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HELLO FROM SYDNEY

Ian
Yang.

Senior Software Engineer at Riot Games · Founder of Artimate

I work on Teamfight Tactics, mostly around backend systems and integrations. Outside work I make small products, keep far too many lists, and still have a soft spot for pixel art.

RIGHT NOW

SYD / 2026

01at work TFT integrations

02after hours Artimate

03often using Java · Python · AWS

04learning better AI product patterns

05also into games · finance · long rabbit holes

Captain Morgan pixel animation from Ian's original page
BASED INSydneyAustralia
WORKING ONTeamfight TacticsCore tech & integrations
PERSONAL PURSUITArtimateSince 2024

01 / EXPERIENCE

Work

Software roles from 2021 to now. The four most recent ones get the long version.

2026—NOW

Riot Games

Senior Software Engineer · Contract

It has been an amazing transition into Unreal and game technology. I work close to the foundations, building low-level systems that empower the wider TFT ecosystem and make everything above them easier to ship and operate.

UnrealCore SystemsIntegrations
2024—NOW

Artimate

Founder
artimate.com.au ↗

Artimate is my consulting business. We help small and medium-sized businesses get up to speed with AI — finding where it is genuinely useful, building the systems, and training the people who will work with them.

AI ConsultingSystemsTraining
2025—2026

Macquarie Group

Software Engineer

At Macquarie, I worked on the core banking platform and the payment systems behind everyday money movement — from PayID and BPAY to RTGS and other transfer rails. It is infrastructure where small technical details carry very real consequences.

Core BankingPaymentsPayID · BPAY · RTGS
2023—2024

Lightspeed Commerce

Software Developer

At Lightspeed, I moved between practical AI work and a major backend revamp. I built artificial-intelligence applications and ML projects, while also reshaping APIs and migrating the services that hospitality products relied on.

AI ApplicationsMachine LearningBackend Migration

2022—2023

Golden Matrix Group

Microservices, games, blockchain systems.

2021—2022

Huali Yatan

E-commerce, cloud tooling, data platforms.

2021—2022

UNSW CSESoc

Degree planning tools and course parsing.

2018—2021

Alpaca Studio

Games, investment tools, creative software.

02 / EDUCATION

Education

Computer science, commerce and artificial intelligence at UNSW.

2022 · UNSW

Master of Information Technology

Artificial Intelligence · Graduated with Excellent AI

2018—2021 · UNSW

Computer Science / Commerce

Artificial Intelligence & Financial Technology · Distinction CS

03 / AWAY FROM WORK

The slightly less organised part

Games, finance, small software experiments, and the kind of long internet rabbit holes that begin with one harmless question. Some ideas become projects; most remain notes.

A relic from the original 2022 page. Original Lightspeed pixel artwork from Ian's old page