Michael Stevenson
Senior Software Engineer at Basenji Interactive
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
👤
Senior🎓
Top SchoolMichael Stevenson is a Senior Software Engineer and founder-turned-studio lead with 15 years building games, VR, and interactive installations from prototype to production. Based in San Francisco, he specializes in Unity-based engines and tooling, shipping content for PC, console, standalone VR, large-format touch walls, and glasses-free AR. He’s led core systems and interaction libraries for Quest titles and designed tactile VR training hardware and synchronized manikin systems for medical simulations. A former stop-motion animator, Michael brings a craft-driven eye to UX and rapid prototyping, routinely turning messy prototypes into production-quality code and maintaining build pipelines and internal tooling. He thrives at the intersection of art and engineering, consistently delivering performant experiences for tight deadlines and unconventional hardware.
14 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Animation, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Animation at San Francisco State University
Stackoverflow
1reputation
0reached
0answers
0questions
Github Skills (33)
build-server10
unity3d10
jupyter-notebook9
roslyn8
ocean8
mouse8
gamepad8
water8
scripting8
keyboard7
shaderlab7
scripting-language7
cg6
post-processing6
shader5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
mstevenson/IESTools
Mar 2013 - Apr 2013
Contributions:20 commits in 16 days
mstevenson/UnityNotebook
Dec 2022 - Jan 2023
Interactive coding in the Unity Editor using Jupyter Notebook files.
Contributions:144 commits, 1 PR, 135 pushes in 25 days
jupyter-notebooknotebooksroslynunityunity3d
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.