# Dakotah Cote

Dakotah Cote is a remote worker on Himalayas, Senior Software Engineer at Alchemy, based in United States.

Source: https://himalayas.app/@dakotahcote

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Senior software engineer at Alchemy who shipped Daggerheart in about three months by directing AI coding agents.
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| Detail | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Availability | Looking for a job |
| Location | United States |
| Authorized to work in | United States |
| Salary expectations | 120k+ USD |
| Job categories | Software Engineer, Technical Lead, Engineering Manager |
| Skills | Software Engineering, Technical Leadership, AI Agent Orchestration, Claude Code, Embedded Systems, Secure Boot, Testing Automation, Code Review, CI CD, Scrum, TypeScript, JavaScript, C, C++, Python |
| Website | https://dakotahcote.com |
| LinkedIn | https://linkedin.com/in/dakotah-cote-08188a61 |
| GitHub | https://github.com/Puddinglord |

## What I'm looking for

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I'm seeking a remote senior engineer, tech lead, or engineering manager role.
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## About

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At Alchemy, I led game development on a team of five to eight, building character sheets, dice, and rules automation for 25 tabletop RPGs. I shipped Daggerheart in about three months by directing AI coding agents.

I built the block library for Sheet Builder, a drag-and-drop tool for game designers, and migrated every hand-coded sheet onto it. I also designed a dice-roll language, a rules engine that updates character stats live, and a custom 3D dice renderer.

On my independent project Mineral Line, I built a companion app for StarCraft: The Miniatures Game for iPhone, iPad, and Android. Cloudflare Durable Objects keep two phones and a table display in sync in real time.

At General Dynamics Mission Systems, I was lead engineer on an internal R&D program for a next-generation security system for critical defense assets and principal investigator on two R&D projects. I also got secure boot running on a card where earlier attempts had failed, and led testing of about 500,000 lines of code to over 90% coverage as an intern.
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## Experience

### Senior Software Engineer

Alchemy. Nov 2022 - Oct 2026

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Led game development on a team of five to eight, owning character sheets, dice and rules automation for 25 tabletop RPGs. Shipped Daggerheart in about three months by directing AI coding agents, and built the block library for Sheet Builder.
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Skills: TypeScript, React, NodeJS, GraphQL, Apollo, MongoDB, WebSockets, ThreeJS, Vite, AI-Agent-Orchestration, Claude-Code, Technical-Leadership, Code-Review, Testing-Automation, CI-CD

### Senior Software Engineer

[General Dynamics Mission Systems](https://himalayas.app/companies/general-dynamics-mission-systems). Jan 2018 - Nov 2022

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Lead engineer for about three years on an internal R&D program building a next-generation security system for critical defense assets. Team lead and scrum master for over two years, and principal investigator on two R&D projects.
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Skills: C, C++, Python, React, TypeScript, gRPC, Embedded-Systems, Secure-Boot, Technical-Leadership, Scrum

### Software Engineer

[General Dynamics Mission Systems](https://himalayas.app/companies/general-dynamics-mission-systems). Jan 2016 - Jan 2018

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Got secure boot running on a card where earlier attempts had failed, with a working demo in about three months. Ran major testing efforts supporting key contracts.
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Skills: C, C++, Python, React, TypeScript, gRPC, Embedded-Systems, Secure-Boot

### Intern

[General Dynamics Mission Systems](https://himalayas.app/companies/general-dynamics-mission-systems). Jan 2014 - Jan 2016

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Led testing of about 500,000 lines of code to over 90% coverage in three months, against a one-year plan.
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Skills: C, C++, Python, Testing, Embedded-Systems

### Creator

Mineral Line. Jan 2026 - Present

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Built solo, directing a team of AI agents, a companion app for StarCraft: The Miniatures Game on iPhone, iPad and Android with army builder, live game tracking and rules search.
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Skills: React-Native, Expo, TypeScript, Cloudflare-Workers, Cloudflare-Durable-Objects, AI-Agent-Orchestration

## Education

### Bridgewater State University

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science

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Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Bridgewater State University, completed in 2016.
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### Berkshire Community College

Associate of Science, Computer Science

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Associate of Science in Computer Science from Berkshire Community College, completed in 2014.
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## Tech stack

- React Native
- Expo
- PostgreSQL
- MongoDB
- Node.js
- Next.js
- three.js
- React
- JavaScript
- Python
- C++
- C
- Apollo
- GraphQL
- gRPC
- TypeScript
- Docker
- Cloudflare Workers
- Vite
- Claude Code

To contact Dakotah, message them from this profile with a Himalayas employer account: [Hire on Himalayas](https://himalayas.app/hire).

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