Esmeralda Salamone
Lead Graphics Engineer at Unity Technologies
Greater Seattle Area United States
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Top SchoolEsmeralda Salamone is a Lead Graphics Engineer with a decade of experience building and shipping graphics and shader systems across AAA, indie, research, and academic settings. Based in the Greater Seattle Area, she leads graphics engineering at Unity Technologies and has previously driven systems engineering, tooling, and production improvements at studios like ArenaNet and ProbablyMonsters. Her background as a programming instructor and curriculum author informs a rare blend of deep technical skill, strong mentorship, and cross-disciplinary communication. An active contributor to Unity's high-profile Graphics/ShaderGraph repository, she has improved shader stability, editor usability, and added support for vertex/instance data—work that reveals a focus on developer ergonomics as well as rendering fidelity. Known for autonomy and product ownership, she translates complex pipeline and performance constraints into practical, maintainable solutions.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors, Arts and Technology, 3.97 (summa cum laude), Bachelors, Arts and Technology, 3.97 (summa cum laude) at The University of Texas at Dallas
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Github Skills (14)
hlsl10
csharp10
shadergraph10
dotnet-core10
unity3d10
graphics-programming9
shader9
script8
editorjs8
scripting8
editor8
type-traits6
bit-manipulation6
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Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
Unity-Technologies/Graphics
Jul 2020 - Aug 2022
Unity Graphics - Including Scriptable Render Pipeline
Role in this project:
Software Engineer (Graphics & Shader Development)
Software Engineer (Graphics & Shader Development)Contributions:378 reviews, 72 commits, 172 PRs in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Esmeralda primarily contributed to the Unity Graphics repository by fixing UI elements related to shader graph alpha options, ensuring deterministic subgraph imports, and addressing null exceptions within the shader graph editor. They refactored code, added comments, and made various improvements to ShaderGraph. These changes involved core components and focused on stability and usability within Unity's shader graph system, indicating a focus on shader development and graphics-related tasks. The user also added support for exposing vertex ID, instance ID, and color interpolators.
renderpost-processingpipelinescriptableunity
esmelusina/sfw-AIE-Framework
Oct 2015 - Feb 2016
Contributions:3 releases, 24 commits, 24 pushes in 3 months
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