Devlin Vining

A hands-on detour into the human side of recovery — informing the design of Residential, a Blazor MMO tycoon set in the recovery industry.

• Provide direct support to clients in residential treatment.
• Document interactions and observations against compliance requirements.

• Architected and maintained a cross-platform build script in Apache Groovy on Jenkins, automating the delivery pipeline for 40+ titles to Apple App Store, Google Play, and Samsung Galaxy Store.
• Built and deployed the company's web presence (tetherstudios.com) on October CMS and PHP, owning the full lifecycle from server configuration to frontend.
• Secured remote operations by deploying and managing VPN solutions for Amazon Web Services across multiple availability zones.
• Integrated performance-based marketing SDKs (Facebook, IronSource, AppLovin) in collaboration with marketing, contributing to user-acquisition strategies for a portfolio with millions of downloads.
• Administered Google Workspace and internal tooling for a 20-person remote team — sole point of contact for technical onboarding and troubleshooting.

• Managed daily operations for a high-volume hospitality venue, coordinating workflows between kitchen, housekeeping, and service staff in Khmer.
• Oversaw reservations and guest relations for a diverse international clientele, resolving conflicts and ensuring high-quality service delivery.

• Led full-stack web development for an international social networking application on a LAMP stack.
• Specialized in Linux systems administration and MySQL database optimization to handle increasing user-data loads.
• Owned release management, quality control, monitoring, and DevOps processes — significantly reducing downtime and deployment errors.

• Developed social game features within a high-traffic LAMP stack environment (PHP, JavaScript, MySQL) for major titles including Mafia Wars and CityVille.
• Shipped the CityVille Downtown expansion and Mafia Wars / FarmVille cross-promotion features in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Conducted rigorous testing and debugging within a massive codebase, ensuring high availability and performance at 1–18 million DAU.

• Developed and coordinated software test plans for third-party titles on PlayStation 3 and PSP, ensuring compliance with strict technical-requirement checklists.
• Specialized in network functionality testing for online multiplayer titles, identifying critical connectivity issues prior to release.