Stephen Swires
Senior Gameplay Programmer at Epic Games
England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolStephen Swires is a senior gameplay programmer with 13 years of industry experience, specializing in gameplay systems, networking, online services, and UI across PC and console. He rose from Source modding roots to lead and technical director roles on Insurgency and Insurgency: Sandstorm, overseeing console ports, backend inventory systems, and distributed teams. Comfortable in both C++ and Blueprint within Unreal Engine, he has repeatedly solved multiplayer and online infrastructure challenges for AA and indie studios alike. Stephen has a track record of building engineering processes—introducing Perforce, automated builds, code standards, and mentoring junior engineers—to scale small teams into reliable delivery units. He’s navigated acquisition and large-scale studio growth as well as the volatility of layoffs, bringing resilience and pragmatic leadership to new IP prototypes. Based in the UK with a BSc in Computer Science for Games, he blends hands-on implementation with cross-studio coordination and remote team direction.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Games Design, Computer Games Design at Bradford CollegeBSc Computer Science for Games, BSc Computer Science for Games at University of Bradford
English, French
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Github Skills (59)
audio8
steam-api8
server7
unreal-engine-57
unreal7
api7
voice7
parser7
powershell6
mysqli6
steam6
chat6
latency6
entity-framework6
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Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
sswires/swires.me
Oct 2021 - Jun 2024
Contributions:30 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 7 months
Spycer42/Day-of-Infamy
Jan 2016 - Jan 2016
Contributions:7 commits in 12 days
new-worldinsurgencymodwwiimodding
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