• Meta Avatar Editor

  Product launch

  Meta Avatar Editor

  Product launch

  Meta's shift to VR made Avatars a strategic priority. My team launch a unified avatar editor across FB, Messenger, Instagram and Web, shortly after our team was spun up in London.

  Involvement: Technical leadership, Cross-functional/cross-team coordination, Implementation
• Amazon CodeGuru Profiler

  Console Launch

  Amazon CodeGuru Profiler

  Console Launch

  Launched one of the most complex consoles on AWS as part of a team of 3. AWS Marketing Page

  Involvement: Design, Implementation
• Anomaly Detection

  Amazon CodeGuru Profiler

  Anomaly Detection

  Amazon CodeGuru Profiler

  Helped design and implement time-based anomaly detection features for Amazon CodeGuru Profiler. Documentation

  Involvement: Design, Implementation
• Monte Carlo

  Game simulation framework

  Monte Carlo

  Game simulation framework @ Gamevy

  Library that provides basic tools to quickly create reliable mathematical simulations of real money games, especially for those with skill elements and player agency. Github

  Involvement: Design, implementations, support, maintenance
• PIXI-Packer

  Sprite packer

  PIXI-Packer

  Sprite packer @ Gamevy

  Build tool that streamlines asset resizing and packaging for HTML5 games. Allowed us to reduce game download size, reduce build time and improve ease-of-development for our games. Github

  Involvement: Concept, implementations, support, maintenance
• Tilda Mk2

  Conference Badge

  Tilda Mk2

  Conference Badge for EMF 2014

  EMF is a the biggest UK gathering for makers and hackers. It's 2014 badge, which was given to every attendee, ran its own network protocol that communicated with specialized radios hidden in portaloos. More details Github

  Involvement: Concept and Design of Network stack, Firmware (C++), Backend (Python)
• Tilda Mk3

  Conference Badge

  Tilda Mk3

  Conference Badge for EMF 2016

  EMF is a the biggest UK gathering for makers and hackers. It's 2016 badge, which was given to every attendee, upped the stakes with an embedded python runtime, full screen display and wifi. More details Github

  Involvement: Concept, Firmware (C++) and Operating System (Python)
• Tilda Mk4

  Conference Badge

  Tilda Mk4

  Conference Badge for EMF 2018

  EMF is a the biggest UK gathering for makers and hackers. It's 2018 badge, which was given to every attendee, was a fully working phone running on python, complete with its own app store and keyboard. More details Github

  Involvement: Concept, Firmware (C++) and Operating System (Python)
• Boss the Lotto

  Online game

  Boss the Lotto

  Real money game @ Gamevy

  Under the initial working title "Reverse Lotto" I conceived a lottery-themed game that turns the basic 6-out-of-49 concept on its head. Genuine user agency, its cashout concept and lottery-style jackpots make Boss the Lotto a unique game in the real money space. Play it online

  Involvement: Concept, protoype, maths, simulation, implementation
• Epic Gems

  Online game

  Epic Gems

  Real money game @ Gamevy

  After the success of Boss the Lotto I started to experiment with moving the concept away from the lottery into the social gaming space. By improving speed of play and accessibility on mobile devices we attracted a completely different player demographic. Play it online

  Involvement: Concept, prototype, maths, simulation, implementation
• Buzzword

  Online game

  Buzzword

  Real money game @ Gamevy

  By adapting concepts of a successful gameshow into a real money game we created a mixture between a word-game and a skill-based bingo. Extreme influence of player agency made this game challenging to simulate, leading to complex mathematical models and experiments. Play it online

  Involvement: Concept, prototype, maths, simulation, implementation
• Wortopia

  Multiplayer word-playing game

  Wortopia

  Multiplayer word playing game - Personal project

  German multiplayer word game based on the board game "Boggle". Currently attracting roughly 1800 MAU. Play it online

  Involvement: Concept, implementation, operation
• Dependency Updater

  Utility

  PIXI-Packer

  Utility - Personal project

  Open-source script that detects outdated npm dependencies in github projects and opens a PR to update them. Github

  Involvement: Concept, implementations, support, maintenance

A bit more about me…

I have worked for a large range of different companies, such as IBM, Last.fm, Gamevy and AWS. At the moment I'm working at as an Engineer at Meta's Reality Labs in London.

In my spare time I'm part of the team that organises Electromagnetic Field festival and you can find me at traveling around the world on off-years.

I have more than a decode of in-depth frontend and backend knowledge, combined with the drive to make teams and projects succeed.

mail@marekventur.de

In case you'd like to know more of the boring details, here's my CV.