Antti Hirvonen
Principal Software Architect Engineer at Varjo
Helsinki, Finland
Summary
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Top SchoolAntti Hirvonen is a Principal Software Architect Engineer based in Helsinki with 14 years of experience specializing in real-time rendering, XR systems, and Windows systems-level programming. He has led and shipped visual subsystems and SDKs for Varjo headsets and played a pivotal role in 3DMark graphics benchmarks, blending hands-on graphics coding with cross-team architectural leadership. Known for cleaning large legacy codebases and documenting system architecture, he excels at rapidly understanding complex domains and turning technical vision into practical plans. Proficient in C++, C, Python and graphics APIs (DX11/12, Vulkan) he combines deep GPU and colorimetry knowledge with strong communication skills to align hardware and software teams. A continuous improver and collaborative leader, he brings both product-focused pragmatism and research-grade graphics expertise to high-impact XR and benchmarking projects.
14 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Communication and Media Studies, Master’s Degree, Communication and Media Studies at Aalto UniversityHigh School, High School at Joensuun Yhteiskoulun LukioApprobatur degree, Computer Science, Approbatur degree, Computer Science at Joensuun yliopisto
English, Finnish, Swedish
Github Skills (29)
inline9
gnu9
rocket7
python7
demoscene7
version-control6
css6
git-addons6
tastypie6
libgit26
javascript6
versioning5
git-lfs5
git4
harness4
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
anttihirvonen/dotfiles
Jan 2012 - Apr 2017
Contributions:97 commits, 4 pushes in 5 years 4 months
DOTAalto/graffathon
Apr 2014 - Jul 2014
Contributions:156 commits in 2 months
reactcomputer-graphicsdemoscenegraphics
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