Sai Narayan
Senior Developer Support Engineer at Unity
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSai Narayan is a Senior Developer Support Engineer and technical artist with 11 years of experience building shaders, VFX, tools, and interactive virtual spaces for games and real-time engines. He has shipped core UI and performance features for Unity's Shader Graph—reducing node interaction friction and improving property handling—and contributed bug fixes and memory-leak remediation to the high-profile Unity Graphics repo. Previously he enabled production pipelines at Turn 10 Studios, automating texture baking and large-scale LOD upgrades across tens of thousands of assets, and built artist-facing tools in Python/C++ for VR and Unreal projects. Based in Seattle, Sai blends gameplay programming, tools engineering, and art direction to unblock artists and accelerate content production. He pairs a Master’s in Computer Science with hands-on engine work and a pragmatic focus on UX for creative tools. Outside work he’s an Unreal enthusiast who prototypes game ideas and shares demos like Project Gilgamesh.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Science Engineering, Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Science Engineering at SRM UniversityHigh School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates, High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates at Indian School Al Ghubra, Muscat, Oman.Game and Interactive Media Design, A-, Game and Interactive Media Design, A- at Hogeschool van Arnhem en NijmegenMaster of Science (M.S.), Computer Science, Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Science at Digipen Institute of Technology
English, Hindi, Tamil, Dutch
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Github Skills (15)
script10
csharp10
shadergraph10
editor10
scripting10
editorjs10
dotnet-core10
unity3d10
debugging9
image6
location6
eclipse6
game-engine6
directx6
unreal-engine-46
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
Unity-Technologies/Graphics
Feb 2020 - Dec 2022
Unity Graphics - Including Scriptable Render Pipeline
Role in this project:
Software Engineer (Graphics)
Software Engineer (Graphics)Contributions:266 reviews, 248 commits, 142 PRs in 2 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Sai primarily contributed to the Shader Graph component within the Unity Graphics repository. Their work involved fixing bugs related to node placement and category management within the Shader Graph editor. They also implemented improvements for property handling, added tests, and addressed memory leak issues. These contributions focused on enhancing the functionality and stability of the Shader Graph tool.
graphic
Nightmask3/Physics-Framework
Nov 2016 - Mar 2023
Contributions:38 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 5 months
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