# Raheel Yawar

> Software Engineer at Meta

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/raheel

Experienced Game Developer with a demonstrated history of working in the computer games industry. Skilled in JavaScript, C#, Unity3D, and Godot. Strong engineering professional with a Master's Degree focused in Media Informatics from RWTH Aachen University.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Meta
Jan 2023 – Present | Burlingame, CA

### Lead Software Engineer @ Gala Games
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco Bay Area
- Led the Common Ground World (https://commonground.game/) development from conception to publication. 
- Architected major features including Gameplay, UI, Input, Camera and Networking.
- Implemented real-time data delivery using Protobuf.
- Worked on hiring, performance reviews, onboarding, mentoring, roadmap and time estimations.

### Senior Software Engineer, Game @ GreenPark Sports
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area
Development of the GreenPark Sports application (iOS: https://apple.co/39cFS7Y Android: https://bit.ly/39dHmyz) using the Unity/ C# and the Photon Quantum multiplayer engine. 
- Development of an AI framework and AI Agents for mini-games.
- Development of multiplayer features.
- Rapid Prototyping of new gameplay features and mini-games.
- Development of the Unity engine's remote asset delivery system.
- Front-end UI development.

### Game Developer @ Flying Sheep Studios
Jan 2015 – Jan 2020 | Cologne Area, Germany
Sunrise Roots (In Development) - https://sunrise-roots.com/
•	Led the development team to create a casual farming, decoration and cooking simulator.
•	Back-end server programming in Golang to enable player game state storage and asynchronous multiplayer.
•	Developed the architecture and worked on the gameplay programming using JavaScript.

DreamWorks’ Trollhunters (Adventure in the Troll Caves) - http://bit.ly/2Sir406
•	Led an independent team to develop a dungeon crawler role-playing game. 
•	Built state-of-the-art machine learning (ML) algorithm to generate adaptive gameplay.
•	Custom built a Golang and Python powered server for the ML algorithm deployment.

Bakugan Duel - http://bit.ly/374CUiO
•	Led the development team to build an asynchronous multiplayer game.
•	Built an asynchronous multiplayer server using Golang and JavaScript based engine.

Lego Ninjago (In No Man’s Land) - http://bit.ly/35Tuj25 
•	Led the development team to create a dungeon crawler role-playing game.
•	Built a Procedural Generation algorithm to generate in-game dungeons.
•	Wrote NPC combat AI using a proprietary JavaScript engine.

Alvin and the Chipmunks (Skateboard Profile) - http://bit.ly/397viOb 
•	Led the development team to create a side scrolling skating platformer.
•	Wrote custom physics to simulate the platform and stunts.

### Game Engineer @ we.R.play
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Pakistan
- Programmed video games for handheld devices using the Unity Engine.
- Development lead for the 3D endless runner Run Sheeda Run: http://runsheedarun.com/
- Developed a 3D endless runner template released on the Unity Asset Store: http://bit.ly/2BZlLca

### Software Quality Assurance Analyst @ we.R.play
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Pakistan
My responsibilities included black box testing of handheld video games and the development of web-based applications to facilitate the organization's processes.

### Software Engineer @ NetSol Technologies Inc.
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | Lahore, Pakistan
I worked as a Java developer on an insurance automation application


## Education
### Master's Degree in Media Informatics
RWTH Aachen University
Jan 2014 – Jan 2018

### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Sciences
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences
Jan 2007 – Jan 2011

### HSSC in Pre-Engineering
F.G. Sir Syed Colledge
Jan 2005 – Jan 2007

### Matriculation in Science
Army Public School
Jan 2003 – Jan 2005


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/raheelyawar
- Website: http://raheelyawar.com/portfolio/
- Website: http://raheelyawar.com/home/blog/

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Last updated: 2026-03-22