Chiara Coetzee
Senior Software Engineer at Google
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChiara Coetzee is a senior software engineer in Seattle with 11 years specialising in AR/VR systems, currently at Google after multi-year stints building social VR, XR input APIs, and cross-platform 360 video players. She blends deep Unity C# and native C/C++ expertise with Python-based build, test automation, and codegen, and has driven architecture, cross-team collaboration, mentoring, and hiring at scale. Her background spans research-grade experimentation from a Berkeley PhD context to production VR at Meta and a startup, giving her a rare ability to move concepts from prototypes (including light-field and lens-distortion tools) into shipping products. Outside of core engineering she produced a popular VR YouTube channel with 12K subscribers, demonstrating strong technical communication and community engagement.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at University of California, BerkeleyMaster's Degree Computer Science, Master's Degree Computer Science at Georgia Institute of Technology
English, French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (12)
360-degree9
msoffice9
powerpoint9
c-preprocessor9
egit6
svg6
github6
unity3d6
dijkstra6
java6
saas1
react1
Github contributions (4)
eVRydayVR/Unity360PanoramaCapture
Sep 2015 - Oct 2015
Contributions:7 releases, 31 commits, 1 PR in 1 month
capturingassetstore360-degreereleasedunity
eVRydayVR/ffmpeg-unwarpvr
Sep 2014 - May 2015
Contributions:2 releases, 18 commits, 3 pushes in 7 months
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