Sumiksh Trehan

“Backend engineer who built gnocal, a ~150-line stateless Go service that turns on-chain event data into standards-compliant .ics calendar feeds consumable by Apple/Google Calendar, deployed on Fly.io. Also refactored MCTS into Monte Carlo Graph Search (Python-to-Rust) using deterministic tests and state canonicalization to handle transpositions, and implemented decentralized role-based ACLs in Gno for a smart-contract web hosting network (gno.land / All in Bits).”

Chris Ferrario

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Principal Gameplay/AI Programmer specializing in game AI and gameplay systems

London/Zurich18y exp

“Gameplay/AI engineer with end-to-end ownership of racing-sim AI (fair physics parity, competitive overtaking) and strong iteration tooling (live tuning + config). Has shipped networked VR multiplayer work at Ready At Dawn, including a consensus-style goal validation approach to reconcile non-deterministic replication/smoothing discrepancies, plus experience with Havok/Bullet, spline math (Catmull-Rom), and complex creature/boss animation behaviors.”

Zhaochen Zhang

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Mid-level Game Programmer specializing in Unreal and Unity gameplay systems

8y exp

“Unreal Engine 5/C++ gameplay programmer who built an end-to-end Escape Pod intro system (teleport + interaction + camera/animation) and solved a rare client-side camera view-target timing issue via instrumentation and view-target locking. Implemented replicated teleport state logic with safeguards against rapid state changes, and tunes first-person parkour-style camera feel through parameterization and playtesting.”

“Startup-oriented product/technology leader targeting CTO roles, with experience evaluating and scoping high-impact product expansions. At Crelate, helped assess and shape a contract timekeeping/invoicing initiative that expanded TAM by hundreds of millions and increased ACV 2-3x, contributing to successful market traction and the company’s path to Series C.”