Game Programmer Intern

Game Programmer Intern — Neon Forge Studios

Los Angeles, CA | May 2025 – Present

• Programmed core gameplay mechanics and player movement controls in C++ for an unannounced action-RPG title, increasing execution speed by 14% and eliminating 8 player-movement bugs.
• Optimized collision detection algorithms and physics behaviors within Unreal Engine 5, reducing physics thread overhead by 19% and saving 4 hours of weekly level profiling time.
• Collaborated with 3 technical designers to implement a custom UI inventory system, improving menu rendering performance by 22% and lowering UI draw calls across 5 levels.
• Integrated third-party SDKs and local save-data serialization using JSON, reducing save file loading times by 28% and ensuring stable state transitions for 10,000 beta testers.

Game Development Lab Assistant — West Coast Institute of Technology Lab

Los Angeles, CA | September 2024 – May 2025

• Implemented real-time pathfinding behaviors and behavior trees for 12 unique enemy AI variants in Unity, reducing path recalculation latency by 20% during active battle scenes.
• Authored custom editor tools and window panels in C# to automate asset validation, decreasing level setup iteration times by 24% for a team of 15 student developers.
• Maintained Jenkins continuous integration pipelines for overnight game packaging, resolving compilation errors and decreasing build failure rates by 35% over 8 months.
• Conducted profiling sessions using Unity Profiler and Xcode, identifying 4 critical memory leaks and saving 250MB of system RAM on target mobile deployment hardware.

C++, C#, Unity, Unreal Engine 5, Python, HLSL, Git, Perforce, Jenkins, Unity Profiler, RenderDoc, Linear Algebra, 3D Physics, Gameplay Systems, UI Programming, JSON Serialization, Custom Editor Tooling, Shaders

Aetherial Ascent

Role: Gameplay Programmer

Tools: Unreal Engine 5, C++, Git

Engineered a custom double-jump and wall-climbing physics module, decreasing CPU physics thread overhead by 16% and resolving 12 gameplay defects.

Shadows of the Citadel

Role: Tools & Graphics Programmer

Tools: Unity, C#, HLSL, Perforce

Authored custom vertex shader animations and automated Level-of-Detail (LOD) generation script, reducing GPU rendering times by 22% on mid-range target consoles.

• Unity Certified Associate: Programmer (2024)
• Unreal Engine C++ Developer Certification (2025)
• C++ Certified Associate Programmer (CPA) (2023)

• Languages: English (Native), French (Conversational)
• Volunteer Work: Organizer for campus game jams and local hackathons (2024-present)
• Availability: Immediate (willing to relocate)