Resume

Lead a team of 3-5 programmers supporting the console versions of a Unity DOTS based game

CPU performance profiling

• Integrated Tracy to engine to include C# function markers with low overhead

Oversaw integration of platform services

Proof of concept for a re-write of a game in Unreal Engine 5. Original was in a proprietary engine.

Supported mobile build pipeline and deployment

Core gameplay systems and tools

Cross platform Unity project being ported from mobile to consoles

Load and runtime optimizations

Assisted with optimizations for port to Switch

Reduced animation and cloth tick frequency

Micro-optimizations for cloth simulation by using ARM NEON specific implementations

Port of multiplayer action RPG to Nintendo Switch for E3 demo and initial performance investigation

Game built in Unreal Engine 4

Investigated UI memory usage reduction

Implemented optimizations for gameplay logic written in Blueprints

Investigated bugs with parallelizing animations

Lead engineer on unannounced port of multiplayer FPS title running on Google Stadia built using a proprietary engine

Oversaw team of 2-4 engineers over the lifetime of the project

Investigated rendering and GPU stability issues

Investigated memory leaks stemming from engine's proprietary scripting language

PS4 port of PC free-to-play space combat game created with Unreal Engine 4

Lead build and tools team

• Responsible for maintaining and optimizing automated build system

• Built tools to improve developer workflows

  • Powershell scripts to automate build/cook/deploy

  • Set up PS4 symbol server to help debugging

  • GUI tool to automate deployment of built server versions to developer machines

Investigated miscellaneous stability and performance bugs

Xbox One and PS4 port of open world, sandbox game implemented in Unity

Lead optimization efforts for the console port including reducing memory allocations, parallelization of terrain generation, and moving specific systems to a native plugin

Implemented performance benchmark scenarios

Researched native reimplementation of specific systems to avoid costs of Mono/C# runtime

Xbox One and PS4 port of the MMO set in Bethesda's Elder Scrolls universe

Helped architect and implement thread-safe bindings for platform services (PSN and Xbox LIVE) like login to game server, savedata, title storage etc.

Worked with backend services team to implement client login system

Implmentation of UI screens related to interactions with platform services

PS Vita port of Gearbox's co-op first person shooter

Implemented occlusion culling for the Vita platform

ARM SIMD extension(NEON) related optimizations

Misc. porting related bugs involving gameplay, rendering and physics

Port of iOS game developed using Unreal Engine 3

Social media integration(Facebook and Twitter)

HTTP abstraction layer

Local/push notifications

Port of arcade classic to Xbox360, PS3, WiiU, and PC

Implemented "House Rules" system and worked on related online tasks

Gameplay and emulation

"Vault" pipeline

UI support