Tom Rethaller
Technical Lead | Creative Development
Salary / Daily rate
Bordeaux, France
Freelance
Can come onsite
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
Tech Lead with 15+ years in game programming and creative development, leading teams at top studios including Shiro Games and Splash Damage. Expert in engine development, technical art, and graphics programming with shipped AAA titles. Bringing game industry innovation to digital projects with cutting-edge creative solutions.
Work experience
Freelance
Jul 2025 - Present
1 year 4 months
Technical Lead
Bulle
Jul 2025 - Present
1 year 4 months
Bordeaux, France
Startup of a mental health AI app. Fullstack development, prompt design and architecture.
Founder
Keysmet
Jan 2023 - Present
3 years 10 months
In January 2023 I had the totally unreasonable idea to build and market a new electronic device. Currently preparing for production and crowdfunding. Get in touch if you're interested in any kind of collaboration or partnership !
Creative Developer
BeTomorrow
Oct 2023 - Jul 2025
1 year 10 months
Applying my technical and creative experience from computer games to all sorts of digital projects. Concept development, prototyping, graphics programming, procedural art, technical art, motion design, graphic design, AI.
Shiro Games
Nov 2017 - Jul 2023
5 years 9 months
Bordeaux, France
Technical Lead
Oct 2022 - Jul 2023
10 months
Bordeaux, France
Still mostly hands-on work, but more technical direction, technical planning and strategy, mentoring, recruitment.
Lead Programmer
Nov 2017 - Oct 2022
5 years
Translating drawings, ideas, wishes and intuitions into systems, structures, programs, workflows. Wrangling confusion and complexity. Systems, graphics, gameplay, tools programming, technical art, procedural art, technical recruitment.
Lead Game Programmer
Splash Damage
Sep 2015 - Dec 2017
2 years 4 months
London, UK
Engine, Gameplay, Backend, C++, Python. Started as senior and moved on after a few months to leading a team of around 10 programmers.
Game Programmer
IO Interactive
Oct 2011 - May 2014
2 years 8 months
Copenhagen, Denmark
Engine, Tools, UI and Online programmer on Hitman Titles: - Hitman: Absolution - Hitman: Sniper Challenge - Hitman (2016)
Game Programmer
DON'T NOD
Oct 2009 - Oct 2011
2 years 1 month
Région de Paris, France
Auto and Tools programmer on the title: Remember Me
Game Programmer
Wizarbox
Mar 2009 - Oct 2009
8 months
Région de Paris, France
Engine programmer on Scrabble 2009 published by Ubisoft (Nintendo Wii + PC)
Game Programmer
Dehongames
Apr 2008 - Mar 2009
1 year
Région de Paris, France
Worked in a ~5 devs team on casual games for Nintendo Wii, DS and PC. Gameplay, engine, bugfixing - C++
Education
ENSCI-Les Ateliers
2007 - 2008
2 years
IUT Cergy-Pontoise
Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc
2004 - 2005
2 years