Daniel Downes

Daniel Downes

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ABOUT ME
Unity Expert with over 15 years experience from Games to MedTech
Unity Expert with over 15 years experience from Games to MedTech

Throughout my career, I have enjoyed tackling the technical and design challenges that come with crafting quality, maintainable, and reusable code. As a lead developer, I take pride in mentoring my peers and positively impacting both the company and its individuals. I have played a critical role in guiding projects from inception through delivery and onto continuous development. My goal is to drive projects that align with client visions while providing an agile roadmap for implementation.

I have applied my leadership skills across multiple teams in high-velocity startups, as well as in highly structured departments of large organizations. This diverse experience has strengthened my ability to quickly adapt and thrive in new environments. My expertise in technical problem solving spans various industries, including health, education, energy, defence, and manufacturing. I excel at quickly grasping domain knowledge and applying my skills to discover multiple technical use cases tailored to the target domain.

In my most recent role I served as the primary technical point of contact between stakeholders and teams. As the first technical member of the team, I established foundational working practices, procedures, and software architecture. I believe that fostering a culture rooted in agile methodologies is key to building a strong and motivated team.

As we are in tech revolution, its important to highlight how AI LLM are changing how software is developed. My qualifications included machine learning courses and developers are finding new ways to develop faster and better software using tooling workflow. I have experience in generating neural networks, implementing LLM API, and using on edge AI libraries. Like many developers I am striving to keep on top of advancements by trying latest LLM locally, and keep an eye on the latest research papers. I am invested in leveraging this new tooling as it becomes more generally available.

English
London (+00:00)
Joined December 2013
EXPERTISE
10 years experience
GIT changed my coding world.
GIT changed my coding world.
10 years experience | 2 endorsements
Particularly Unity3D with C#
Particularly Unity3D with C#
10 years experience | 3 endorsements
6 years experience
10 years experience
6 years experience

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SOCIAL PRESENCE
GitHub
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ActionScript
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MatchThree
C#
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EMPLOYMENTS
Lead Developer
Created by Catalyst
2024-01-01-2024-04-01
  • Quickly resolved key challenges relating to networking and dynamic animation.
  • Pivotal in the final polish for this $1 mil...
  • Quickly resolved key challenges relating to networking and dynamic animation.
  • Pivotal in the final polish for this $1 million US Kentucky Derby Horse Racing Museum contract.
  • Advised and quickly implemented in agile methodology saving ~240 of hours on the project per month.
  • Workflow optimisations implemented via mentoring increased development alignment.
Network Programming
Scrum
Unity Engine
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Network Programming
Scrum
Unity Engine
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Senior Developer
QinetiQ Training & Simulation
2022-01-01-2023-06-01
  • Ministry of Defence R&D high-stress medical training platform dashboard.
  • Provided solid advise the existing team to h...
  • Ministry of Defence R&D high-stress medical training platform dashboard.
  • Provided solid advise the existing team to help with workflow improvements.
  • Introduced SOLID methodology to reduce code complexity and improve automated testing.
Unit Testing
VR
AR / VR
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Unit Testing
VR
AR / VR
Unity Engine
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Head of Technology
Strolll
2021-11-01-2022-10-01
  • Formed the technical team of 5 as their first technical member of this new startup.
  • Python and Blazor/MAUI to build their...
  • Formed the technical team of 5 as their first technical member of this new startup.
  • Python and Blazor/MAUI to build their customer facing web dashboard.
  • Directly worked with Microsoft, Magic Leap and Unity partners to solve complex technical challenges.
  • Hands-on Unity Engine, hands-off mentoring and overseeing/reviewing all coding projects.
  • Applied quality safety regulations (BS EN 62305) for certified and test verified medical devices.
  • Strongly contributed to Strolll's initial rapid growth, now being adopted by NHS and US healthcare.
Python
.NET Core
Unity Engine
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Python
.NET Core
Unity Engine
Blazor .net
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