Vetted Unreal Engine Professionals

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Theodoros Chalimas - Junior Graphics & Simulation Engineer specializing in real-time rendering and AR/XR systems in Toulouse, France

Junior Graphics & Simulation Engineer specializing in real-time rendering and AR/XR systems

Toulouse, France3y exp
Infinite OrbitsTechnical University of Crete

Unity/Unreal developer who solo built a cross-platform Unity system for firefighters (master’s thesis) spanning Windows, HoloLens 2, and Android, integrating eye tracking, thermal imaging data streaming, and location tracking. Demonstrated practical problem-solving by working around HoloLens IO limitations via PC-based data streaming, and also built a Unity tower defense prototype with upgrades, economy, difficulty scaling, and sound design.

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Marek Bakalarczuk - Senior Unity/XR Developer specializing in VR/AR apps, games, and SDK integrations in Remote, Poland

Senior Unity/XR Developer specializing in VR/AR apps, games, and SDK integrations

Remote, Poland20y exp
Websfera Marek BakalarczukWyższa Szkoła Działalności Gospodarczej

Unity developer with hands-on Meta Quest VR experience across two distinct domains: an ASD-focused therapeutic experience (shopping scenario and calming room) and an escape-room game designed to train students’ soft skills. Also customized a Scrabble-style word game plugin with multilingual support and English dictionary selection, and leverages Claude Code/Copilot to implement and debug unfamiliar networking features.

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Demián Alvear Lopuzzo - Senior Game Developer specializing in Unity ECS/DOTS and multiplayer systems in Klagenfurt, Austria

Senior Game Developer specializing in Unity ECS/DOTS and multiplayer systems

Klagenfurt, Austria7y exp
Alpen-Adria Universität KlagenfurtUniversity of Klagenfurt

Unity/Meta Quest VR developer who has shipped three VR projects for different organizations, including an arachnophobia treatment experience for a university psychology department, a warehouse VR training project, and a children’s mental health-focused VR game. Also building a long-running personal project: a cooperative online multiplayer Metroidvania developed over ~3 years, with significant learning and refactoring around networking.

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Benoit Poyser - Mid-Level Technical Game Designer & Unity/Unreal Gameplay Programmer in Remote, USA

Benoit Poyser

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Mid-Level Technical Game Designer & Unity/Unreal Gameplay Programmer

Remote, USA5y exp
SideFull Sail University

Technical game designer/Unity developer who has shipped across PC, consoles, web, and mobile, with a strong focus on performance optimization (culling/occlusion, event-driven patterns, sprite atlasing) including for Nintendo Switch constraints. Served as feature owner on Risk of Rain 2 DLC "Alloyed Collective" (characters, bosses, items, interactables, enemies) and acted as project lead during a critical transition, stepping in to rescue a playable character design to meet client requirements.

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Junior AI/ML Engineer specializing in AI agents and reinforcement learning

Tempe, AZ3y exp
Ira A. Fulton Schools of EngineeringArizona State University

Backend/AI engineer who built Matchable, an end-to-end AI-powered workforce matching platform using FastAPI, transformer-based NLP, PostgreSQL, and AWS, with a strong focus on practical system design tradeoffs. Also brings research-oriented experience from Los Alamos/ASU simulation work and has built multi-agent LLM workflows with schema validation and auditability, suggesting a thoughtful approach to reliability in AI systems.

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Maksym Vitman

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Senior Game Developer specializing in Unity and HTML5 game development

Krakow, Poland8y exp
GamePointKyiv National University of Building and Architecture

Unity developer (3+ years) focused on mobile multiplayer/casual games, combining technical leadership with game design ownership. Has shipped modular gameplay systems, integrated monetization/analytics, and built a custom Unity Editor plugin for configurable combat/animation montage workflows (masking + blending). Not experienced with VR/Meta Quest yet.

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CN

Mid-level VR Designer & Developer specializing in Unity-based immersive training and 3D assets

Sunderland, UK6y exp
GembaNorthumbria University

Unity developer with VR/multiplayer experience at Gemba, building gamified manufacturing coaching/training experiences (e.g., Coaching Kata) using dialogue trees, state machines, and scoring logic. Also implemented Photon Fusion-synced presentation features for multi-user chat rooms and stepped in to support UV/optimization work for Quest and QA in a lean team.

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Laurentino Vilchez - Senior Game Programmer specializing in cross-platform gameplay systems (Unreal/Unity)

Senior Game Programmer specializing in cross-platform gameplay systems (Unreal/Unity)

10y exp
Acid Pixel StudiosUniversity of Malaga

Game developer with Unity and Unreal multiplayer experience who scaled a simple player profile into a major personalization feature using PlayFab, including a JSON-based workaround to overcome free-tier storage limits. Strong hands-on performance optimization background on mobile and Nintendo Switch, and collaborates closely with designers by building highly parameterized, iteration-friendly gameplay systems (character switching/special attacks, emotes).

