Summary
Dylan Yates is a Senior Software Engineer and Tech Lead with 12 years of experience crafting front-end systems, UI/UX, and editor tooling for Unity-based games. Based in Irvine, CA, he’s led teams and shipped production features at MobilityWare and Zynga, including a custom Unity UI extension (ZGUI) that improved workflow and runtime performance across projects. Comfortable spanning design and engineering, Dylan regularly collaborates with artists and designers to turn creative concepts into polished, playable experiences. He also has experience building internal starter templates and tooling that accelerate new game teams, and a background delivering mobile apps and simulation training tools for enterprise and education.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science with Game Programming and Development Concentration, Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science with Game Programming and Development Concentration at Drexel University