About

I’m a gameplay engineer from Bogotá, Colombia. I have worked in Unreal Engine (UE4 and UE5) since 2021, building gameplay systems in C++ and Blueprints: the Gameplay Ability System, multiplayer replication, combat, enemy AI and performance. My background is a degree in Systems Engineering.

Career in games

2025 – present · Indie Level Studio, Senior Gameplay Engineer. Mariachi Legends, a 2D pixel-art Metroidvania launching April 2027: GAS enemy and boss behaviors, interactive objects, CPU/GPU optimization, code reviews.
2023 – 2024 · GAMECAN EU (Estonia), Mid-Level Gameplay Engineer. Contenders Arena, a third-person multiplayer shooter, and Oh Hel No!, a multiplayer resource management game: multiplayer abilities, enemy AI, the studio’s Unreal documentation and repository guidelines.
2021 – 2023 · Teravision Games, Mid-Level Gameplay Engineer. Killer Klowns From Outer Space: The Game, a shipped multiplayer AA: replicated gameplay with GAS, gameplay tools, multiplayer replication bugs.
2021 · ON3D Studios, Junior Gameplay Engineer. A single-player 3D fighting game: core combat mechanics, tools and gameplay abilities.

Skills

Engine: Unreal Engine 4/5, C++, Blueprints, Gameplay Ability System (GAS), Ability Tasks, Animation Montages, Anim Notifies, Enhanced Input, Niagara, UMG, Paper2D, PaperZD.
Multiplayer: network replication, RPCs, client prediction, dedicated servers, Online Subsystem, Epic Online Services (EOS).
Engineering: object-oriented design, memory management, CPU/GPU optimization, code reviews, Unreal Insights.
Tools: Perforce, Git, JIRA, Confluence, Lyra Starter Game, AI-assisted development (Claude, Spec-Driven Development).

Education

Systems Engineer (bachelor’s degree), Universitaria Los Libertadores, Bogotá.
Multiplayer Video Game Development in Unreal Engine (140 h), Arkde, 2020–2021.
Design course (320 h), Cycle Academy, Pärnu, Estonia, 2023–2024.

Languages

Spanish (native) · English (B2, professional working proficiency).