Sumo Digital Placement (1 year)

01 Aug 2025

In August 2024 I embarked on a one year work placement at Sumo Digital Sheffield. While at Sumo, I worked on two unannounced Unreal Engine projects.

Technologies: Unreal Engine 5, C++, Blueprints, Perforce, Jira, Swarm, UMG, Rewind Debugger, Enhanced Input, Mover, ImGui, Wwise (Unreal integration)

Experiences:

• Working in a large team (~70) with task management and code review
• Working on UI logic, debug tools, game mechanics, camera, player movement, and controls
• Joining existing projects and quickly getting up to speed with development practices and tools
• Implementing features from both design documents and informal requests
• Documenting the systems and tools I create
• Implementing game rules (e.g. scores, rounds, team assignment) in a networked multiplayer context