# Caolan Radford

> Game Designer and Software Developer

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/caolanradford

Striving to develop emotive games and innovative software.

## Work Experience
### Engineer @ SimX
Jan 2019 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
C# / Unity engineer for a leading XR medical simulation company.

### Unity C# Engineer @ Freelance
Jan 2012 – Jan 2019
Developed various projects in partnership with groups including:

VRAI, an AR/VR company based in Dublin
Warducks, A Dublin based AR/VR game company
Trinity College Dublin, a leading Irish University
University of Limerick, a leading Irish University
University of Abertay in Dundee, a leading Scottish University
IADT Dun Laoghaire, a technical institute in south Dublin
IGBL (Irish Games Based Learning), a conference hosted annually, focusing on the gamification of education
Kids Language Fun, a prospective startup looking to use online games to help teach languages to children

Projects included:

C based Arduino games
Unity based WebGL games (2D)
Unity based Windows Games (2D/3D)
Unity based AR titles, (Mobile)
Unity based VR titles, (Mobile, and tethered)
Physical board games

Main Responsibilities:

Varies from project to project, however some recurring responsibilities include:
Designing and implementing stable and maintainable C# client based code within the Unity game engine.
Refactoring of existing code, including anything from algorithms to overall architectural design.
Code optimisation, particularly concerning mobile VR/AR, and tethered VR projects.
Designing games, including UI, economies, interactions, levels, puzzles, etc.
Running and administering events, such as: game jams, competitions and conferences.
Production duties (including but not limited to): Planning, scheduling, management of personal, external communications, and sourcing.
Marketing: Development of marketing materials for games, projects, and events, including: Visual assets, trailers, copy, etc.
Pitching and selling of designed solutions.

### Paid Intern @ WarDucks
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | County Dublin, Ireland
Working with Unity’s Editor API to develop internal design tools.

### Research Assistant @ ADAPT Centre
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Dublin Trinity
Prototyping a prospective Virtual Reality data visualisation tool for a private commercial client, as well as optimising previously shipped Virtual Reality experiences to work with new hardware and SDK updates.

### Front of House @ Michie Sushi Ranelagh
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Ranelagh Dublin

### Designer & Producer @ Team Sun Bear
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Dublin
Designing, coordinating, and managing the development of 'From the Verge to The Void'. A PC based first person exploration game that reached the finals of 2015's 'Dare to Be Digital' competition, hosted by University of Abertay in Dundee Scotland.


## Education
### MSc in Games Design and Development in (Game Design & Computer Science)
Univesity Of Limerick

### Bachelor’s Degree in Bachelor of Business (Hons) in Entrepreneurship & Management
Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/caolanradford
- Portfolio: https://caolanradford.com

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Last updated: 2026-04-10