting to the popular Aurora lighting framework, demonstrating a knack for extensibility and user-facing customization. He mentors teams and students, blending hands-on implementation with a pragmatic approach to maintainable design and cross-language interoperability. Simon’s background in analog keyboard SDKs and firmware gives him a distinctive edge in real-time input systems and hardware-software integration.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
A-Level, A-Level at Limavady Grammar SchoolBSc Computer Science Computer Science, BSc Computer Science Computer Science at University of Bristol
English
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Github Skills (11)
netframework10
lightning10
lightening10
effects10
visual-effects10
csharp10
python10
dotnet-core10
web-framework9
google-assistant-sdk6
raspberry-pi6
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
antonpup/Aurora
Jul 2016 - Dec 2019
Unified lighting effects across multiple brands and various games.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:16 releases, 604 commits, 157 PRs in 3 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Simon contributed to the project by adding support for effect scripting using Python and CS-Script, enabling users to customize lighting effects. They implemented the basic structure for scripting support, including examples, and made improvements to existing effect framework calls. Furthermore, the user addressed issues with profile and script settings to ensure they are saved correctly. These additions reflect a focus on extending the functionality of the "aurora" lighting effects framework by providing a scripting capability.
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simon-wh/Wooting.NET
May 2018 - Jan 2023
Wooting RGB control .NET wrapper
Contributions:2 releases, 1 review, 28 commits in 4 years 8 months
dotnetrgb-ledrgbkeyboardcsharp
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