Esteban Tovagliari
Senior Software Engineer at Allegorithmic
Madrid, Community of Madrid, France
Summary
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RockstarEsteban Tovagliari is a senior software engineer with 14 years of experience specializing in computer graphics and rendering integrations. Based in Madrid and currently at Allegorithmic, he brings deep full-stack expertise to node-based tooling and render pipeline features. His open-source work on notable projects like Gaffer and ImageEngine's Cortex focuses on Appleseed renderer integration—adding denoiser support, AOV outputs, adaptive sampling, motion blur, and OSL parameter handling. He combines practical engineering with graphics domain knowledge to solve subtle rendering and driver-level bugs that improve production workflows. Colleagues rely on him for reliable, maintainable enhancements that bridge UI, backend, and rendering engines. Outside the obvious, he consistently contributes pragmatic defaults and UI options that make advanced renderer features accessible to artists.
14 years of coding experience
Github Skills (8)
3d-rendering10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
python9
ui-design9
front-end-development9
uid9
image-processing8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
ImageEngine/cortex
Sep 2014 - Jan 2019
Libraries for visual effects software development
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:80 commits, 39 PRs, 40 comments in 4 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Esteban primarily contributed to the IECoreAppleseed project, focused on integrating with the appleseed rendering engine. Their work involved implementing features such as motion blur for cameras and transformations, adding support for visibility attributes and handling OSL shader parameters. They also made improvements related to display driver, fixing a bug that affected this driver when used with a specific driver type.
visual-effects
GafferHQ/gaffer
Dec 2014 - Feb 2019
Gaffer is a node-based application for lookdev, lighting and automation
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:83 commits, 20 PRs, 107 comments in 4 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Esteban primarily contributes to the Gaffer project by adding features and improvements related to the Appleseed rendering engine integration. Their work includes adding new options, attributes, and support for features like denoisers, AOV outputs and the adaptive sampler within the Gaffer UI. They are also fixing rendering-related issues and updating default render settings.
automation
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