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jhoseman maraza - Senior Game VFX Artist specializing in real-time effects for Unity and Unreal Engine in Lima, Perú

Senior Game VFX Artist specializing in real-time effects for Unity and Unreal Engine

Lima, Perú9y exp
ChromaWayNational University of Engineering

VFX artist with 6 years of experience across mobile and VR, focused on real-time performance (instancing, overdraw control, particle budgeting) and memory optimization via texture/spritesheet atlases. Built a flexible master shader to cover many effect types, and recently delivered a code-only Babylon Playground VFX system in 3 days, producing ~30 distinct effects.

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Ruslan Gurbanov - Senior Game Developer specializing in Unity, multiplayer systems, and AR/VR in Baku, Azerbaijan

Senior Game Developer specializing in Unity, multiplayer systems, and AR/VR

Baku, Azerbaijan10y exp
FreelanceGirne American University

Unity/VR developer who previously built games largely from the ground up and delivered a standout immersive VR experience by synchronizing a real CNC-cut Browning M2 physical prop with an in-game mounted weapon. Has multiplayer/networking experience with UNet, FishNet, and a more advanced custom MST framework implemented for a startup, and uses AI tools to speed up debugging and complex feature work like root-motion locomotion.

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Kinsey Nietzsche - Senior Software Developer specializing in Unity game development and AR/VR in Bratislava, Slovakia

Senior Software Developer specializing in Unity game development and AR/VR

Bratislava, Slovakia14y exp
VR Motion Learning GmbH & Co KGPan-European University

Unity/VR gameplay programmer who built a gesture-driven stationary locomotion/teleport feature for a VR tennis eSports title at VRML, enabling players to reposition to predicted ball impact without using controller buttons. Has multiplayer/networking exposure via Photon Quantum and Photon Fusion (BadFly) and works as a generalist solo developer leveraging AI tools for rapid asset creation and code cleanup.

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Luiz Freire - Mid-level Realtime VFX Artist specializing in game engine effects and shaders

Luiz Freire

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Mid-level Realtime VFX Artist specializing in game engine effects and shaders

6y exp
OnibiPontifical Catholic University of Paraná

Real-time VFX artist currently working on Tomo Endless Blue, focused on improving combat feedback and gameplay readability through hit VFX. Experienced in Unity (Shader Graph, VFX Graph, Particle System) and performance-conscious techniques, including replacing heavy particle setups (e.g., falling leaves) with GPU-driven low-poly mesh + shader solutions, iterated through QA/playtests and tracked in Jira.

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Dev Mane - Mid-level Game Economy Designer specializing in F2P monetization and live ops in Mumbai, India

Dev Mane

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Mid-level Game Economy Designer specializing in F2P monetization and live ops

Mumbai, India3y exp
Gamebee StudioGame Institute, Mumbai

Game economy/progression designer based in India with ~4 years experience across ~10 shipped titles, owning end-to-end F2P economies (currencies, sinks/sources, energy gating, ads, and live-ops). Built spreadsheet and Machinations-based models to tune pacing and prevent inflation/mode dominance, and reports improving Sniper War D1 retention from 15% to 24% through multi-cycle telemetry + playtest-driven rebalancing.

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Luiz Junior - Executive XR Engineer specializing in Unity-based VR/AR/MR platforms in Brazil, Remote

Luiz Junior

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Executive XR Engineer specializing in Unity-based VR/AR/MR platforms

Brazil, Remote11y exp
FormulaXRIBTA

Unity/C# VR engineer specializing in medical simulation: built a VR surgical trainer with real dual robotic-arm hardware integration and a full surgical workflow UI used to retrain doctors (with published results). In 2024, re-architected multiplayer for a Becton Dickinson medical VR product by creating a FishNet layer that emulated Photon PUN using Roslyn + IL-level codegen to avoid large-scale rewrites, and ships cross-platform VR (Quest) + mobile experiences.

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Fransiscus Prayoga - Senior Unity Developer specializing in AR/VR, MX, and game technology in Jakarta Pusat, Indonesia

Senior Unity Developer specializing in AR/VR, MX, and game technology

Jakarta Pusat, Indonesia9y exp
PT Imaji Nusantara KarismaInstitut Seni Indonesia Yogyakarta

Game programmer focused on Unity/C# systems, multiplayer, and VR, with a strong emphasis on performance-conscious architecture and practical shipping constraints. Particularly interesting for teams needing someone who can bridge gameplay engineering, backend-integrated tooling, Photon multiplayer, and hardware-connected immersive experiences.

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Pranav Mishra - Junior Machine Learning Engineer specializing in LLM agents, RAG, and MLOps in Charlotte, NC

Pranav Mishra

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Junior Machine Learning Engineer specializing in LLM agents, RAG, and MLOps

Charlotte, NC2y exp
WheelPriceUniversity of Illinois Chicago

AI/ML engineer who has shipped production systems across computer vision and conversational agents: built a YOLOv8-based wheel fitment pipeline at a Techstars-backed automotive startup, focusing on sub-second latency, monitoring, and robust fallback mechanisms that drove 2–3x page view growth and +5–6k users. Also built a voice-based interview platform orchestrating Deepgram + GPT-4 Mini + OpenAI TTS with FSM-driven reliability, and has hands-on RAG experience (LangChain, hybrid retrieval, cross-encoder reranking, custom pseudo-query generation).

