David C. Drake

About

Fluent in Mandarin Chinese and experienced with creative and technical writing/editing/translation as well as app/game development using C, C++, C#, Unity, Godot, GDScript, Python, JavaScript, Unix/Linux shell scripting (Bash, etc.), and git.

Experience

• Chinese-English Linguist at GienTech
  May 2025 - Present · 1 yr 2 mos

  • Providing translation, proofreading, testing, localization quality assurance (LQA), localization quality evaluation (LQE), and other services for a variety of PC and mobile games, inc. Exoborne, Rust Mobile, and Codename Crime.

• Founder, Programmer, Game Designer at Golden Drake Studios
  Jul 2014 - Present · 12 yrs

  • Developing an action-RPG in Godot with a unique approach to procedurally-generated content. • Maintaining Golden Drake Linux: an Arch-based OS for gaming and game development.

• Software Engineer at Shift4
  Dec 2022 - Feb 2023 · 3 mos

  • Fixed bugs, developed new features, and wrote unit tests for various internal and merchant-facing C# and JavaScript APIs. • Set up a Fedora VM with Docker containers, PostgreSQL databases, and automated Btrfs snapshots to assist with software testing.

• Mandarin AI Trainer at The AI Foundation
  Mar 2021 - Jun 2021 · 4 mos

  • Tested, improved, and thoroughly documented various features of Chinese-language AI products intended for educational, marketing, and entertainment purposes.

• Technical Writer and Editor at Freelance
  Jul 2019 - Jul 2020 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Wrote and edited technical, legal, marketing, and academic documents for PacSoft, Noctua Software, ADLINK Technology, and a variety of individual clients.