Raanan Weber
Principal Software Engineer - Babylon.js at Microsoft
Berlin, Germany
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Raanan Weber is a Principal Software Engineer with 14 years of experience, currently leading Babylon.js development at Microsoft from Berlin. He blends full-stack engineering and front-end specialization, having maintained and modernized key Babylon.js sites, documentation, and extensions to improve usability, responsiveness, and browser compatibility. His background ranges from CTO and R&D leadership to hands-on consulting and web/mobile development, evidencing strengths in product-driven architecture and shipping reliable demos and build tooling. Notably, he has worked on Let’s Encrypt integrations and offline-serving strategies for the Babylon.js documentation—small infrastructure improvements that materially improved site reliability for a major open-source 3D engine. Educated in applied computer science, he pairs practical entrepreneurial experience with long-term stewardship of developer-facing projects.
14 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
BSc. Applied Computer Science, BSc. Applied Computer Science at University of Applied Science Berlin
English, German, Hebrew
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Github Skills (18)
javascript10
css10
babylonjs10
ui-design10
uid10
front-end-development10
angularjs10
html10
webgl9
pugjs9
pug9
back-end-development8
camera6
collision-detection6
grails6
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
BabylonJS/OldDocumentationSite
Jan 2016 - Sep 2020
Babylon.js documentation page
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 327 commits, 250 PRs in 4 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Raanan primarily focused on updating and maintaining the Babylon.js documentation site. Their contributions included modifying both front-end and back-end components by adding Let's Encrypt endpoint configurations. Additional changes included updating CSS and HTML files and serving jQuery locally to improve the site. The user also addressed merging remote branches and making sure the site has correct URLs and responsiveness.
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BabylonJS/Extensions
Jan 2015 - May 2022
Extensions for Babylon.js
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:7 reviews, 33 commits, 23 PRs in 7 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Raanan primarily contributed to the material editor extensions for Babylon.js. Their work involved initial setup and implementation of various features, including a material editor, handling errors, and managing material uploads, encompassing the loading of materials and textures. They also addressed browser compatibility issues by adjusting the UI elements and implementing a feature for dividing meshes into submeshes.
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