Game Backend & Performance Systems Review
A focused 60-minute session with a former Roblox Senior Software Engineer. Review game-platform backend architecture, investigate performance or reliability questions, and strengthen your engineering decisions. English or Mandarin.
Get practical feedback on the engineering behind a game platform. I have 3 years of game development experience, including work as a Senior Software Engineer at Roblox, with a focus on backend services, scalability, reliability, and performance. In this 60-minute session, we choose one technical priority: - Review a backend architecture or service interaction. - Reason through a performance bottleneck or reliability concern. - Review a focused section of code and discuss improvements. - Practice explaining architecture and implementation trade-offs for a game-platform engineering interview. You will leave with specific feedback, the main trade-offs identified, and practical next steps for investigation, implementation, or interview practice. Please share your project context, relevant code or architecture, and the question you want to address before the session. Coaching is available in English or Mandarin. Includes one 60-minute live session.
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Meet your expert
Terry L.
Ex-Roblox Engineer | Game Backend & Performance Systems
I help students, career switchers, and working engineers prepare for software engineering interviews and turn ideas into practical AI projects. We focus on breaking down unfamiliar problems, writing clear code, explaining trade-offs, and building skills you can use independently. I'm Terry Li, with 8+ years of software engineering experience across Two Sigma, Addepar, Roblox, and DoorDash. I earned a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Tsinghua University and a master's degree in Computer Engineering from Columbia University. My background spans backend services, distributed systems, developer tooling, and data infrastructure in financial technology and gaming. I've also interviewed engineering candidates and mentored 40+ students and candidates across all my coaching areas. I also bring 3 years of experience in AI-assisted development and AI product building. I help learners use ChatGPT, Codex, and Cursor to scope projects, implement features, and review, debug, and test the results. Who I work with - Students and career switchers learning Python, data structures, and algorithm fundamentals. - New graduates and working engineers preparing for coding, system design, and behavioral interviews. - Experienced engineers improving how they explain project impact, architecture decisions, and technical trade-offs. - Learners and developers building projects and AI products with AI coding tools. How we work together We start with your current level, target role or project, and timeline. Sessions can include live coding, realistic mock interviews, code review, system design exercises, AI project guidance, or resume and project-story feedback. For beginners, I teach Python step by step through practical exercises, debugging, and problem decomposition. You'll leave with specific feedback and a manageable plan for what to practice or build next. My goal is to help you understand why a solution works and explain your thinking clearly. Coaching is available in English and Mandarin. Book a free intro call to discuss your goals and choose the most useful next step.
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