Raahul Sankaranarayanan
Research Assistant at Cologne University of Applied Sciences
Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolRaahul Sankaranarayanan is a gameplay and tools programmer with eight years’ experience building Unreal Engine 5 systems in C++ and Python, focused on performant gameplay mechanics, editor utilities, and automated pipelines. He pairs hands-on implementation—shipping player control, interaction loops, and multiplayer/VR ports—with rigorous profiling and documentation so teams can adopt tools without hand-holding. Recent roles include research and teaching-focused work at Abertay and Cologne University of Applied Sciences, plus lead gameplay engineering on the indie title Soukh, demonstrating an ability to move between research, production, and ship-ready delivery. His background in mobile/web game launches at Hammerplay honed pragmatic build and release automation, performance optimization, and integration of services like analytics and localization. Based in Dundee with a UK Graduate Visa through Oct 2026, he’s open to remote or on-site roles across the UK and Europe and maintains a public portfolio and GitHub showcasing his tooling and sample projects.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science Computer Games Technology, Master of Science Computer Games Technology at Abertay UniversityBachelor of Engineering - BE Computer Science Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE Computer Science Engineering at Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering
English, French, Tamil
Github Skills (1)
algorithms7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
Raffiesaurus/CatCruise
Feb 2021 - Apr 2026
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 2 months
Raffiesaurus/DotaDiscBot
Jan 2021 - Apr 2026
A Discord bot that will reply with a time countdown for a dota team's next match, get a list of upcoming/ongoing games as well as display the current dpc table standings.
Contributions:4 PRs, 38 pushes in 5 years 3 months
countdown-timegamesdota2discordongoing
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