Anil Unnikrishnan
Head Of Software Engineering at Sauron
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolAnil Unnikrishnan is a seasoned software engineering leader with 14 years of experience, currently heading software engineering at Sauron Systems in San Francisco where he builds Physical AI for the home. He progressed from mobile engineering lead to Head of Software Engineering, bringing deep expertise in real-time graphics, WebRTC streaming, and cross-platform (Web, Android, iOS) experiences honed at Samsung Research America. At Samsung he led 0-to-1 efforts for photorealistic digital humans, creating custom animation formats, Maya/Unreal pipelines, and shader-driven React frontends that bridge research and product. His background spans mobile and immersive systems, from Unity3D/TensorFlow mixed-reality work to iOS leadership and production-grade procedural animations. Known for turning research prototypes into consumer-facing products, he blends hands-on implementation with team leadership and a strong focus on real-time media pipelines. A Carnegie Mellon Entertainment Technology master’s graduate, he pairs creative systems thinking with practical engineering discipline.
14 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
B.Tech Computer Science and Engineering, B.Tech Computer Science and Engineering at Mahatma Gandhi UniversityMaster’s Degree Entertainment Technology, Master’s Degree Entertainment Technology at Carnegie Mellon University
Github Skills (200)
kinesis-video-streams10
api9
amazon-kinesis9
intellisense9
amazon9
gitlab9
easy-install8
flutter-plugin8
sdk8
golang8
game-engine8
cpp8
game-development8
slack-bot8
plugin8
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
CatsNipYummy/catsnipyummy.github.io
May 2018 - Nov 2023
Contributions:19 pushes, 3 branches in 5 years 7 months
CatsNipYummy/Virtual-Scrapbook
Sep 2011 - Jul 2013
Contributions:5 commits in 1 year 10 months
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