Hello, my name is Benoit Ratté

Senior Backend Developer

Mars 2024 - Current

• Design, develop and maintain various backend services powering Star Citizen.
• Closely collaborate with the C++ team integrating these services into the game.

Lead Support Programmer

Dec 2020 - Jan 2024 (3 years 2 months)

• Managed a team of programmers tasked with developing solutions to improve and optimize production team workflows.
• Closely collaborated with production teams to better understand their needs and deliver tools to help them in their day to day

Senior Generalist Programmer

Oct 2018 - Dec 2020 (2 years 3 months)

• R&D project for a cloud-based version control system centered around asset virtualization (using Projected File System on the client)
• Responsible for the backend part of the project. Server made with Nodejs, Typescript, MongoDB, Websockets, Building the protocol for the desktop client and the angular web tool.

Senior Game Programmer

May 2011 - Oct 2018 (7 years 6 months)

Shipped Games

• Jurassic World Alive - 2017-2018
• Battlestar Galactica: Squadrons - 2015-2017 (Stepped up as the interim Lead Programmer for 8 months)
• The Flintstones: Bring Back Bedrock - 2013-2015
• Where’s Waldo(™) & Friends - 2011-2013

Game Specialist

Oct 2010 - Apr 2011 (7 months)

• Game Specialist for Microplay and will sometime help at Superclub Videotron

Ludia - Game Developer

May 2010 - Aug 2010 (4 months)

• Game development for Wii game The Amazing Race

Mistic Software Inc. - Software Developer

Jan 2009 - Aug 2009 (8 months)

• Assist in the development of a game authoring tool and its graphics engine.

QA Tester

Sep 2009 - Apr 2010 (8 months)

• Perform functionality, usability, and regression testing of games developed by EA Mobile.
• Special responsibility: Act-as-lead in charge of the weekend shift.

Oct 2007 - Nov 2008 (1 year 2 months)

• Perform functionality, usability, and regression testing of games developed by EA Mobile.
• Special responsibility: Act-as-lead in charge of the weekend shift.
• Special task: Build a training plan for new testers.
• Special project: Developed a web application (PHP/MySQL) used to manage QA’s long term and short term needs.

Web Developer

May 2003 - Aug 2007 (4 years 4 months)

• Design, develop and maintain intranet applications. Ranging from full scale CRM solution to small departmental intranet site.
• Special project: Implemented a version-control system (Subversion) and a system to manage tasks and documentation (TRAC).

2007 - 2011

B. Sc., Computer Science

2006

Certificate, Programming a MS SQL 2000 Database

Microsoft Certified Certificate of Achievement (35 hours)

2000 - 2003

DEC, Computer Science

• My team finished in second place for the end of DEC project. We created a website and an offline Access application, both exceeding the client’s requirements. The stunning website we were able to produce really made our project stand out.