Summary
Esteban Blanco is a versatile game programmer and software engineer with a decade of experience delivering both interactive games and scalable enterprise systems from Montreal. He leads game development at Impulso Games, architecting and shipping THRILLKINGS using Unreal Engine 5, C++, and Blender, while maintaining a broader skillset in front-end and back-end technologies. Previously at Gorilla Logic, he built backend services for satellite imagery in Java/Spring and managed rich 2D maps on the frontend with Vue.js, OpenLayers and Leaflet, all within SAFe-driven teams. His career spans Java, JavaScript, C++, and SQL across industries including gaming, geospatial, finance, and energy, with cloud and container expertise (AWS, Docker, Kubernetes) and devops tooling. A solid problem-solver, Esteban combines SOLID design, RESTful services, and design patterns with practical project leadership and resilience under pressure. He holds a computer science degree from the Universidad de Costa Rica and brings international experience from before relocating to Canada, blending cross-cultural collaboration with hands-on technical depth.
10 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science at Universidad de Costa Rica
Secondary Education, Secondary Education at Colegio Bilingüe San Agustin
English, Spanish, French