Senior Developer at Seljax
Took on the senior developer role without a formal handoff. Owned the DirectX application architecture and mentored a junior developer into an independent contributor who could drive the codebase forward on his own.
Thomas Helm
I build and mentor across Full-Stack, Ed-Tech, and Engineering Systems.
Highlights
Career moments where I took ownership and delivered.
Founding Lingolo
Founded and shipped Lingolo, a real-time competitive classroom game that closes the feedback gap in French language learning. Designed Firebase listener architecture from the ground up to deliver instant student analytics while minimizing read costs. Built for scale without the infrastructure bill.
Mentorship at NAIT
Mentored the lead and junior developers on the Unity API while building a 360° video viewer. Through pair-programming sessions, I taught the web API and how to use Scriptable Objects to keep the project modular.
Projects
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Skills
Comfortable owning the full stack, from architecture to UI to deployment.
Languages
- TypeScript
- C#
- Rust
- Python
Frontend
- React
- HTML/CSS
Backend & DB
- Firebase
- Node.js
Engines & Graphics
- Unity
- Unreal
- Editor Tooling
- DirectX
Tools & Workflow
- Git
- CI/CD
- Asset Pipelines
- ECS
Who I Am
Programming has always felt like a creative act to me. I'm most energized by imagining a finished system from nothing and finding the path to get there. Whether it's a simulation engine, a product from scratch, or a game system nobody has built quite that way before. I build software I'm proud to show.
How I Build
Architecture decisions should make the next feature easier, not harder. I think in systems. Modular, clean, and built for the person who comes after me. I bring that same thinking to the people I mentor, helping them find their own approach rather than inheriting mine.