Adam Fairfield
Principal Software Engineer at Minecraft
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAdam Fairfield is a Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft leading the rendering team for Minecraft, where he architects and maintains RenderDragon and a cross-platform material pipeline that powers Vibrant Visuals and RTX across a dozen platforms. With a decade of experience in graphics, DirectX, HLSL and testing on Windows and Xbox, he blends deep practical engine work with a strong foundation in mathematical and theoretical physics. He originally joined to author advanced effects and shaders and continues to drive cross-API solutions and shipping graphics features at scale. A former undergraduate researcher in non-photorealistic rendering and visual analytics, he brings research-driven creativity to production systems. Colleagues rely on him for difficult rendering problems and for translating graphics theory into performant, cross-platform implementations.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, Software Engineering, Video Game Design, Japanese Language, Alumni, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, Software Engineering, Video Game Design, Japanese Language, Alumni at Arizona State University
Github Skills (8)
minecraft-forge8
forge7
minecraft7
recipe6
plugin5
forestry3
spigot3
fabric2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
lerion13/witchery
Feb 2016 - Mar 2016
Contributions:1 release, 25 commits, 22 pushes in 19 days
lerion13/TwillengForest
Feb 2016 - Apr 2016
Contributions:3 releases, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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