Eric Basile

Software Engineer - E-commerce, Cloud Platform, Game Programming

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eric@ericbasile.com

Key

Accomplishments

  1. Software Engineer with background in game development and e-commerce industries.
  2. Experienced in maintaining and developing full software life cycles including design, customer requirements and input, programming, testing, implementation, documentation, and support.
  3. Collaborate with other teams to adopt best practices for ensuring the solution design helps meet the operational, integration, cost, quality and performance goals of the customer.
  4. Provide high levels of customer support and feedback in shaping the design and development of software and APIs.

Skills

Experience

Cimpress Technology

Software Engineer II​

Aug 2014 – May 2020

  1. Develop critical underlying services of Vistaprint's first Promotional Products and Apparel website: Promo Spot.
  2. Worked in small teams to design, operate and improve C# ReSTful HTTP APIs for customer fulfillment.
  3. Migrated microservice development from C# to JavaScript node.
  4. Developed scalable APIs allowing manufacturers to more seamlessly connect to the Mass Customization Platform (MCP) averaging 4 orders per second daily.
  5. Provided customer service and support for problem management and MCP user onboarding.
  6. Piloted and encouraged adoption of HAL standards in platform APIs.
  7. Managed Continuous Deployment system of services in AWS.
  8. Facilitated rapid customer onboarding through both creating and maintaining services documentation for internal/external customers including best practices guidelines for on-boarding and use of MCP.
  9. Facilitated rapid customer on boarding through both interpersonal interaction and relevant, up to date documentation.
  10. Developed internal developer and customer tools via chrome plugins. This resulted in increased quality of life and faster prototyping for internal developers as well as easier understanding of platform services and faster platform adoption by customers.

Hitpoint Studios

Engineer

May 2012 - March 2014

  1. Developed XAML UX for Microsoft Game Studio Windows 8/WinRT by working with in house game designers and artists to bring mockups to reality.
  2. Integrated UX with XBox Live, developed tools to support UX content.
  3. Scripted levels and mini games in C# and assisted in development and maintenance of in-house engine Ubiquity.

Published Games

  1. Adera
  2. Disney Fairies Hidden Treasure
  3. Disney The Little Mermaid Undersea Treasures

Datamatics Management Services, Inc.

Software Engineer, Internship

Summer 2011

  1. Modified firmware on embedded Linux based systems for integration with enterprise time management service TC-1, resulting in providing customers more punch clock options.

Emergent Media Center​

Game Programmer

Spring 2009

  1. Served as one of three Game Programmers responsible for ActionScript coding, an emergency protocol training game for Massachusetts General Hospital.
  2. Created a single pass XML parser resulting in reducing game load time​ and cleaned up existing code to improve readability.

Education

Champlain College - Burlington, Vermont

B.S. Game Programming

Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II​ - Lublin, Poland

Intensive five-week Polish Language Summer Course 2019, Intermediate Level A2

Professional Affiliations,

Volunteering,

Independent Projects

Polish Fest Boston Lead Chairman: Since 2018 I have been leading, managing and organizing the orchestration of Polish Fest Boston.
Duolingo Polish Language Global Ambassador : Organize Polish language learning nights and develop activities and curriculum
Board member of The Polish American Citizens Club of South Boston: Help to manage, maintain and coordinate the activities of the Polish American Citizens Club of South Boston. Including festivals, club events and providing educational and cultural links and resources
President of Krakowiak Polish Dancers of South Boston: Group whose goal is to educate our members and the community in dance, song, history, and crafts of our Polish heritage and to present our achievements through local and international performance and events.
FIREHOSE: (For Improving and Recognizing Human Open Source Endeavors) Champlain College club, founding member and former president
CCGDA: The Champlain College chapter of The International Game Developers Association, Prime Minister and Member of Parliament