ScreenedIdentity Verified
No cost, no commitment - we'll make a personal intro
Austin Patten - Freelance / Independent Unity Engineer in Erie, CO

Austin Patten

Senior Unity Engineer specializing in mobile games and interactive apps

PeopleFunUniversity of North TexasErie, CO13 Years ExperienceSenior LevelWorks Flexible

Connect with Austin

Austin already has a relationship with Reval, so a warm intro from us gets a much better response than cold outreach.

Typically responds within 24 hours

Recommended

Already have an account?

About

Lead engineer at PeopleFun who owned a data-driven limited-time event system for Wordscapes Search, using Addressables and asset bundles to ship new live content without app updates. Their work was tied to improved retention and stronger player engagement, and they also bring pragmatic AI-assisted development practices plus early VR/Meta Quest prototyping experience.

Hire with Reval

Find your next great hire

Our AI agents source, screen, and vet candidates for your open roles. Get qualified candidates within 48 hours.

$250one-time kickoff
10%on successful hire
Post a Role90-day money-back guarantee

Key Strengths

  • Led end-to-end architecture and delivery of a data-driven limited-time event system in Unity/C#
  • Strong live-ops feature development for mobile games
  • Improved player retention through mainline event integration
  • Experience shipping remote-content pipelines without requiring new client builds
  • Hands-on debugging of asset bundle compatibility and deployment issues
  • Practical AI-assisted engineering workflow with human review and code-style enforcement
  • Backend integration experience with Firebase Functions
  • Network debugging using Charles Proxy
  • Lead engineering experience

Like what you see? We'll introduce you to Austin directly.

Experience

Freelance / Independent Unity EngineerHunch Labs · Aug 2022 – Presentfreelance
Lead EngineerPeopleFun · Jul 2020 – Aug 2022
Software Engineering LeadSignify Health · Dec 2015 – Jul 2020

Education

University of North Texasbachelor, Computer Science

Languages

English

Similar Candidates

CE

Senior Software Engineer & Game Designer specializing in Unity multiplayer and interactive experiences

New York, NY10y exp
PelotonCarnegie Mellon University

Gameplay engineer/designer with Unity experience spanning a Peloton open-world multiplayer cycling game (progression, difficulty normalization via FTP, replayability through medals/cosmetics) and a mixed reality soccer training game using a motion-tracked ball. Known for pragmatic, metrics-driven tuning (session length/mission duration), rapid playtest-led iteration, and cross-discipline execution including performance tooling (LOD batch editor) and phased multiplayer implementation planning.

View profile
Erik Behar - Senior Software Engineer & Technical Artist specializing in simulation, Unity, and real-time 3D in Palo Alto, CA

Senior Software Engineer & Technical Artist specializing in simulation, Unity, and real-time 3D

Palo Alto, CA19y exp
The Virtual WildThe Art Institute of California - San Francisco
View profile
SS

Executive Game/Software Engineer specializing in Unity, VR, and AI-driven interactive experiences

16y exp
Droidknot, LLCUniversity of Colorado Denver
View profile
JS

James Smyth

Screened

Senior XR/Unity Developer specializing in VR training SDKs and immersive tooling

Bromley, London9y exp
Immerse Learning LimitedUniversity of York

Unity/XR engineer from Immerse Learning’s SDK team who shipped Meta Quest training experiences by building the underlying Unity libraries and editor extensions used by both internal developers and external SDK licensees. Has hands-on experience solving hard multiplayer/physics authority problems with a custom WebSocket relay approach, and is independently building a Unity management/puzzle prototype featuring a runtime level editor and multithreaded, tile-based pathfinding.

View profile
GD

German Dartsch

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Senior Unity Game Developer specializing in Unity Engine and AR/mobile deployment

Essen, Germany12y exp
Starvania StudioUniversidad Nacional de Cuyo

Unity developer with hands-on Meta Quest mixed reality experience, building an AI-companion app with a real-time 3D avatar and local LLM backend using Whisper + GPT-SoVITS for STT/TTS. Also the primary programmer behind a Steam-published peer-to-peer co-op horror game built in Unity with Mirror networking.

View profile
Yury Vasilevich - Staff Unity Tech Lead specializing in F2P mobile live-service games in Gdańsk, Poland

Yury Vasilevich

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Staff Unity Tech Lead specializing in F2P mobile live-service games

Gdańsk, Poland16y exp
Dynamic GamesBelarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics

Senior Unity Developer / Tech Lead who has shipped Unity games across a wide range of platforms (mobile, stores, WebGL, Steam). Built two full Unity game frameworks solo—a slots engine used for 100+ games and a bingo engine used for 9+ games—owning architecture, core gameplay systems, UI, performance optimization, and SDK integrations.

View profile

Interested in Austin?

We'll personally introduce you - no strings attached.

For Hiring Teams

Build your dream team with Reval

Our AI agents source, screen, and vet candidates for your open roles. Get qualified, high-intent candidates on your desk within 48 hours.

$250one-time kickoff
10%on successful hire
48hrsto first candidates
Post a Role90-day money-back guarantee. A fraction of traditional agency fees.

Discover more candidates like Austin

Search across thousands of pre-screened, high-quality, high-intent candidates on Reval.

Search Talent

Connect with Austin

Austin already has a relationship with Reval, so a warm intro from us gets a much better response than cold outreach.

Typically responds within 24 hours

Recommended

Already have an account?

Hire with Reval

Find your next great hire

Our AI agents source, screen, and vet candidates for your open roles. Get qualified candidates within 48 hours.

$250one-time kickoff
10%on successful hire
Post a Role90-day money-back guarantee
Austin PattenSenior Unity Engineer specializing in mobile games and interactive apps