Carter Hinkle

Web Developer

Quality Assurance

Product Developer

Education

Charleston Southern University

BS in Computer Science | 3.78 Magna cum laude

May 2023

Relevant Coursework: Data Structures, Algorithms, Object-Oriented Programming, Survey of Scripting

CLIC at Seville, Spain

Intensive Spanish Program | Spanish B2 Certified

Oct. 2022

 - July 2023

Experience

Dreamlit Games

Full-Time QA Associate

Sept. 2024

 - Present

Helped launch Towers of Aghasba on PlayStation 5 and Steam. Tracked bugs in Jira and crash reports in Bug Splat. Assisted with Sony technical requirements using PS5 test kit. Created C++ cheats in Unreal Engine 5 for QA testing. Hosted a multiplayer test server for daily build verification and on-demand testing. Trailer

Audio Apron

Full Stack Developer

May 2023

 - Present

Developed and launched a marketplace with 1000+ users and 500+ sales in Next.js (React) and Tailwind. Implemented backend with Node.js, MongoDB, Auth0, and Cloudflare R2. Software and audio product sales facilitated through Paddle.js. Currently implementing a license management system and migrating current tech stack to Supabase. All products on store are developed by me. Website

Neko Industries

Freelance Frontend Developer

Feb. 2024

 - July 2024

Developed a dashboard to manage customer requests and orders using SolidJS (similar to React) and Tailwind. Currently, the project is unannounced. Video

Orchestral Tools

Audio Plugin Contest Winner

March 2023

 - May 2023

Won Sixth Section competition (under alias “Myntian”). Built audio plugin for popular sampler Kontakt. Product is in the final stages of development and will be sold on Audio Apron Spring 2025. Video

Crate AS

Product/Sound Designer

June 2022

 - Nov. 2023

Sound designed 100+ samples/SFX which received 1,200+ downloads. Product Links: 1 2 3 4 5

Projects

Drawing App

Jan. 2025

 - Present

Creating a PictoChat-esque drawing app. Users can talk in group chats using only drawings. UI made in SolidJS and Tailwind. Backend in Supabase Relational DB and deployed with SSR using Cloudflare Workers. Video

Real-time Audio Granulator VST Plugin

Dec. 2023

 - Feb. 2024

Developed an audio sampler plugin in the JUCE C++ framework with granular functionality. Video Source

Ableton Template Generator

June. 2024

 - July 2024

Developed a website in SolidJS that uses the OpenAI Vision API to create orchestral templates in Ableton. Simply screenshot the orchestral library you want a template of and it will generate it. Video

Audio Distortion VST Plugin

Mar. 2023

 - July 2023

Developed a distortion VST audio plugin via JUCE C++ framework. Video Store-Page Source

KSP Template

Apr. 2022

 - Oct. 2023

Designed Kontakt Scripting (KSP) template with automatic preset/state handling and other modules. Video

Skills

Languages

C++

Javascript

Typescript

HTML

CSS

KSP (Kontakt)

Tools

Next.js

React

SolidJS

Tailwind

Postgrest (SQL)

MongoDB (NoSQL)

UE5

PS5 test kit

Perforce

Git

Jira

JUCE

Other

Sound Design

Music Production

Product Management

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