Žarko Petrović

About

Lead Unity engineer who shipped a Meta Quest VR free-to-play poker title, tackling hand-tracking controls, physics-driven chip interactions, and large-room multiplayer with anti-cheat needs. Also independently built a mobile real-time multiplayer racing game through beta, including backend, progression, on-demand track delivery, and a custom car physics engine.

Key Strengths

• Shipped a Unity VR free-to-play poker game on Meta Quest as lead engineer
• Deep VR controls/hand-tracking implementation experience
• Physics-heavy gameplay implementation (chip stacking/towers)
• Multiplayer architecture for large rooms (hundreds of players) with anti-cheat requirements
• Solo-built a mobile real-time multiplayer racing game through beta (client + backend)
• Designed and implemented a custom car physics engine
• Built scalable content system for tracks with on-demand downloading
• Comfortable in cross-functional, less-structured teams; helps teams self-organize
• High-impact, high-commitment work style

Reference Highlights

• Strong client-facing UI, 3D, and physics programming in Unity
• Strong knowledge of client build systems and third-party integrations
• Designed gameplay features (including car behavior in a racing game)
• Effective bug solving on live game clients
• Strong at memory profiling and performance optimizations
• Very good communication and receptive to constructive feedback
• Adaptable to changing plans and shifting priorities
• Contributes ideas and turns requirements into working code
• Stays up to date with technology

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