Kyler Mulherin
Professional Work
2016 - March 2022
Roblox Studio - Developer Tools
Senior Software Engineer
Standardized the process to building plugins for Roblox Studio and built a number of libraries for UI components, analytics, error reporting, AB testing, and unit testing.
Team of dozens of engineers building plugins with Lua, C++, Roact + Rodux, and backend services in C#, and Docker.
2015 - 2016
Roblox - Windows 10 Desktop App
Software Engineer
When Roblox launched its XBox app, it also launched a desktop app onto the Microsoft Store. Using a similar architecture to the iOS app, I built the native app layer around the Roblox engine.
Team of two developers building upon the existing backend with the UWP framework in C++/CX, JavaScript, and Lua.
Fall 2014 - 2015
Roblox - iOS App
Mobile Engineer
Roblox builds a sandbox that allows childrens to build games and publish them online so that millions of players can play at a time. I helped build and polish a native mobile app that allowed players join games.
Team of four mobile developers working on the frontend, a massive team of engineers building the engine, a few dedicated back-end developers, and three artists working with Objective C and HTML.
Summer 2013 - Summer 2014
FLIPforHistory
RIT Department of Hospitality & NY Path Through History
Lead iOS Mobile Developer
FLIP is part of the State of NY's tourism initiative, Path Through History. It is an iOS app that gamifies the visitation of historical sites within the Finger Lakes Region.
Team of two mobile developers, four web developers, and twelve artists working with Objective C, Metaio AR, CodeIgniter 3, php, Javascript, MySQL.
Winter 2012 - Spring 2013
Mosaic
RIT MAGIC Center
Mobile Developer
Mosaic is a mobile game prototype, not available to the general public, about classic Greek and Roman art in the Getty Villa, Malibu, California. The prototype was developed by Elizabeth Goins, RIT, and Erin Branham, J.P. Getty Trust and it combines a number of different game genres in an attempt to help visitors re-imagine the museum space as a different world.
Team of one programmer and one artist working with ActionScript 3.0, Adobe AIR.
Summer 2012
StoreWorld
RIT Saunders College of Business
General Programmer
RIT's educational business simulator, StoreWorld, was in development for about two years. I was hired for its last 10 week sprint to playtest the game and find, catalogue, and fix bugs as they arose. Later, I optimize the path finding algorithm, and created a workflow to minimize the lag from when art assets were created to when they were implemented into the game.
Team of eleven working with ActionScript 3.0, MySQL, and php.
Other Work Experience
January - February 2014
Substitute Teacher
New Hampshire SAU 48 - Plymouth Elementary
Classroom Aide
For two months in 2014, while I was between jobs, I took up substitute teaching. I was only ever the head of a classroom once, but more often than not I was a classroom aide assigned to do one on one work with an individual student or two. I found that being called 'Mr. Mulherin' made me sound way too old, so I insisted that my students refer to me simply as 'Mr. M.' I also thought it had a nice, James Bond villian-esq sound to it.
It was a great experience and I walked away with more than a few amusing stories to tell.
January - March 2014
Lift Attendant
Waterville Valley Ski Resort
Various jobs
During the winter of 2013-2014, I worked at a ski resort in NH as a lift attendant. Our job was to ensure that skiers and snowboarders safely made it unto and off of the lifts that brought them up the mountain. Some days, I scanned tickets to ensure their legitimacy. Other days I worked on the buttons that stopped and started the heavy machinery. Many of my coworkers were internationals from South America so I also got a chance to practice my Spanish.
Summers 2009 - 2011
STEP Program
US Army Corp of Engineers Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratories
Data Analyst and Programmer
For three summers, I worked with the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratories (CRREL) in their Student Temporary Employment Program. I worked in the Snow and Ice Branch aggregating meteorological data and writing programs in FORTRAN 70. And utilizing the company's email address book, I managed to invite all the other student employees from all the other departments to a daily lunch date.
Summer 2008
Youth Conservation Corp
US Department of Agriculture Forest Service
Trail Crew
My first real job was working with the Forest Service at the Pemi Ranger Station in Holderness, NH.
Rain or shine, our job was to hike out into the White Mountains and maintain the trails by constructing waterbars to limit runoff, trim back branches and small trees that were encroaching on the trail, and repaint informational kiosks at trail junctures.
Personal Involvements
2018 - 2022
All-Time Top Answerer for [roblox] Tag
In an effort to promote knowledge sharing on StackOverflow, I've contributed hundreds of answers to scripters.
Check it out here!
March 2013, 2014, 2016
Game Developers Conference Volunteer
I was accepted to be a GDC Conference Associate in 2013, 2014, and 2016 in San Francisco.
I helped ensure that the conference ran smoothly by prepping speakers, defragmenting the room, checking badges, and helping attendees find booths, rooms, and bathrooms. It was a wonderful experience. I got to meet a lot of brilliant developers and hear a lot of interesting talks. I wholeheartedly recommend applying to be a volunteer yourself.Check it out here!
2012 - 2014
Interactive Games and Media - Student Ambassador
In my senior year at RIT, an email was sent out calling for volunteers for a new Student Ambassador program. My academic advisor explained that it since the Interactive Games and Media major was very communitty driven, the Ambassador program was aimed at making the students the public face of the major, not the academic advisors and faculty. So, when RIT would hold open houses and informational sessions, it would be the Ambassadors who would be guiding the tours and sitting on the informational panels.
I love to talk to strangers, and I had already spoken on a few student panels, so I decided to give it a shot.
2009 - 2014
RIT Gymnastics Club
When I made it to college, I tried out for the cross country running team. Being one of the better runners on my team in high school, I thought I would have a good chance to make the team in college. When I ran my fastest 5K ever and came in 3rd to last, I realized that running was a better hobby. So I took up gymnastics instead.
In 2011, I joined the club's E-Board as the Secretary. Then in 2012, I ascended to the club President and held the title until I graduated.
Our club motto was 'Do a trick! Show us your moves!'Check it out here!