Simon Haegler
Principal Software Developer at Esri R&D Center Zurich
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Top SchoolSimon Haegler is a Principal Software Developer with 13+ years of experience specializing in procedural 3D modeling and computer graphics, currently shaping CityEngine and VFX pipeline tooling at Esri R&D Center Zurich. With a foundation in electrical engineering (MSc, ETH Zürich) and early hardware work (PCB, microcontrollers, FPGA), he brings rare cross-domain fluency between low-level systems and high-level graphics software. His expertise spans C++ architecture, rendering, game engines, 3D data exchange, and Linux-based DevOps, applied to digital set building for film and games. Simon’s background includes a PhD-era research focus on large-scale procedural modeling and a hands-on R&D stint integrating CityEngine into Weta Digital’s asset systems—evidence of his ability to translate cutting-edge research into production VFX pipelines.
13 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Matura, Mathematics, Matura, Mathematics at Gymnasium LiestalMSc, Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, MSc, Electrical Engineering and Information Technology at ETH Zürich
English, German
Github Skills (89)
python10
mel10
grasshopper10
cmake10
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maya10
cpp10
houdini10
sdf10
operating-system10
unix10
encoder10
architecture10
puma10
linux10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
mistafunk/USD
Mar 2020 - Dec 2024
Universal Scene Description
Contributions:37 pushes, 6 branches in 4 years 9 months
universal-scene-descriptionscene
mistafunk/prust
Dec 2022 - Mar 2025
Rust bindings for the Procedural Runtime API of ArcGIS CityEngine
Contributions:6 PRs, 21 pushes, 8 branches in 2 years 3 months
apiarcgis-cityenginearcgisrustprocedural
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