About Eddie

A basic introduction

Associate Automation Engineer

Since April 2016 Eddie has developed a background within Automation, he spent a year within Software QA, before moving into Games QA for EA (Criterion Games) and WBIE (Rocksteady). Eddie has shipped 3 Projects and worked on a further three (One cancelled, Suicide Squad and the third being unannounced). In November 2020, Eddie joined Splash Damage as an Associate Automation Engineer.

Throughout the years of Eddie's experience he has developed a strong passion for Technical Projects, especially Automation and Build (DevOps). He has contributed to Open Source Projects, such as Gitlab and In his spare time he has also learnt how to code with the aspiration of becoming a Technical Director.

  • Age: 22
  • Freelance: All Services Unavailable
  • Location: South England

Interests

Travel

DevOps/Automation

Coding

Gaming

Dance (EDM) Music

Photography

Walking

Tech

Eddie's Primary Tech Stack

More about Eddie

Current Music:

Current Games:

Destiny 2

F1 2020

Spider-Man Miles Morales

Watch_Dogs Legion

Astro's Playroom

Cyberpunk 2077

Destruction All-Stars

Mini projects

Personal Website (This site)

Retrospective Blog

Gitlab Open Source Project

TBC New Code project

New Web based project

Twitch Streams (Coding & Games)

Learning more about DevOps + Build

No doubt something else as well

Experience

Notable Experience

Note - More details on full CV & Linkedin.

Summary

Eddie is a talented and driven individual wanting to improve the quality of AAA Games by building Automation and Tools to help make the creative process easier for teams.

  • Not looking for work
  • Contact Eddie via Linkedin/Twitter for direct contact details

Current Experience

Associate Automation Engineer

Nov 2020 - Present

Splash Damage, London, UK

Eddie is currently working at Splash Damage as an Associate Automation Engineer.

  • Undisclosed Project.

Other Experience

Open-Source & Personal Projects

  • Created and managed a small team for a Gaming & Tech Media Outlet (Masters Network), including Gaming Masters. Built-up hundreds of connections in the industry and attended press events.
  • Contributed to Gitlab (Open Source Project).
  • Created a WordPress Plugin listing Game Releases using the IGDB API.

Previous Experience

QA Tester

May 2019 - Nov 2020

Rocksteady Games (WBIE), London, UK

  • QA Tester on Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League.

Quality Analyst

March 2017 - May 2019

Criterion Games (EA), Guildford, UK

  • Quality Analyst on Star Wars Battlefront 2 (Arcade & Starfighter Assault, Battlefield V (Firestorm), Burnout Paradise Remastered and an unannounced project.
  • Owned multiple feature areas within the QA Role across the projects.
  • Worked alongside both internal & external teams.

QA Apprentice

April 2016 - March 2017

TDB Fusion (Federos), Bracknell, UK

  • Further details upon request.

Temp Xmas Sales Assistant

November 2015 - Jan 2016

John Lewis, Reading, UK

  • Further details upon request.

Skills

Top Skills

Automation

Eddie is passionate about Automation. Since his early days in Software QA this has been a key point of interest.

Code

Eddie is self taught and excited about code, he by making tweaks to his website designs and working on plugins. In recent years has expanded to C++ and other languages.

Tech

Eddie is usually up to date on the latest tech in the gaming space and is willing to learn, as well as teach others.

Quality Control

Eddie has almost 5 years of experience within QA based roles. A year within Software, with the rest in games.

Writing

Before joining the games industry, Eddie created both written and video content, across Tech and Games for his own media network.

Leadership

Eddie built and managed a small team within his media network, which means he has had some exposure to leadership.

Portfolio

All Projects

  • All
  • Games
  • Personal
  • Other

Unannounced Project(s)

More details when they are ready/public!

Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League

Expected Release - 2022

Photography

Eddie loves taking photos

Open to working at Events and Abroad

Link is to another part of the site

Battlefield V: Firestorm

Released March 2019

Gitlab

Started Contributing in 2018

Open Source Project

Burnout Paradise: Remastered

Released March 2018

Star Wars Battlefront 2 (2017)

Released November 2017

IGDB Wordpress Plugin

Created in 2016

Stopped in 2020 - Time constraints

Masters Network

Created by Eddie in 2008

Shutdown in 2018 - Time constraints

Blog

All Posts

Background Image taken by Eddie in London © Copyright 2021.