Building an AI-powered remote hybrid UE5/UEFN studio, currently focused on a UE5 co-op cyberpunk survival horror and UEFN experiences.

● Oversee all aspects of the studio’s projects, serving as the primary developer and game director. Define the technical and creative vision, ensuring the successful execution of gameplay mechanics, systems, and overall design while maintaining high production standards.

● Architect and implement core gameplay systems using Unreal Engine 5/C++ and UEFN/Verse, ensuring smooth, engaging player experiences. Develop tools, mechanics, and UI systems to support game features and streamline development.

● Continuously improve the development pipeline by implementing best practices and leveraging new technologies.

● Led development of the full character creator pipeline, using the new Unreal Engine 5 Metahuman Creator, including C++ integration, asset loading/management, and engine-level systems, ensuring scalability and extensibility for future customization features.

● Designed and implemented a triangular slider system using barycentric coordinates, enabling users to smoothly blend between three distinct body morph targets for intuitive and precise customization.

● Built a multi-slider system for appearance customization, where linked sliders dynamically distribute percentage values across multiple parameters. Delivered flexible blending logic that drives arbitrary character appearance operations (e.g., body shape, facial features, material adjustments).

● Refactored and optimized legacy character customization systems, fixing critical stability issues and improving runtime performance, resulting in smoother editor workflows and faster character load times.

● Consulted the team on Unreal Engine 5 best practices across performance optimization, asset management, networking, and architecture,

● Refactored C++ legacy systems to modern Unreal Engine 5 standards, improving maintainability, performance, and compatibility with UE5’s latest features.

● Integrated gameplay analytics events across multiple systems scattered around different plugins and project modules, tying player interactions and session flow to backend tracking for telemetry, QA validation, and live-ops insights.

● Implemented VR tutorial sequences, including interactive onboarding flows, contextual instructions, and progression tracking to improve new-player retention and reduce onboarding friction.

● Diagnosed and resolved critical bugs in attendee systems during tight deadlines.

● Developed a networked VR sprint movement feature, leveraging client-side prediction and server reconciliation to deliver smooth locomotion while maintaining fairness and consistency across multiplayer sessions.

● Owned development of the progression system, which included experience, levels, premium currency, and achievements, architecting around a plugin with separate client/server modules and full backend integration, then provided a server authoritative API for developers to easily hook up other parts of the project to progression.

integrated a server browser in the UE4 project that communicates with Gamelift, added automation

scripts on Jenkins to ensure the fleet/alias process is completely automated, the system was battle-tested in a live environment with over 800 CCU