Simon Ashbery
Senior Software Engineer at Thunderchild Productions
Goldsithney, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolSimon Ashbery is a Senior Software Engineer in the UK whose career blends artistry with engineering, turning creative practice into rigorous software problem-solving. Over eight years, he shifted from being an artist in the games industry and indie founder to a developer who thrives on exploration, collaboration, and rapid learning. He currently builds at Hexarad as a Senior Software Engineer while directing creative work at Thunderchild Productions. His background spans roles at Zen Educate, the Victoria and Albert Museum, Lodestar Games, and Bossa Studios, reflecting a track record of delivering both software and game-ready assets. As a co-leader of indie ventures, he bootstrapped Lodestar Games and pursued the Stugan accelerator to sharpen leadership, product sense, and funding strategy. He studied Animation Production and completed Makers Academy's software engineering bootcamp, bringing an uncommon blend of artistic insight and practical coding craft to teams.
8 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
BA(Hons), Animation Production, BA(Hons), Animation Production at Arts University College at BournemouthBootcamp, Computer Software Engineering, Bootcamp, Computer Software Engineering at Makers AcademyBA (hons) Animation Production, Animation, production, design, art, BA (hons) Animation Production, Animation, production, design, art at The Arts Institute at Bournemouth
Github Skills (40)
instagram10
fractal10
rebuild10
lambda10
css-modules10
badger10
explore9
react9
serverless9
twitter8
twilio8
cv-template7
cookie7
nodejs7
fmi7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
redbadger/website-honestly
Dec 2018 - Jul 2022
🦄 The Red Badger website. Honestly.
Contributions:7 reviews, 101 commits, 266 PRs in 3 years 8 months
reactserverlesscss-modulesbadgerlambda
redbadger/badger-brain
Apr 2019 - Jun 2021
GraphQL server for all Red Badger related data
Contributions:1 release, 94 commits, 118 PRs in 2 years 2 months
badgergraphql-servergraphql
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