Julien Koenen
Technical Director at keen games
Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Area Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolJulien Koenen is a Technical Director with 14 years of experience specializing in game engine and tools development, currently leading engine work at keen games from the Frankfurt Rhine-Main area. He has co-founded and steered engine teams through multiple company iterations, shipping commercial titles and building core technology used across projects. Julien’s background ranges from low-level device drivers and real-time terrain engines to production-grade game engines and toolchains, reflecting deep systems and graphics expertise. Known for solving complex technical problems, he blends hands-on engineering with leadership and a history of inventing practical engine solutions that accelerate game development.
14 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Technischen Universität Darmstadt
Github Skills (20)
graphic9
shader9
clang9
directx9
steam9
hlsl9
proton8
graphics-programming8
direct3d8
debugging8
opengl8
rendering7
llvm7
raytracing7
renderdoc7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
jkoenen/paperbomb
Mar 2012 - Sep 2013
Contributions:80 commits in 1 year 6 months
keengames/coding_standards
Apr 2018 - Jun 2025
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 3 months
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