David Pinedo
Senior Graphics Software Engineer at LunarG
Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Pinedo is a Senior Graphics Software Engineer with 11+ years of focused experience building low-level graphics tooling and drivers, currently based in Fort Collins, Colorado. He has driven Windows null-driver implementations and cross-platform support for Vulkan across prominent Khronos and LunarG projects, contributing to Vulkan-Tools, Vulkan-Loader, Validation Layers, and gfxreconstruct. His work spans backend systems, build/test automation, and replay tooling—improving trace/replay integration, build pipelines, and edge features like buffer view support and wide-character handling. At LunarG he combines deep systems programming with practical release engineering, having earlier stints delivering graphics systems at Intelligraphics and long-term software engineering at HP. Known for turning complex API and cross-platform challenges into reliable developer tooling, he brings a pragmatic, detail-oriented approach to graphics interoperability.
11 years of coding experience
33 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science, Computer Science at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Github Skills (27)
vulkan10
c-language10
multiplatform10
apidoc10
api-design10
windows10
build-system10
cmake10
cross-platform10
c1110
c1710
api10
argument-parsing10
cprogramming-language10
platform-independent10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
KhronosGroup/Vulkan-ValidationLayers
Feb 2015 - Feb 2022
Vulkan Validation Layers (VVL)
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & System Architect
Back-end Developer & System ArchitectContributions:3 reviews, 138 commits, 4 PRs in 7 years 1 month
Contributions summary:David focused on contributing to the Vulkan validation layers by implementing Windows support for the null driver. They were responsible for integrating build configurations and dependencies for Windows, including adapting existing code for cross-platform compatibility. The user also modified core functionality, such as Glave replay features. These changes involved the addition of new functionality related to buffer creation, and modifications for WSI, highlighting the user's involvement in core system-level design.
vulkan
LunarG/VulkanSamples
Feb 2015 - Oct 2017
Vulkan Samples
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & Systems Programmer
Back-end Developer & Systems ProgrammerContributions:213 commits, 4 pushes, 6 tags in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:David primarily contributed to the development and maintenance of the Vulkan sample code, particularly focusing on the null driver implementation. Their work involved the creation and modification of low-level drivers, including the initial implementation of the `nulldrv` for Windows support. They also added and refined code related to the Vulkan API, including extending support for buffer views. The contributions reflect a focus on enabling and improving Vulkan support across various platforms.
vulkan
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