William Lam
Technical Game Designer at Kongor Studios
Greater Ottawa Metropolitan Area Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolWilliam Lam is a pragmatic technical game designer and full-stack programmer with nine years of experience shipping game features, automations, and integration-focused web systems. He saved Frostburn Studios over $100k through proactive QA and 1000+ bug fixes for Heroes of Newerth while accelerating content production and leading volunteer QA teams. At the Public Service Commission of Canada he implemented cloud migrations, CI/CD upgrades, and reusable automation scripts across node.js/React and Django stacks, demonstrating comfort from frontend state management to backend systems design. Trained in both biochemistry and chemical engineering, he combines lab‑grade rigor with software engineering discipline—evident in his thesis-driven research background and careful documentation practices. William is now focused on junior programming roles or QA engineering where he can apply his cross-domain curiosity and history of practical, cost-saving interventions.
9 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Algonquin CollegeHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at St. Joseph Catholic High SchoolHonours BSc with Specialization in Biochemistry and BASc in Chemical Engineering Biotechnology, Honours BSc with Specialization in Biochemistry and BASc in Chemical Engineering Biotechnology at University of Ottawa
English, French, Chinese, Chinese
Github Skills (69)
tournament10
remix10
css10
kysely10
react10
nextjs9
typescript9
aurora8
creator8
integrate8
database-management7
candidate7
database-migrations7
java7
migration7
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
ElementUser/HoN-Patch-Notes-Game-Bot
Aug 2020 - Nov 2021
Reddit bot for the HoN Patch Notes Guessing Game in /r/heroesofnewerth
Contributions:16 releases, 192 commits, 13 PRs in 1 year 3 months
honguessing-gamenotespatchin-game
ElementUser/Heroes-of-Newerth
Oct 2018 - Jun 2022
Scripts that I've made and used for the Heroes of Newerth project.
Contributions:74 commits, 68 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 7 months
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