Résumé

GEORGE E. REDDER

gredder@outlook.com · Bennington, VT · arathyll.com · github.com/inatos

Professional Summary

Senior Software Engineering Leader well-versed in architecting highly scalable backend systems and driving technical excellence. Inclusive leader who gives every team member a voice and cultivates collaborative problem-solving for critical infrastructure. Bridges complex, deterministic system designs with practical business needs — robust operation and protected revenue. Empowers engineers to deliver in fast-paced environments.

Technical Summary

  • Proficient: .NET, AWS GameLift, Bash, Bootstrap, C, C#, Claude, CSS, Cursor, Docker, Git, GitHub Copilot, GitHub Workflows, HTML, Java, JavaScript, Jenkins, jQuery, MCP, MySQL, Perforce, Python, Redis/DragonflyDB, Rust, SQL Server, Stable Diffusion, VBScript, Visual Studio, VS Code, Windows IIS
  • Exposure: .NET AI Semantic Kernel, Actix-Web, Axum, Azure DevOps Server, Bevy ECS, C++, Cascadeur, CockroachDB, Datadog, Diesel, Fiddler, Go, Kafka, Kokoro TTS, Meilisearch, Nginx, Node.js, Ollama, PostgreSQL, Postman, PuTTY, Qdrant, React, Svelte, SVN, Unity, Unreal Engine, XTTS

Experience

Arathyll LLC | Founder & Principal Architect | Bennington, VT

March 2026 – Present

  • Architecting a custom ECS game engine for a multiplayer action RPG.
  • Created an open-sourced, Rust-based MCP server with code-analysis tools; tree-sitter parsing, incremental caching, and parallel scans achieved up to 99%+ context reduction.

Wolfjaw Studios | Senior Software Engineer | Troy, NY

October 2021 – March 2026

  • [Project Lead] Spearheaded architecture of highly scalable backend infrastructure for a AAA title, including CI/CD from the ground up and an in-game currency/inventory service managing millions of player records.
  • Collaborated with AAA clients on a performant distributed cache and managed AWS EC2 fleets for dynamic scaling beyond 100,000 concurrent players.
  • Rewrote legacy microservice HTTP layers; improved shipping reliability with a Datadog metric collector via .NET enrichment for production diagnostics.
  • Shipped multiple AAA titles and features with 2K and Bungie.

Datto | Software Engineer II | East Greenbush, NY

September 2016 – October 2021

  • Resolved critical errors in legacy billing codebases, directly preserving approximately $2,000,000 in annual revenue.
  • Engineered multithreaded Windows Services and Zuora/Salesforce middleware to automate financial workflows, saving 100+ manual hours weekly and reducing project costs by ~$800,000.
  • Implemented Okta SSO across infrastructure and sensitive services.
  • Rewrote database provisioning into an MVC web service, reducing workload across departments.
  • Architected a financial data warehouse for predictive revenue reporting and designed an async DNS record system for internal applications.
  • Managed a customer invoice portal and mentored engineering interns on operations-critical projects.

Education

University at Albany — B.A. Computer Science, B.A. Criminal Justice (Honours), Minor in Japanese

Leadership: TaeKwonDo Club President, Head Teaching Assistant, Advisory Council Board Member