Vetted Version Control Professionals

“Backend engineer who rebuilt and refactored high-traffic systems at Phenom using Java/Spring Boot/Play and also designs Python/FastAPI services. Focused on measurable reliability and performance gains through DB/query optimization, async processing, and strong observability, with disciplined rollout practices (feature flags, parallel runs, rollback) and security patterns including token auth and row-level security.”

“QA Automation Engineer with hands-on ownership of an end-to-end Selenium-Java/TestNG suite for an e-commerce platform, integrated into Jenkins with PR smoke and nightly regression gating. Notably caught and validated (via SQL/API checks) a critical defect where checkout reported success but orders were not persisted, preventing customer-impacting production issues; also has Cypress experience stabilizing flaky UI tests using robust selector and wait strategies.”

“Data/ML practitioner who has built a production RAG-based knowledge assistant integrated into Microsoft 365/internal dashboards to help employees query internal documents in plain English. Experienced orchestrating and hardening ETL pipelines with Airflow and Azure Data Factory (validation, retries, monitoring) and running end-to-end model evaluation and production performance tracking via Power BI.”

Kinga Zawarty

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Mid-Level Game Programmer specializing in Unity and gameplay systems

Gothenburg, Sweden5y exp

“Unity developer with ~5 years of professional experience who served as the main developer on a shipped Meta Quest VR game (Smash Therapy), handling most of the code and tackling key VR challenges like UI/UX and standalone performance optimization. Also builds AI-driven gameplay systems (e.g., minimax-based unbeatable tic-tac-toe) and leverages AI assistants to speed up routine implementation and brainstorming.”

CalvinMatthew Nava

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Senior Unity Developer specializing in games, AR/VR/XR, and interactive mobile experiences

Germany11y exp

“Unity generalist with VR-focused optimization experience who replaced a bloated third-party IK/rigging plugin by building a custom DOTS/Burst multithreaded system, reporting ~200% performance gains and a noticeably smoother VR experience. Has multiplayer experience with Unity Netcode (and some Photon Fusion exposure) and uses AI tooling (Rider AI) to speed up refactoring and documentation.”

“UK-based Unity developer who has shipped three Meta Quest VR simulation applications as the sole developer/lead at Atticus Digital (clients include PASMA, Welsh Water, and Saudi Aramco). Also built and shipped a fully solo 3D action-adventure platformer for Nintendo Switch (The Bee Hive, Nov 27, 2025), demonstrating end-to-end ownership across engineering and design under tight hardware constraints.”

“Unity gameplay programmer with experience on TT Games' LEGO Star Wars Battles, including adding full controller support to a touch-first unit deployment system and implementing new networked unit mechanics in a Photon-based multiplayer layer. Has worked in client-server architectures (including Metaplay-backed servers), with a focus on refactoring for reusable combat/damage code and scalable analytics instrumentation.”

“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.”

“Unity game developer who architected a flexible Match-3 core system that scaled to many object types and added merge mechanics without major rework. Has shipped/implemented real-time multiplayer features in a Photon-based space racing game using server-authoritative validation with prediction/interpolation, and focuses heavily on mobile optimization (AssetBundles, pooling, prewarming).”

“Frontend engineer who has led customer-facing React + TypeScript products end-to-end, building complex dashboards with robust async state patterns (caching, deduping, cancellation, optimistic updates) and strong quality practices (TypeScript standards, layered testing, production monitoring). Experienced modernizing inherited codebases through modularization and performance work (code splitting/memoization) while aligning stakeholders and shipping safely via feature flags and staged rollouts.”

Mateus Capelesso

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Senior Unity/Game Developer specializing in mobile games and gamified experiences

Laranjeiras, Brazil5y exp

“Unity/VR solo developer with hands-on Meta Quest shipping experience, including an AI-driven anatomy education app using ElevenLabs narration. Spent ~3 years at Brazil-based Pixel SAV building interactive VR experiences, notably a Volvo VR crash test simulation that synchronized VR animations with a custom haptic chair for immersive physical impact simulation.”