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Haider Zahoor - Mid-level Game/Software Engineer specializing in Unity & Unreal cross-platform development in San Jose, California

Haider Zahoor

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Mid-level Game/Software Engineer specializing in Unity & Unreal cross-platform development

San Jose, California6y exp
ChomChomTechCOMSATS University Islamabad - Lahore Campus

Unity/VR developer who has shipped on Meta Quest (SideQuest) and built standalone PCVR medical applications used with real patients. Built a fully solo roguelike twin-stick shooter with a highly modular ScriptableObject/state-machine architecture, including custom build-time tooling to overcome Unity runtime constraints. Uses AI selectively (e.g., Claude) to generate editor tooling like a match-3 level designer to speed up level production.

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Muhammad Talal - Senior Game Developer specializing in Unreal Engine multiplayer and VR systems in Philippines

Senior Game Developer specializing in Unreal Engine multiplayer and VR systems

Philippines5y exp
SovrunUniversity of Bradford

Unity VR developer with deep hands-on experience optimizing and debugging standalone-headset VR projects (including Android/IL2CPP and XR interaction systems), though not yet credited with a Meta Quest store ship. Built and shipped a mostly solo Unity top-down shooter (Sand Bullet) on Steam, owning core gameplay, AI, UI/input, saves, performance, and an AWS-connected companion app integration.

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ricardo filho - Senior Game & XR Developer specializing in immersive VR/AR/MR experiences in Porto, Portugal

ricardo filho

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Senior Game & XR Developer specializing in immersive VR/AR/MR experiences

Porto, Portugal12y exp
Studio KWOUniversidade Veiga de Almeida

Unity game developer who built a Twitch chat integration enabling a streamer's audience to actively participate in gameplay, boosting engagement and virality. Has hands-on multiplayer experience with Photon, including RPCs/synced variables and designing for disconnects, late-joins, and low-bandwidth data transfer, and uses Cursor/AI agent workflows to accelerate feature development while maintaining code quality.

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Smit Panchal

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Mid-level Full-Stack & XR Developer specializing in GenAI and immersive AR/VR systems

3y exp
Community Dreams FoundationIllinois Institute of Technology

Built and deployed a "personal second brain" product (CloneMind) with an end-to-end RAG pipeline for retrieving information across PDFs, URLs, images, and audio using Next.js/Node.js/Postgres/Supabase/Redis. Demonstrates strong practical depth in retrieval quality tuning, latency reduction via caching, and stateful orchestration with LangChain/LangGraph, plus experience persuading a non-technical professor stakeholder by shipping a working prototype.

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Joel Taylor - Mid-level Software Engineer specializing in Unity interactive experiences and audio systems

Joel Taylor

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Mid-level Software Engineer specializing in Unity interactive experiences and audio systems

4y exp
Holovis InternationalFalmouth University

VR-focused Unity developer and game design lead who has built multiplayer VR experiences for Rift S and HTC Vive (some work under NDA). Built "Sailors Bridge," a 3-player cruise-ship simulator for children for the Saudi Aroya cruise ship, delivering from concept through installation in ~5 months while also coordinating scope and cross-discipline execution amid changing team resourcing.

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Gabriel Cubas - Senior Game Developer specializing in real-time shaders (HLSL/GLSL)

Gabriel Cubas

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Senior Game Developer specializing in real-time shaders (HLSL/GLSL)

17y exp
FoamPunchUniversity of Utah

Unity XR developer who built custom MetaXR hand-tracking gesture controls that materially improved VR usability (95% satisfaction in a live event). Led technical research and helped secure an RFP with Meta as the client, and has hands-on multiplayer experience (PUN2/Netcode) including a multiplayer AR ping-pong experience for Niantic plus MMORPG freelance work.

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Vinicius Leite - Staff/Lead Game Engineer specializing in gameplay systems and VR in Los Angeles, USA

Staff/Lead Game Engineer specializing in gameplay systems and VR

Los Angeles, USA22y exp
Halfway HouseMichigan State University

Unity gameplay programmer with hands-on multiplayer networking experience (Photon Fusion, Mirror, SmartFox, Unity networking), including client-side prediction and rollback to smooth networked movement under lag/packet loss. Recently improved a fast-paced 2D platformer’s feel by adding momentum/velocity “gears,” validated through internal cohorts and volunteer/friends-and-family playtests. Comfortable in both startup and large-company environments and currently seeking a high-impact, intensive project.

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Senior Game & XR Developer specializing in Unity and immersive AR/VR platforms

Ahmedabad, India11y exp
FreelanceDr. Subhash Technical Campus

Unity/C# gameplay engineer who shipped a live-service mobile RPG and a Quest 2 + mobile social fitness game, with deep experience in performance optimization and multiplayer netcode. Built client-prediction/server-authoritative combat and consolidated AI updates to hit 60 FPS (P50 frame time improved 22ms→14ms), and implemented strong live-ops tooling (replays in S3, alerts, desync checksums). Also integrated an LLM-driven NPC dialogue system via a Go middleware layer with validation/caching and evaluated it through a 4-week A/B test.

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