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Haider Zahoor - Founding Software Engineer in San Jose, California

Haider Zahoor

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

ChomChomTechCOMSATS University Islamabad - Lahore CampusSan Jose, California6 Years ExperienceMid LevelWorks Remote

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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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Key Strengths

  • Shipped Unity experiences for Meta Quest (including via SideQuest) and PCVR
  • Built standalone VR medical applications used to treat real patients
  • Designed and implemented a reusable, modular Unity architecture using ScriptableObjects and state machines
  • Strong cross-platform validation/testing discipline across desktop, mobile, and Quest
  • Solved Unity runtime limitations (ScriptableObjects creation) via custom pre-build generation tooling
  • Deep understanding of Unity execution loop/frame timing; implemented guard-checked state architecture to prevent breakage
  • Creates custom Unity Editor tools to accelerate content production (e.g., match-3 level designer)
  • Pragmatic AI usage to scaffold code and automate menial tasks while maintaining quality through manual testing

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Experience

Founding Software EngineerChomChomTech · Mar 2025 – Present
Game DeveloperHazel Mobile · Mar 2024 – Mar 2025
Software EngineerRipeSeed · Mar 2023 – Mar 2024
Higher education research assistantLahore University of Management Sciences · Dec 2021 – Dec 2022part-time
Game Programmer (Fellow)Mindstorm Studios · Jul 2021 – Feb 2022internship
Video-game JournalistSegmentNext · Sep 2018 – Aug 2019

Education

COMSATS University Islamabad - Lahore Campusbachelor, Computer Science (2023)

Languages

UrduEnglish

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