olexandernelipa
Principal Software Engineer / Senior Unity Developer
Senior Unity Developer with 9 years of professional experience working in the game development industry across big companies, indie teams, and solo projects. Developed mobile and desktop games, CLIs, SDKs, and full-stack applications—ranging from precise, data-driven solutions to experimental artistic projects. Now based in Lisbon, Portugal, creating innovative digital experiences.
Experience: 9 years
Yearly salary: $70,000
Hourly rate: $50
Nationality: 🇺🇦 Ukraine
Residency: 🇵🇹 Portugal
Experience
Principal Software Engineer
ChainSafe Systems 2023 - 2025
Redesigned legacy SDK architecture, making it modular & extendable. Explored & integrated cutting-edge web3 solutions, enhancing SDK capabilities. Developed 6 demo projects to showcase the web3 technologies.
Senior Unity Developer
Whimsy Games 2021 - 2022
Provided accurate development estimates for 20+ client projects, optimizing planning. Advised various departments of the company on Unity development.
Unity Developer
Black Tower Basement 2020 - 2021
Analyzed and refactored a chaotic codebase, brought structure and reason to it. Practiced ECS approach in Unity. Worked in a small indie team of 10 people.
Unity Developer
Plarium 2016 - 2018
Worked in an enterprise environment with a workforce of 500 people. Led development of UI systems for heavily UI-focused games. Practiced MVVM approach. Was one of 7 interns who got the job, out of more than 400 candidates.
Skills
game-dev
english
ukrainian