Nikola Vasilev
R&D Director & Co-founder at Coherent Labs
Sofia, Sofia-City, Bulgaria
Summary
👤
Senior🎓
Top SchoolNikola Vasilev is an R&D director and co-founder with 13 years of experience building cross-platform graphics and game middleware, currently leading development of next‑gen HTML5 game UI at Coherent Labs. He combines deep expertise in C++, C#, Unity, UE4, DirectX/HLSL and ray tracing with hands‑on experience shipping integrations for major engines and support for consoles like PS4 and Xbox One. His background includes architecting multithreaded DirectX11 renderers, networked physics and latency‑resilient MMO systems, reflecting a rare blend of low‑level graphics, systems engineering and networking. Trained with a Master's in Computer Graphics, he thrives on solving performance‑critical problems and designing tooling that accelerates development across Windows, Linux, macOS and mobile platforms. An unspoken strength is his ability to translate research‑grade math and physics into production‑ready solutions that scale for large, real‑time environments.
13 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master, Computer Graphics, Master, Computer Graphics at Sofia University St. Kliment OhridskiHigh school, Mathematics, High school, Mathematics at Sofia High School of Mathematics St. Paisii Hilendarski
English, Bulgarian
Github Skills (21)
linux10
chakra10
chakracore10
api10
javascript-engine10
cpp10
microsoft9
javascript9
windows9
js9
sdk6
boost2
stl2
chrome-extension1
devtools1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
CoherentLabs/CoherentUI_CryEngine3
Jan 2013 - Apr 2014
Contributions:43 commits, 1 comment in 1 year 2 months
coherentsdk-freesdk
CoherentLabs/CoherentUI_Ogre3D
Nov 2013 - Mar 2014
Contributions:14 commits in 3 months
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.