Resume

Professional Experience

Software Engineer

The Real Escape Canada

Winnipeg, MB

  • Led the technical research, design, implementation, and maintenance of escape-room systems.
  • Designed, ordered, assembled, and programmed room components, adapter hardware, and circuit boards.
  • Developed a Lua scripting integration that eliminated engine recompilation and reduced room development time by 33%.
  • Restructured the room engine for modularity, new features, and integration with Godot, Unreal, Unity, and Blender.

Projects

Lua Scripting IntegrationRotary Encoder Adapter
Software Developer

Activate Games Inc.

Winnipeg, MB

  • Developed games and immersive experiences on the Game and Engine team, from ideation and prototyping through implementation.
  • Implemented features, refactors, and improvements across games, the engine, and room firmware.
  • Reduced game and engine compile times by 71.2% through build-pipeline parallelization and virtual-machine servers.

Projects

ProjectARM
Teaching Assistant

University of Manitoba

Winnipeg, MB

  • Taught lab and class sections covering Java, Python, spreadsheets, and database management.
  • Created and graded assignments for more than 150 computer-science and business students.

Education

2023
Bachelor of Science

University of Manitoba

Computer Science · Minor in Business Management

Capstone: The Research, Design, and Implementation of Retro Technology for the Modern Display.

Coursework: Software Engineering, Computer Security, Operating Systems, Database Implementation, Data Structures and Algorithms, Data Mining, Electrical Engineering, Information Systems for Management

Leadership

Outreach Coordinator

Competitive Programming Club

President

Photography Club

Participant

President’s Student Leadership Program

Skills

Programming

C++, C, Lua, Python, Java, SQL, JavaScript, Rust, PHP, Ruby, Go

Concepts

Object-oriented design, data-driven ECS design, modern C++, test-driven development, Gitflow, Agile

Platforms & tools

Linux, FreeBSD, Windows, macOS, Qt, MySQL, PostgreSQL, AWS, Docker, KVM, Ansible

Hardware & applications

Raspberry Pi, Arduino, KiCad, MPLAB, WinDBG, Valgrind, Microsoft Office, LibreOffice, JetBrains tools, Fusion 360

Interests

Homelabs, electronic repair, 3D design and fabrication, 2D animation, film photography

© 2026 John Baptista

Software, Hardware, and all the 'wares in between.