Resume

Ryan C. Scott

About

My interest in computers and programming came from a desire to make games. Pulling at those threads led to vastly different areas of Tech. Systems administration, computer security, founding an LED-based lighting company, a VR company, developing my own game engine, working in the game industry, and most recently helping to grow Roblox from 400 people to 3000.

Becoming a manager was important to me to put my philosophical views of software development and human decency to the test. I built a team from the ground up, navigating disparate and sometimes conflicting requirements, both professional and interpersonal, and it was the most fulfilling professional experience I’ve had in my 25 year career.

I like building things and want to build systems and processes that transcend specific technologies and get at the human needs and realities below them.

I also enjoy making music, Emacs, and talking to people.

Experience

Roblox, San Mateo, CA

Engineering Manager Oct. 2022 - Jun. 2025 Built a 12-person team managing Roblox’s e-commerce features across mobile and web. Oversaw performance, promotions, and project planning while coordinating with cross-discipline teams and stakeholders for full execution. Proactively identified and drove deep fixes to issues in analytics, performance, iteration speed, and UI systems. Acted as liaison between the Economy and Engine orgs to align product and system needs.

Technical Lead Oct. 2020 - Oct. 2022 Led 5-person team building experimental projects to push the platform, working directly with other stakeholders and shaping/consuming new features.

Senior Software Engineer Jul. 2018 - Oct. 2022 Internal Battle Royale project to push the engine/platform to identify areas for user/developer experience improvements.

Owlized, San Francisco, CA

CTO/Co-Founder Dec. 2016 - Jun. 2018 Guided the development of the Owl location-based VR viewer. Developed the Owl location-based VR viewer and infrastructure. .Net/C#, C/C++, embedded Linux systems. Pitch events, remote installations, service monitoring, application development.

KIXEYE, San Francisco, CA

Senior Gameplay Engineer Mar. 2013 - Jun. 2015 Shipped Tome: Immortal Arena. Unity3D, .Net, C#. Gameplay systems, embedded with Design team to work out character kits, tooling.

Earlier Career, SF Bay Area

Aug. 2000 - Mar. 2013

  • Game development at Disney, TouchFactor, and SqueakyCow (founder).
  • LED-based lighting startup TenHex (founder).
  • Computer security consulting/app development at WhiteHat Security and Verisign.
  • Application development and systems administration at Rezkey and Imagesmith.