Summary
Faysal Sharif is a Staff Software Engineer specializing in XR, AR/VR, and machine learning with 12 years of experience building production systems across enterprise and entertainment domains. He has driven platform and product development at Dolby, Unity, and PTC, integrating cutting-edge tech like NeRFs and OpenAI tools into scalable visualization and digital twin solutions. Faysal pairs hands-on engineering with product leadership—shipping real-time virtual production tooling used on major motion picture projects and a chaotic four-player party game at Cloudy Games. Comfortable in cloud and CI/CD environments from enterprise oil & gas to gaming, he translates customer needs into deployable SaaS and AR experiences. Based in Greater Houston, he blends academic CS foundation with a knack for bridging research-forward features into practical, customer-facing products.
12 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science at University of Houston
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at William B. Travis High School
English, Bengali, Spanish