Tim Austin

Tim Austin is a Principal Engineer at Riot Games since May 2014, serving as the Technical Lead for Characters on Valorant. Prior to this role, Tim worked at Irrational Games from January 2010 to April 2014 as a Senior Gameplay Programmer and also held the position of Systems Designer, contributing to various game systems including AI for the character Elizabeth and player controls. Tim's earlier experience includes roles as a Senior Game Designer at Codemasters and Swordfish Studios, where responsibilities included game design and programming. Tim began a career in game development as a Programmer at Arc Developments from May 1995 to January 1997. Tim holds a BSc in Software Engineering from the University of Birmingham, earned between 1990 and 1994.