Cesar Saez
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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SeniorCesar Saez is a Lead Software Engineer based in London with 13 years applying C++/Python and Qt to high-performance VFX tools and AI-driven research for studios and tooling vendors. He currently leads a cross-functional team evolving Katana at Foundry, combining hands-on coding, infrastructure improvements, and product-facing work to translate artist workflows into scalable technical solutions. His background spans R&D roles at DNEG, Netflix Animation and Animal Logic, giving him deep domain expertise in look development, lighting and real-time systems. A people-oriented manager and mentor, he balances technical direction with team growth through 1:1s and performance coaching. Trained as a construction engineer in Chile, he brings a systems-thinking mindset to complex pipeline and cross-platform challenges.
13 years of coding experience
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (38)
userscripts10
plugin10
language-server10
blender10
qt9
python9
language-server-protocol9
design-patterns9
neovim9
maya9
nvim8
vim8
idioms8
opengl8
hugo7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
csaez/mauto
Jul 2014 - May 2015
Contributions:46 commits, 2 pushes, 2 comments in 9 months
csaez/ibl_stuff
Jan 2015 - Sep 2016
Contributions:42 commits, 35 pushes in 1 year 8 months
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