# Raphael Lacerda

> Senior Staff Game Engineer

Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/raphaellacerda

## Work Experience
### Senior Staff Game Engineer @ Wildlife Studios
Jan 2023 – Present | Los Angeles, California, United States
Working along different Studios inside Wildlife helping them to launch their games successfully. Participated in major game launches (Midas Merge, Puzzle Park).

Prototyping specialist, working along game product managers to develop new ideas and concepts to be used in futuregames.

### Engineering Manager @ Wildlife Studios
Jan 2018 – Jan 2023
Engineering people manager, accountable for the career development of engineers (up to 8) with different seniority, belonging to different projects.

Responsible for delivering many cross engineering initiatives as engineering career ladder development and UI integration tool tech direction.

Able to grow two junior direct report engineers into managers, currently reporting to me. Direct and indirect team with 15+ people.

Zooba (battle royale mobile game) Tech Director
Responsible for planning and delivering of everything regarding Zooba engineering and it's interactions with other departments, as art and QA, with a team of 20+ engineers and 50+ total people.

### Software Engineer @ Wildlife Studios
Jan 2015 – Jan 2021
Software engineer participating in many different projects along my career, in all of them playing the role of the lead developer / tech director. 

Colorfy (iOS, Android) Lead Engineer (later Tech Director)
Coloring book entertainment app. 
Development of Android version from scratch later leading iOS and Android engineering teams.

Color by Number (iOS, Android), Paint by Number (iOS, Android) Tech Director
Painting with numbers entertainment app.
Development since prototype phase up to global launch.

Math Learner (iOS) Tech Director
Math learning for kids educational app.
Responsible for leading the global launch of the app and later a full UI revamp.

Tutore (React Native-Web) Tech Director
1:1 video tutoring app.
Responsible for leading the prototype and alpha phase, later leading to the creation of a spin off education company.

### Intern @ Laon Story Inc.
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014
Lead the development of the first product of the company, a low energy bluetooth (BLE) communication app to localize people indoors, as conventions, events and stores.

### Intern @ Samsung Electronics
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013
Development of the UI of a prototype app to localize your car in a parking lot.


## Education
### Graduate Exchange in Computer Games and Programming Skills
Korea University
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013

### Postgraduate Degree in Information Technology Project Management
Fundação Vanzolini
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017

### Bachelor's degree in Computer Science
Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho
Jan 2010 – Jan 2014


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/raphael-lacerda-b3401835

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Last updated: 2026-03-22