Summary
Noah Kagan is a Principal Software Engineer with 15 years of experience building robust, production-grade systems spanning back-end services, IDEs, and front-end user interfaces. Currently at NVIDIA after leading Omniverse runtime work, he brings deep expertise in C/C++, Java, Python, Qt, and parallel programming to architect modular, secure solutions that anticipate change. His career includes senior roles at Infinity Ward and Walt Disney Animation Studios, where he applied parallel and real-time systems techniques to demanding graphics and animation pipelines. Noah is passionate about rapid prototyping and debugging, often favoring designs that simplify future extension and maintenance. Based in California, he combines hands-on coding with systems-level thinking and an unusual background in computational cardiac modeling and supercomputer-optimized parallel programs from his UCLA research.
15 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, Los Angeles