About me
Hello, I'm Skylar Masson. I am a Software Engineer and Game Developer who loves writing code to create various amounts of Games, Mobile Apps, Windows Apps, and many different Software Applications.
Over the course of the last 7+ years, I've spent my time in school learning how to develop applications of all kinds. In 2018, I started out learning game
development where I primarily used the Unity3D engine and C#. This school was a 1-year intensive learning environment where we worked 25-30hrs per week on
learning and developing games. I ended up developing 7 pc games (2 of which were on teams) and 3 mobile games.
After this, I went on to get my Associates of Science in Computer Information Techology and then my Bachelors of Science in Computer Information Systems with
a concentration in Application Development. Throughout my time in school, I learned secure programming principles, data structures, different design concepts,
programming paradigms, and object-oriented programming with multiple languages on different platforms.
In 2023, once I completed my Bachelors degree I landed my first full-time role as a Fullstack Software Developer where I primarily used C#/.NET/Blazor.
I also saw this as a perfect time to incrementally work on my Masters of Computer Science degree taking a few classes after work hours to become a master in developing
solutions on any platform that I desire or is asked of me!
I strive to be a great programmer and want to learn as much as possible!
Projects
Pacifism Clone
Pacifism Clone is a clone of the old arcade game Geometry Wars.
DeadMark
DeadMark is a First-Person zombie survival game.
The Last Sky
The Last Sky is a railshooter inspired by Starfox.
A Cold War Of Pigs
A Cold War Of Pigs was a Gamejam game with the "Cold War" theme.
GRC Tool for GDIT
This is a prototype system for Authority to Operate as a Service (ATOaaS). The goal is to help automate Federal Risk Management Frameworks.
SportsPro Technical Support
The purpose of the application is to track technical support service calls (referred to as incidents) in a database that also stores information about the company’s customers, software products, and technicians.
Sports Logo Filter
Sports logo filter is a filter that searches for all of the relevant logos using user input.
Library System Application
Library checkin/out system for patrons
Work
Junior Software Developer - Simple Logistics Solutions
- Built and maintained a test suite containing unit and integration tests, ensuring high quality and robustness of each software solution and project.
- Developed chrome extension features utilizing JavaScript, automating workflows and increasing productivity for team members.
- Created a probability quoting calculator for our team members to use that optimizes the client quoting process more accurately and efficiently.
- Developed an interactive kiosk display for sales representatives, enhancing day-to-day operational efficiency by providing real-time access to personal performance statistics.
- Created a universal search engine which integrates seamlessly with our current applications and allows users to easily do extensive searches over the entire system.
- Continuously improved system reliability by identifying, troubleshooting, and revised numerous codebase bugs, while simultaneously enhancing code resilience against potential failures.
- Created a customizable pdf creator that allows our team to customize documents and invoices for individual client needs, increasing client satisfaction.
- Developed complex SQL stored procedures to support our API's functionality and provide effective data retrieval and manipulation for different application features.
- Developed and maintained scalable RESTful APIs to facilitate seamless frontend-backend integration, ensuring robust and efficient data exchange for application performance.
Software Engineer Intern - Dollar General
- Worked as part of a scrum team using agile development methodology.
- Used ASP.NET and Blazor framework to perform data collection and validation.
- Used Power Apps and Automate to create an ETL tool to merge data in SQL Server saving engineers 100% of time.
- Created SQL stored procedures for automated tasks that send data from one database to another.
Tech II - Technology Projects - John P. Holt Library
- Developing, testing, and improving the front-end for Library’s website rebranding for over 100+ weekly users.
- Working closely with marketing and committees to incorporate brand elements and relevant library content.
- Creating products that are user-friendly, effective and appealing using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
- Maintaining the website with over 60 pages using content management systems such as Granicus.
- Creating and pulling reports from the library database using SQL.
- Use site improvement for Quality Assurance reports to maintain high quality website features.
Education
Pursuing M.S in Computer Science
University of Tennessee
B.S in Computer Information Systems: Application Development
Northwestern State University
A.A.S in Computer Information Technology: Programming
Columbia State Community College
Interactive Software Development Certificate
Digital Media Institute
Technical/Software Skills
Languages
JavaC#
HTML/CSS
PHP
SQL
JavaScript
Platforms & Tools
.NETBlazor
GIT
SQL Server
MySQL
Agile/Scrum
Tableau
Power BI
Power Apps
Power Automate
Game Dev
Unity3DPhoton
FMOD
uNet