Soren Nielsen
Technical Director, The Initiative, Xbox Game Studios
Los Angeles, California, United States
Summary
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SeniorSoren Nielsen is a veteran technical director and game-engine expert with over two decades of experience leading cross-platform AAA and VR projects from prototype to release. Currently Technical Director at The Initiative (Xbox Game Studios), he previously built and led teams at Microsoft responsible for Mixed Reality tooling, Minecraft VR support, and the open-source Mixed Reality Extension SDK. He combines deep low-level engine knowledge—writing performant multithreaded systems and platform ports—with product-focused leadership that spans client, services, and live-op reliability. Notably, he has a history of shipping console, PC, and VR titles and even authored early voxel and assembly-optimized engines, reflecting rare hands-on expertise alongside senior direction. Based in Los Angeles, Soren blends architectural rigor with a knack for founding and scaling engineering teams that bridge cutting-edge experiences and broad player compatibility.
8 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
English
Github Skills (28)
gltf10
typescript10
user-generated-content10
sdk10
nodejs9
unity3d9
ugc9
microsoft8
electron7
vscode-extension7
vscode7
editor7
visual-studio6
visual-studio-code6
leveldb4
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
SorenHannibal/mixed-reality-extension-sdk
Jul 2019 - Sep 2019
The Mixed Reality Extension SDK enables developers to build 3D world extensions for AltspaceVR, using Node.JS.
Contributions:3 pushes in 1 month
3d-worldrealitynode-jssdkaltspacevr
microsoft/mixed-reality-extension-sdk-samples
Dec 2018 - Jul 2019
Sample code for the Mixed Reality Extension SDK (https://github.com/Microsoft/mixed-reality-extension-sdk)
Contributions:48 commits, 10 PRs, 35 pushes in 7 months
realitysdkaltspacevrmicrosofttypescript
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