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David Smithson

Principal Unity/C# Developer specializing in mobile and live-service games

London, UKLead programmer14 years experiencePrincipalVideo GamesMobile GamingEducation
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Unity gameplay developer who led implementation of an airport scene for Duplo Town (children’s physics/exploration game), adding multiple unspecced interactions that significantly increased polish and playfulness and delighted testers/clients. Principal/lead-level engineer with strong sprint planning and impact-vs-effort prioritization, plus experience designing asynchronous client-server interactions and state management (aware of Photon-style real-time multiplayer sync).

Experience

Lead programmerDream Reality Interactive Ltd.
Principal frontend developerWinkel Ltd.
Senior Unity C# contractorSelf-employed
Experienced/Senior Unity engineerDubit Ltd.
Unity/C#, Node.JS engineerSEGA Europe Ltd.
Unity developer / Lead developerKwalee Ltd.
Functional QA technicianCodemasters Ltd.
Language instructorINTERAC Co. Ltd.
Postgraduate research assistantWolfson Research Institute, Durham University

Education

Durham Universitymaster, Advanced Software Engineering (2009)
Durham Universitybachelor, Computer Science (2008)
European School of Brussels IIhigh_school (2005)

Key Strengths

  • Adds high-impact polish and playful interactions beyond spec (Unity airport scene: landing lights, barrel roll, retractable wheels)
  • Prioritizes features using impact vs workload weighting to maximize value within sprint constraints
  • Strong playtest-driven iteration; delivers features that generate visibly positive tester/client reactions
  • Lead/principal-level ownership of bespoke components within complex systems
  • Balances structured task ownership with cross-functional collaboration to hit sprint goals

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Skills

UnityC#JavaScriptJavaNode.jsLINQSQLRESTful APIiOSAndroidMobile App DevelopmentFrontend DevelopmentFull-Stack DevelopmentGameplay ProgrammingSystems Programming