Alessandro Profenna
Gameplay Programmer at Digital Extremes
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolAlessandro Profenna is a gameplay programmer with a decade of experience building player-facing systems across AAA studios and indie projects, currently contributing to Warframe at Digital Extremes. He combines strong C++ and C# expertise with practical experience in engines and tools—Snowdrop, Unity, Perforce and gRPC—to deliver modular, data-driven gameplay and automated tooling. His background spans core 3C mechanics, camera systems, AR/VR, graphics, networking and test automation, plus two iOS games on the App Store and a portfolio of solo and team projects. A double STEM graduate with advanced game programming training, he pairs rigorous CS and math foundations with architecture-minded problem solving honed at Ubisoft, Activision and IBM. Notably, he has led refactors to improve prototyping speed and flexibility, bringing engineering discipline to rapid gameplay iteration.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Graduate Certificate, Game Development - Advanced Programming, Graduate Certificate, Game Development - Advanced Programming at Sheridan CollegeBachelor of Architectural Science (BArchSc), Architecture, 3.69 / 4.33 CGPA, Bachelor of Architectural Science (BArchSc), Architecture, 3.69 / 4.33 CGPA at Toronto Metropolitan University
EnglishProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
AlessandroPro/ArchitectureInteraction_VR_Thesis
Feb 2019 - Jan 2020
Contributions:29 commits in 11 months
AlessandroPro/GauntletLevelEditor
Dec 2019 - Jan 2020
Contributions:16 commits, 4 pushes, 3 branches in 1 month
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