Gordon Szebenyi

Gordon Szebenyi is an accomplished Senior Software Engineer at Niantic, Inc. since January 2020. Previously, Gordon held the position of Staff Software Engineer at Storm8 from September 2011 to September 2018, where over 10 iOS games were developed from design to release, alongside the implementation of growth features for more than 18 titles. A former Test Associate 2 at Microsoft for a year, Gordon contributed to quality assurance for multiple PC games, identifying compatibility issues. As a Game Design Teaching Assistant at Cornell University, Gordon taught game design theory and created programming labs. As Lead Programmer in Game Design at Cornell University, three games were developed in collaboration with various teams. Gordon’s early experience includes an internship at Loose Cannon Studios, focusing on the development of a console game and enhancing graphic debugging tools. Gordon holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Cornell University.