Rubén López
Senior VFX Programmer at Rockstar Games
City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolRubén López is a Senior VFX Programmer with a decade of experience crafting high-fidelity graphics and visual effects for AAA titles at Rockstar Games, including work on Red Dead Redemption 2 and multiple generations of GTA V. Based in Edinburgh, he specializes in low‑level graphics and performance-focused VFX systems, bringing a strong engineering background from a Computer Engineering degree and a Professional Masters in Games Development. His career progressed from junior roles to senior technical contributions on shipped console releases, and he has hands-on experience with AR prototypes and UAV pathfinding research. Known for being obsessive about both how games look and how they perform, he blends academic rigor with practical, production-proven solutions.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Professional Masters in Games Development, Computer Games and Programming Skills, Professional Masters in Games Development, Computer Games and Programming Skills at Abertay UniversityBachillerato, Science, 12.35/14, Bachillerato, Science, 12.35/14 at IES Fontem AlbeiComputer Engineering Degree, Computer Engineering, 9.0563/10, Computer Engineering Degree, Computer Engineering, 9.0563/10 at Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
Spanish, Galician, English, Portuguese
Github Skills (63)
api-specification10
jai10
vulkan9
api9
rust8
ucontext8
rollback8
lua8
vim8
yield8
neovim8
windows8
vscode8
vscode-extension8
imgui8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
DraemTaem/DAWAffle
Mar 2016 - May 2016
Contributions:1 release, 36 PRs, 109 pushes in 1 month
dedicatedshopweb-application
osor-io/osor_vulkan
May 2020 - Jan 2023
:volcano: Vulkan module for Jai
Contributions:40 commits, 4 PRs, 43 pushes in 2 years 8 months
vulkanjaivulkan-apivulkan-libraryjai-module
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