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
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