Paul Starke
Research Engineer at Meta
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolPaul Starke is a Research Engineer specializing in data-driven motion synthesis and AI-driven character animation, currently working at Meta in Zurich with nine years of experience across industry and research. He has bridged academic rigor from an MS in Informatics with hands-on ML and animation engineering roles at Meta, Kinetix, and Electronic Arts, shipping research-informed systems for character motion. Paul combines deep knowledge of machine learning with practical production experience, moving models from prototypes to game- and product-ready pipelines. His career demonstrates a pattern of returning to and scaling work at Meta, suggesting strong domain expertise and impact in interactive animation. Notably, he blends research curiosity with product sensibility—optimizing both model performance and real-time constraints for animation systems.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Informatics, Master of Science - MS Informatics at University of HamburgBachelor of Science - BS Informatics, Bachelor of Science - BS Informatics at Leipzig UniversityBachelor of Science - BS Informatics, Bachelor of Science - BS Informatics at Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Dresden
English, German
Github Skills (9)
unity3d10
motion-capture10
animation8
trend7
artificial-intelligence6
serve5
game-development3
game-engine2
opengl2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
paulstarke/AnimationAuthoring
Oct 2020 - May 2022
Contributions:4 commits, 8 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 6 months
pauzii/AI4Animation
Oct 2020 - Nov 2021
Bringing Characters to Life with Computer Brains in Unity
Contributions:27 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 1 month
unity3dunitybringinglife
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