Oliver Rosten
Principal Software Engineer at Unity
Greater Brighton and Hove Area United Kingdom
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Top SchoolOliver Rosten is a Principal Software Engineer and former physics researcher with a PhD in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, bringing over a decade of experience building high-performing engineering teams and shipping robust C++ systems. Now at Unity, he combines hands-on expertise in performance-oriented C++ development with leadership roles spanning manager to senior manager, and a pragmatic customer-success perspective. A long-time contributor to the C++ standards (WG21) and member of the British Standards Institution, he has authored multiple papers adopted into C++23 and C++26 and continues to shape the language’s evolution. He is an advocate for rigorous testing and is developing his own ambitious testing framework, demonstrating a commitment to tooling and quality beyond day-to-day product work. Colleagues know him as a mentor who moves comfortably between deep technical design, cross-functional strategy, and teaching, informed by a research-rooted analytical approach.
9 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
MPhys Physics, MPhys Physics at University of OxfordDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Theoretical and Mathematical Physics at University of Southampton
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Github Skills (28)
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llvm9
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android9
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Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
ojrosten/HelloRenderingEngine
Jul 2024 - Jul 2026
Materials for a pedagogical course using modern C++ to build an OpenGL rendering engine
Contributions:3 reviews, 2 PRs, 1316 pushes in 2 years
cppopenglrendering-engine
ojrosten/sequoia
Sep 2018 - Jan 2023
Contributions:3079 commits, 3490 pushes, 22 branches in 4 years 4 months
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