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Helen Giapitzakis

Software Developer

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About Me

Since a young age I have been passionate about problem solving. I devoured logic puzzles and excelled at mathematics. After my first experience with programming during high school, I knew I had found what I wanted to do. Having a degree in computer science and a love for video games, I intend to become a game developer in an innovative and passionate company.

Projects

Patchy Patients (Made With Unity)

You're trapped in your laboratory wielding a bandage gun. Your creations wander around, bleeding slime. A flood builds up, destined to drown you.

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Jump Joust - One Button Battles (Made With Unity)

A physics based one button battle game with a shared keyboard. I worked on the movement, controls and collision physics.

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Our Little Space (Made With Unity)

Travel to different planets and collect interesting items. Craft unique items to decorate your ship, and make your ship a personalized home. This was my teams submission to Global Game Jam 2019 where I programmed the UI throughout and the decoration mechanic. I also worked on the crafting system by pair programming with another engineer.

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Adult Test(Made With Unity)

The Adult Test is a reflection of the constant challenge of trying to balance different aspects of our lives. This was my team's submission for Ludum Dare 43 where I was the only programmer and I used a Unity tool called Yarn Spinner to drive the narrative points and game state.

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E.C.O - Space Farming Sim (Made With Unity)

Earth Colonisation Outpost was built by myself and another engineer as a farming sim set in space, inspired by Stardew Valley. I programmed the UI, the seasons and the plant lifecycle & watering mechanics and implemented a Unity Store library for the dialogue and narrative system.

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Cher Ami - Turn Based Strategy (Made With Unity)

Our submission for Global Game Jam 2018. A turn based strategy game where you can only see information on your enemies units that is 1 or more turns old. Can you get the defector back into friendly territory before the enemy locates and destroy it?

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Interstellar Inclusion (Made With Unity)

Submission to SheHacksGames Game Jam 2018 as the sole programmer on the team. Interstellar Inclusion is a narrative based sci-fi game. You goal is to convince various other aliens to join your cause and fight for equality on your home planet!

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Web Applications - RESTful MEAN Forum

For my Web Database Applications course I collaborated with 2 other students to complete a RESTful MEAN Star Trek forum with social media API integration. We recieved a HD for our submission.

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Experience

Developer


Seek

Full stack website development at Seek.

  • Node, Typescript, GraphQL, React
  • Git, Buildkite, AWS

iOS Developer


Xero

Completed the graduate program and became an iOS Developer, responsible for feature implementation in the Xero Business App for iOS using Swift, Objective-C, Xcode and Git.

  • Swift, Objective C
  • Git, Jenkins, AWS

Graduate Developer


Xero

Progressed from intern to graduate where I rotated teams to learn and develop in a variety of technologies. These areas include:

  • Native Android development
  • Full Stack Web Development in React and C# .NET Core
  • Delivery Engineering, building solutions to increase development and deployment efficiency using AWS and Jenkins for continuous integration.

iOS Intern Developer


Xero

Responsible for feature implementation of Xero Business App for iOS. Using Swift, Objective-C and Xcode I completed bug fixing, user stories and code refactors. Worked with an agile team to design features, plan sprints and ensure coding standards with the use of source control, automated testing and continuous integration.
During a company wide hackathon I implemented an experimental feature using Siri that went on to be released for use by Xero's 1m+ subscribers. Several customers were so enthusiastic about this feature that they tweeted about it.

Computer Science and Information Technology Mentor


RMIT University

Assisted Learning of students in first year Computer Science subjects.

Education & Qualifications

AWS Developer Associate Certification

2018

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Bachelor of Computer Science

Feb 2014 - June 2017

RMIT University

Japanese Language Proficiency Test N4

December 2016

Japan Foundation and Japan Educational Exchanges and Services

Awards

IGDA Velocity Scholarship Recipient 2019

Program encompassing passes to events and mentoring throughout Game Developers Conference 2019.

MIGW IGDA Scholar 2018

Program encompassing passes to events and mentoring across Melbourne International Games Week.

GDAA GDC Assist 2018

Awarded a 'Conference + Summit' pass from the Game Developers Association of Australia to attend GDC 2018 in San Francisco.

2016 Peoplebank Women in IT Scholarship

Awarded for academic ability and passion for IT

Codebrew 2016 People’s Choice award

Created a face tracking marshmallow cannon during a 48 hour hackathon.

2014 -2015 LEAD Certificate

Contributing Volunteer Hours by mentoring 1st year Computer Science students and aiding the RMIT Student Union.