Roland Kindermann
Manager, Graphics Engineering at Unity
Cologne Bonn Region Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolRoland Kindermann is a graphics engineering leader with a PhD in computer science and over a decade of experience across research, mobile, and console game development, now managing Graphics Engineering at Unity. He progressed from graphics programmer to technical director at Ubisoft RedLynx before joining Unity, where he led graphics teams and shipped improvements to the Universal Render Pipeline. Roland combines deep academic rigor with hands-on systems work—fixing rendering discrepancies, optimizing MSAA and depth handling, and re-enabling critical graphics tests in the widely used Unity Graphics repo. Based in the Cologne/Bonn region, he’s known for bridging research-grade solutions and production constraints, improving both visual fidelity and runtime performance.
5 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science at Aalto UniversityDiplom-Informatiker (~MSc) Computer Science, Diplom-Informatiker (~MSc) Computer Science at The University of Bonn
English, German, Finnish, French
Github Skills (14)
pip10
shader10
render10
pipe10
urp10
unity3d10
csharp9
dotnet-core9
rendering9
2d9
opengl-es9
optimization8
optimisation8
optmization8
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (4)
Unity-Technologies/Graphics
Oct 2020 - Jul 2021
Unity Graphics - Including Scriptable Render Pipeline
Role in this project:
Software Engineer (Graphics)
Software Engineer (Graphics)Contributions:9 reviews, 8 commits, 15 PRs in 8 months
Contributions summary:Roland primarily focused on fixing and improving graphics-related issues within the Unity Graphics repository, specifically targeting the Universal Render Pipeline (URP). Their contributions included resolving rendering discrepancies, addressing potential depth buffer corruption issues in 2D rendering, and optimizing performance. They implemented MSAA store actions, enhanced the 2D rendering pipeline for back-buffer rendering, and re-enabled graphics tests.
graphic
dmitrykolesnikovich/Graphics
Oct 2020 - Dec 2020
Unity Graphics - Including Scriptable Render Pipeline
Contributions:4 commits in 1 month
graphic
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