adamrw.dev

Adam Walker Fullstack Engineer

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About

I build the systems behind multiplayer games, and the full-stack apps around them.

I’m a fullstack engineer at Piing, which makes real-time games for crowds: tens of thousands of fans playing at once at stadiums, fanzones and festivals for the likes of F1, Wimbledon and the Premier League. Before that I led infrastructure at Enchanted, ran projects for Microsoft and Minecraft at Dodo Networks, and founded Modded MC Studios, which secured funding from Overwolf. I started out freelancing in 2016, building Minecraft mods, FiveM modifications and game servers for large player counts. Alongside that I run Glowstone, a small studio making Minecraft game modes on our own server engine.

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Fullstack Engineer @ Piing
--focus
Real-time multiplayer, infrastructure, web
--stack
TypeScript, React, Node.js, AWS, Kotlin, Kubernetes

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Projects

  1. f3c9e21 · 2026 – now

    Glowstone

    A small studio I founded that makes custom game modes for vanilla Minecraft, with no mods needed. I build Ember, our own server engine, which runs Atom (“survival that fights back”) and the upcoming Project Astra and RustLabs.

    • Minecraft
    • Server engine
    • Game design

    glowstone.gg

  2. 1a6d9f2 · 2019 – now

    Sandbox API

    A mod loader for Minecraft that brings modern programming tools and techniques to mod developers and players, designed to work across codebases and game versions.

    • Minecraft
    • Modding
    • API

  3. 9c35e0b · 2019 – now

    Sandbox Silica

    A reimplementation of the Minecraft server engine built for very large player bases, with a multithreaded communication layer that keeps many servers in sync across machines.

    • Minecraft
    • Server engine
    • Distributed

  4. b82e4a0 · 2023

    MMO Golf Game

    A multiplayer golf game I built and launched solo in Unity, using an MMO-scale network topology so it stays robust as player counts grow.

    • Unity
    • C#
    • Networking

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Experience

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  1. c41f7a9 Fullstack Engineer at PiingWorking across frontend, backend and AWS on real-time crowd games, from the next-gen platform to Quiiz and PenKick (up to 50,000 players at once), and keeping live events running smoothly. 2026 – now
  2. 2be9d03 Lead Infrastructure Developer at EnchantedRan Kubernetes and microservices infrastructure, introduced Kotlin for new services, shipped an in-house AI agent for gameplay questions and migrated ten-year-old legacy systems. 2025 – 2026
  3. 0a3e6f4 Lead Project Manager & Developer at Dodo Networks ABLed a team delivering projects for Microsoft and Minecraft, and designed backend and server infrastructure for online multiplayer. 2023 – 2024
  4. e5d27b8 Director & Lead Developer at Modded MC StudiosFounded and ran a game studio, secured funding from Overwolf, and led a small team building large-scale multiplayer systems for Minecraft. 2021 – 2023
  5. 83fa1c6 Freelance Software Developer at various clientsMinecraft mods and plugins, FiveM modifications, game servers and databases built for large player counts. 2016 – 2021

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Contact

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NAME

Adam Walker

adamrw – Fullstack Engineer

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