Joel Schechter

Full-Stack Engineer

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About Me

Joel Schechter

I'm a Full-Stack Developer with over 5 years of professional experience building responsive, scalable web and desktop applications. I've also spent over 10 years creating personal projects for fun and learning, from an automatic stock trader to game engines and interactive web games.

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Projects

Magnet Boy - Game

A fast-paced 2D web game created for the Ludum Dare Game Jam, built around the theme "Collector." Players navigate a character using physics-based magnet mechanics to collect valuable items while avoiding hazards. Designed and implemented all game systems from scratch, delivering polished, interactive gameplay under tight time constraints.

TypeScriptWebpackHTML5WebGLGame Jam Prototype

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PicoBot - Automated Stock Trade Management Bot

A Python-based bot that automates stock watchlist management and trade tracking. It fetches market screeners from an API, updates live metrics, archives historical data, and preserves active holdings.

PythonMariaDBSQLPydanticDockerLinuxSystemd

🔒 Private Project

MelonVK - 2D Game Engine

A lightweight 2D game engine built with C++ and Vulkan, designed for high-performance rendering and modularity. MelonVK leverages GLFW for window management and input handling, and uses STB Image for texture loading. The engine features a flexible shader-based rendering pipeline, enabling efficient sprite rendering, batching, and custom visual effects.

C++VulkanGLMGLFWSTB ImageShaders

🔒 Private Project