Markus Prettner
Senior Rendering Algorithm Engineer at Huawei
Graz, Styria, Austria
Summary
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Top SchoolMarkus Prettner is a Senior Rendering Algorithm Engineer with three years of professional experience applying research-grade computer graphics to real-time, cloud-focused rendering. Based in Graz, Austria, he has advanced Vulkan ray tracing capabilities and shader features in the high-profile Open 3D Engine, adding support for ray queries, shader int64 atomics, indirect ray tracing commands and improved debug tooling. His background spans industry and academia—from teaching real-time graphics at TU Graz to shipping rendering systems at Huawei and pragmatic C# automation work at Siemens—giving him a rare blend of research insight and production discipline. Colleagues describe him as detail-oriented and pragmatic, often catching subtle shader and pipeline issues before they reach production.
3 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at Technische Universität Graz
German, English
Github Skills (10)
raytracing10
vulkan10
c-language10
3d-graphics10
game-development10
cprogramming-language10
game-engine10
game-dev10
debug9
debugging9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
o3de/o3de
Nov 2022 - Nov 2022
Open 3D Engine (O3DE) is an Apache 2.0-licensed multi-platform 3D engine that enables developers and content creators to build AAA games, cinema-quality 3D worlds, and high-fidelity simulations without any fees or commercial obligations.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Graphics Engine Programmer
Back-end Developer & Graphics Engine ProgrammerContributions:62 reviews, 1 commit, 73 PRs in 1 day
Contributions summary:Markus contributed significantly to the O3DE (Open 3D Engine) project by implementing and enabling new Vulkan features related to ray tracing and shader capabilities. They focused on the implementation of the Vulkan device features to enable ray query and shader int64 atomics. Furthermore, the user addressed multiple warnings in shader files across the project and added support for indirect ray tracing commands and other graphics-related features and optimizations. They also worked on improving the ray tracing debug features of the engine.
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mprettner-huawei/o3de
Sep 2022 - Mar 2025
Open 3D Engine (O3DE) is an Apache 2.0-licensed multi-platform 3D engine that enables developers and content creators to build AAA games, cinema-quality 3D worlds, and high-fidelity simulations without any fees or commercial obligations.
Contributions:169 pushes, 83 branches in 2 years 6 months
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