Matt Kerr
Moby ID: 528428
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Matt Kerr is a Senior Software Architect for Cloud and SaaS at
In the past, he worked at
His previous work was as a Senior Software Engineer, primarily on web APIs and backend services for 1st and 2nd party games. The games he has worked on have included both AAA and indie games, and most recently involved supporting the launch of collectible features in
At EA he was last the technical lead of a central tech team, architecting and programming a games-oriented rules-engine for EA games to make quests and rewards for players. Future games such as
At Microsoft, he was the primary developer on divisions and seasonal reward systems on , a technical lead on microtransaction systems for and Season 3, and was the lead developer of user-generated content (UGC) services for Project Spark and ScreamRide. His work was instrumental in solving technical challenges with network security between games and services on the Windows and Xbox platforms, enabling cross-progression and buy-once-play-anywhere features.
Credited on 13 games
Killer Instinct (2023, Windows Apps) | SPI Team |
Mass Effect: Legendary Edition (2021, Windows) | EADP Marketplace |
Star Wars: Squadrons (2020, Xbox One) | Sr. Software Engineers |
Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville (2019, PlayStation 4) | EADP Marketplace |
Gears 5 (2019, Xbox One) | Additional Engineering |
Madden NFL 20 (2019, Windows) | Sr. Software Engineer |
Apex Legends (2019, Windows) | Marketplace - Software Engineers |
Killer Instinct (2016, Windows Apps) | SPI Team |
ScreamRide (2015, Xbox One) | Engineering, Development |
Project Spark (2014, Xbox One) | Developer Lead |
Marlow Briggs and the Mask of Death (2013, Windows) | Microsoft Studios Sentient Development Team |
Kinect Star Wars (2012, Xbox 360) | Tools Programming |
Kinect Rush: A Disney Pixar Adventure (2012, Xbox 360) | Software Development Engineer |
Frequent Collaborators
People- 6 games with Greg B. Jones
- 6 games with Jimmy Bischoff
- 6 games with Gavin Kennedy
- 6 games with Phil Spencer
- 5 games with Mark Yeend
- 5 games with Ulises Espejo Vigil
- 5 games with Jason Ronald
- 5 games with Susi Chan
- 5 games with Ramakrishna Kavati
- 5 games with Ankit Misra
Companies
- 6 games with Microsoft Corporation
- 6 games with Xbox Game Studios
- 6 games with Experis
- 5 games with Electronic Arts, Inc.
- 4 games with Audiokinetic Inc.
- 3 games with EA Digital Illusions CE AB
- 3 games with Valve Corporation
- 3 games with Mindwalk Studios Inc.
- 2 games with BioWare Edmonton
- 2 games with Epic Games, Inc.
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