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Diego Leyton - Senior Software Engineer & Tech Lead (Horizon Worlds) in Menlo Park, CA

Diego Leyton

Senior Software Engineer specializing in AR/VR, metaverse, and game development

MetaUniversity of ChileMenlo Park, CA14 Years ExperienceSenior LevelWorks Flexible

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Unity/C# gameplay engineer from Horizon Worlds with deep experience shipping multiplayer VR and mobile features, especially scalable real-time animation and object interaction systems. Stands out for redesigning a high-overhead RPC-based animation pipeline into a deterministic client-side playback architecture that reduced network load, improved stability in complex worlds, and enabled previously unpublishable worlds to ship.

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Key Strengths

  • End-to-end ownership of core Unity gameplay systems
  • Scalable multiplayer architecture for VR world-building
  • Network traffic reduction through deterministic sync design
  • Performance optimization for complex multiplayer worlds
  • Cross-platform VR and mobile product thinking
  • Strong separation-of-concerns architecture outside Unity runtime
  • Pragmatic prototyping to influence technical direction
  • Mentoring junior engineers through code reviews and pair programming
  • Reliable AI integration via structured validation layers
  • Live multiplayer stability handling for desyncs and disconnects
  • Thorough documentation and maintainable handoff practices

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Experience

Senior Software Engineer & Tech Lead (Horizon Worlds)Meta · Aug 2023 – Present
Engineering Manager (Horizon Worlds Creation Tools)Meta · Jan 2021 – Aug 2023
Senior Software Engineer / Tech LeadMeta · Dec 2018 – Jan 2021
Lead Engineer (Augmented Reality)Meta · Dec 2016 – Sep 2018
Technical Lead EngineerDeNA · Jun 2015 – Dec 2016
Senior Software EngineerDeNA · Feb 2014 – Jun 2015
Software Engineer → Lead Engineer → Project ManagerAtakama Labs · Jun 2011 – Feb 2014

Education

University of Chilemaster, Computer Science (2013)
University of Chilebachelor, Computer Science (2013)

Awards

  • AWE 2017 Best Presentation Award for Augmented Reality
  • Outstanding Student, Computer Science - University of Chile

Languages

EnglishSpanish

Publications

2 publications

Technology AcceptanceE-BusinessInformation Systems

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Diego LeytonSenior Software Engineer specializing in AR/VR, metaverse, and game development