Piotr Barejko
Director Of Software Engineering at NVIDIA
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Top SchoolPiotr Barejko is a Director of Software Engineering at NVIDIA with a decade of experience building high-performance tools for visual effects and gaming. He progressed from hands-on FX technical roles and tool development in studios like Method Studios and Image Engine to leadership positions at NVIDIA, blending deep C++/Python systems expertise with pipeline and rendering knowledge (Houdini, USD, VEX, HDK). Piotr contributes to open-source infrastructure—most notably enhancing the widely used rez package manager with GCC-version support and ninja integration—showing attention to build systems and developer experience. He is comfortable profiling and optimizing Linux C++ workflows and has a track record of shipping production-ready plugins and render-time geometry tools. Based in Vancouver, he pairs technical craftsmanship with team leadership, driving scalable tooling for complex graphics pipelines. An interesting through-line: he consistently moves between low-level performance work and higher-level pipeline integration, making him effective at both optimization and product-level engineering decisions.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), 3D Game Porgramming, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), 3D Game Porgramming at Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology
English, Polish
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (11)
build-system10
python10
package-management10
gcc9
multiplatform8
smart-pointers6
dictionary6
segmentation-fault6
pointer6
cross-language6
pybind116
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez
Aug 2019 - Aug 2020
An integrated package configuration, build and deployment system for software
Role in this project:
Backend Engineer
Backend EngineerContributions:6 commits, 1 PR, 2 comments in 1 year
Contributions summary:Piotr primarily contributed to the `rez` package configuration and build system. Their commits focused on enhancing the GCC binding, including adding support for different GCC versions and a system variant. They also addressed minor issues, such as fixing a changelog reference error and adding more verbose output to the release process, demonstrating a focus on improving the tool's functionality and user experience. Furthermore, the user integrated ninja support, extending the system's flexibility.
configurationintegratedresolved-environmentsenvironment-configurationrez
tangent-opensource/hdBlackbird
Feb 2021 - Aug 2021
Blackbird Hydra Delegate
Contributions:1 release, 78 reviews, 486 commits in 6 months
blackbirdhydradelegate
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