Ryan Jones

I worked on OGS (Open Gaming System) which connects 2500+ games from different game studios to dozens of online casinos. The API layer in between the games and the casinos is what I worked on. This layer was responsible for launching games in the browser and then maintaining communication between the game, casino, and our servers.

• This layer used technologies such as TypeScript/JavaScript, Java/Spring, Spring Boot, Node, Maven, Tomcat, Jenkins, Closure compiler, JUnit, Jest, SonarQube, JavaScript API's, REST API's, postMessage API's, etc.
• Also worked with the following AWS services: EC2, S3, CloudFront, Lambda, IAM, CloudWatch
• Worked on bug fixes, integrations with new game providers and casinos, triaging issues, jurisdictional requirements, restrictions for Responsible Gaming (regulations to help prevent gambling addiction), etc.
• Used Spring Boot to create RESTful web services

Worked on a complete rewrite of the front end layer to make it use a service-oriented architecture (SOA) and do all of it's data access through a REST API.

Worked on the front end and the server side to make various improvements to the website. The front end is HTML5 and uses Backbone.js with underscore.js templates. The server side is written in Java/Spring and runs all CRUD operations against a REST API.

• Worked on a new feature that allows website visitors to reserve an item for in-store pickup.
• Made various UI changes to update the look of the website.


• Worked on a major API upgrade to make the entire site run on a newer version of Disney’s internal REST API.

I worked on every aspect of the FatWallet website (front end, back end, user facing pages, admin tools, reports).

• Majority of my time was spent using PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, and JS
• Used the following JavaScript libraries frequently: jQuery, jQuery UI, jQuery Mobile, Ext.js, Google Charts, tablesorter, Facebook JavaScript SDK
• Was the go-to guy for improving the performance of SQL queries
• Created and consumed plenty of REST web services
• Followed an agile methodology with Scrum meetings
• Other things I worked with: svn, git, FBML, OpenGraph, CrazyEgg, GA, GA event tracking, GTM, Google DFP, Login with Facebook, FogBugz, Mantis, bugzilla, Jira, FishEye, Crucible, SourceTree

Worked with a small team to rewrite the Local Deals section of FatWallet. The original implementation relied on Sqoot and we rewrote it to get deals directly from the various provider APIs – Groupon, Living Social, AmazonLocal, Gilt City, and Restaurant.com.

Created the mobile version of the FatWallet site using jQuery Mobile on the front end.

Developed and maintained code in C for various subsystems, including game logic, sound playback, network/modem communication, graphics routines, a virtual ROM/RAM file system, memory management, etc., as well as startup code and low-level routines written in Coldfire assembly.

Designed and implemented a 3D video game version of table shuffleboard. Used C++, Blender, Blender Game Engine, and Delta3D, running on Ubuntu Linux.

Created a dartboard application with modernized graphics and Lua-scripted interfaces. Used C++, boost, Lua, SWIG, OpenGL, libSDL, libcurses, running on Slackware Linux.

Developed software and setup FreeBSD/Linux servers for an on-line dart league management system. Used PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, MySQL, and DeZign for Databases.

Developed numerous other programs/utilities, including: PHP/ASP sites for tracking customer tech-support calls, software revisions, etc. Visual Basic programs for language translation, modem communication, font rasterization, etc.