Alok Gandhi is a Staff Engineer with 13 years of experience specializing in pipeline architecture and production technology for animated features and VFX. He has led distributed engineering teams and built studio-wide pipelines that powered films such as Wish Dragon, Luck, Spellbound and visual effects for The Mandalorian and Beauty and the Beast. At Skydance and BaseFX he combined hands-on coding with strategic vision—designing APIs, studio apps, and environment configuration systems that give productions ownership and flexibility. Known for mentoring engineers and translating creative requirements into robust, scalable systems, he balances technical rigor with empathy and clear communication. Based in Madrid, he brings a rare mix of deep math/animation training and practical R&D experience across AR/VR and real-time projects, which helps him bridge artist workflows and emerging technologies.
13 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Export Trade, Import Export Trade, Export Trade, Import Export Trade at Indian Institue of Quality Management
3D Animation and Visual Effects, Animation, 3D Animation and Visual Effects, Animation at Vancouver Film School
Business English Certificate3, English Laguage, Business English Certificate3, English Laguage at University of Cambridge
Master of Science, Mathematics, Master of Science, Mathematics at Government Arts and Science College
High School Certificate, Engineering Drawing and Mathematics, High School Certificate, Engineering Drawing and Mathematics at Cambridge School
Programming Using C++, IT, Programming Using C++, IT at National Institute of Information Technology
A python port of the C++ code from the book "Raytracing in One Weekend"
Contributions:5 PRs, 43 pushes, 11 branches in 2 years
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Alok Gandhi - Staff Engineer at Skydance Animation