Nicholas Ferrar
C Library Engineer at Unreal Sydney
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Top SchoolNicholas Ferrar is a C library and C++ engineer with 11 years of experience building realtime and XR systems, currently contributing to mod.io and organising the Unreal Sydney community. He blends deep hands‑on engine work—authoring C++ modules, plugins and XR templates—with operational responsibilities like CI/CD, Perforce/Jenkins administration and deployment automation. Nicholas has led Reality Labs and studio teams to translate client needs into scalable VR/AR toolsets and has taught Unreal Engine courses at TAFE NSW, demonstrating both technical depth and an aptitude for education. He co-founded Company of Unicorns and has repeatedly shipped production VR experiences and developer-facing toolchains, showing a rare mix of product, consultancy and technical leadership. An often overlooked strength is his community-building: running meetups and creating educational offerings that connect industry practitioners, students and hobbyists across Sydney.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Full Stack Web Development Certification, Computer Software Engineering, Full Stack Web Development Certification, Computer Software Engineering at Free Code CampMaster of Arts (MA), Visual Effects, HD, Master of Arts (MA), Visual Effects, HD at Charles Sturt University
English
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Github Skills (4)
dmp6
batchfile6
windows6
oracle6
Github contributions (5)
nFerrar/Iter
Apr 2015 - Dec 2015
Contributions:76 commits, 75 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
nFerrar/HandyThings
Nov 2020 - Jul 2021
Contributions:6 releases, 13 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
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