Joshua Rechkemmer

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Mid-level Unity XR Engineer specializing in multiplayer VR training

San Antonio, TX4y exp

“Game developer with hands-on experience shipping multiplayer products in Photon Fusion and building cross-platform XR/VR training simulations for Meta Quest, HTC Vive, PICO, and Windows PC. They combine gameplay systems architecture in Unity/C# with practical multiplayer debugging and a platform-conscious performance approach shaped by VR constraints.”

“Gameplay/AI-focused Unity developer and former programming lead/producer who built a custom pathfinding system for a planet-sized, fully modifiable voxel world and later ported that system from a custom C++ engine into Unity despite documentation claiming it wasn't possible. Combines deep hands-on AI/gameplay engineering with cross-functional leadership, production coordination, and practical optimization for large-scale NPC simulation.”

“Unity game developer with hands-on experience across multiplayer, VR/mobile, and AI-enabled gameplay features. Has worked on an 8-ball pool game, a child ventilation-focused VR/mobile project, and progression systems using PlayFab, with practical exposure to Photon, Unity Netcode, LLM integration, and AI-driven NPCs.”

“Software/product engineer who owns customer-facing internal platforms end-to-end, with deep experience building data pipeline health and data quality tooling (near-real-time alerting and ops dashboards). Strong in React/TypeScript + Python REST architectures and microservices with RabbitMQ, emphasizing reliability patterns (idempotency, DLQs, correlation IDs) and fast, safe iteration via feature flags, testing, and observability.”

“Unity/C# developer who built a non-AR prototype feature for an AR hide-and-seek game that became a preferred gameplay mode: smooth touch-driven camera orbit and zoom without image distortion. Demonstrates practical camera/FOV tuning and player-experience-driven iteration; has introductory exposure to Photon Fusion concepts (C# attribute-marked network methods).”

“Frontend-focused engineer (Shahroz) who has rebuilt and modernized products end-to-end, including a FitTech dashboard redesign from scratch with standardized tooling (ESLint/Prettier, Husky + conventional commits, unit tests, PR validation). Has delivered complex React + TypeScript dashboards involving real-time live streaming and analytics, and shipped an e-commerce PDP with integrations like Contentful and social feeds using an MVP-first, sprint-based process.”

Pranav Mishra

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

Charlotte, NC2y exp

“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).”

Venkata Sai Bharath Sirigiri

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Junior Robotics/Mechatronics Engineer specializing in EV charging communications and HIL testing

2y exp

“Embedded/EV charging test & validation engineer working across EVSE and EVCC products, specializing in CAN/DBC analysis, firmware deployment, and HIL testing. Built custom Python GUI tools (CAN explorer + configurable test scenario runner) to accelerate diagnostics and reproducibility, and has resolved high-stakes customer interoperability issues by pinpointing hardware/firmware edge cases. Actively looking to pivot into robotics, leveraging prior robotics projects (SLAM, path planning, vision/perception).”

ricardo filho

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

Porto, Portugal12y exp

“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.”

“Indie/solo Unity C# developer who shipped a VR game (Elysium Trials) across Meta Quest, SteamVR, and Pico, including a high-performance cross-platform leaderboard system with sub-second score retrieval. Also built a recent multi-agent AI puzzle project where multiple AI bots communicate via JSON and uses UX techniques to mask LLM latency; has shipped additional mobile titles and focuses heavily on optimization and immersive VR UI.”

Ned Ned Zaidi

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Senior Full-Stack Engineer specializing in Python, Go, and cloud-native systems

Dumfries, VA9y exp

“Full-stack/backend-leaning engineer with hands-on experience spanning Python, Go, React, Kafka, PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker, and Kubernetes. They stand out for building real-time analytics and decisioning systems, plus a healthcare-focused B2B SaaS compliance/data integration platform that combined high-throughput event processing, dashboarding, and third-party integrations in a startup-style, high-ambiguity environment.”

Sampath Achalla

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Mid-level Full-Stack Engineer specializing in Golang and cloud-native FinTech systems

USA3y exp

“Backend-leaning full-stack engineer in fintech/payments who shipped an end-to-end Stripe payments + webhook system for a financial microservices platform, emphasizing ledger accuracy via idempotency, transactional writes, retries, and DLQs. Also delivered a real-time React/TypeScript payment status dashboard informed by user interviews, and improved production performance by 35% p95 latency through PostgreSQL tuning and Redis caching on AWS.”