Jovanni Cutigni
Principal Software Engineer (Avatar)
California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJovanni Cutigni is a Principal Software Engineer with a decade of experience designing and shipping game engine systems and APIs at Roblox, currently leading Avatar and Digital Matter initiatives that rethink content creation at runtime and edit time. He combines hands-on C++ engine development with technical leadership, having driven major features like EditableMesh and EditableImage and led an x8 physics optimization campaign. Jovanni focuses on simple, future-proof designs that prioritize safety, performance, and developer usability across physics, animation, rendering, and localization. He has a strong track record of turning vision into shipped products while minimizing disruption for developers and enabling new authoring workflows. Based in California, he blends technical depth with practical product instincts and a knack for shipping first-in-class platform capabilities.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at Sierra CollegeSpeech Communication and Rhetoric, Speech Communication and Rhetoric at American River CollegeCal Poly Pomona
English
Github Skills (39)
roblox10
active9
prototyping9
lua8
dump8
script8
roblox-api7
aggregates6
api6
dom6
serialization6
simple-git5
visualization4
highlight4
visualize4
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
Roblox/avatar-evolution
Jun 2019 - Feb 2020
Prototyping the future of games and avatars on Roblox
Contributions:4 releases, 46 commits, 14 pushes in 8 months
luarobloxavatarsgamesprototyping
jovannic/ragdoll
Jan 2020 - Apr 2020
Contributions:70 commits, 25 pushes in 3 months
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