Summary
Sonat Karan is a Senior Unity Developer with 10 years of experience building games and interactive experiences, currently leading Unity development at Ex Populus in Atlanta. With a Master's in Game Design and a Bachelor's in Software Engineering, he blends gameplay programming, tooling, and UX-focused design to ship titles across mobile, console and WebGL. His background includes hyper-casual prototyping, mid-core sports games, and integrating live services (ads, analytics, AWS)—including a 20% revenue lift from 3D in-game ad work. He’s also explored AR research and built tools like level editors, cross-platform input systems and OBJ importers that speed up production. Known for working end-to-end from prototype to product, Sonat brings a practical focus on user interaction and measurable business impact.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Cihat Kora Anatolian High School
Bachelor's degree, Software Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Software Engineering at Yaşar University
Master's degree, Game Design, Master's degree, Game Design at Bahcesehir University
Turkish, English