Vaishvik Nakhashi

Software Engineer

Montreal, Quebec, Canada11 yrs 4 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

9+ years of experience in the gaming industry.
Key contributor to the Iron Man game at EA Motive Studio.
Expert in optimizing game development pipelines.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Game Development Engineer with expertise in performance optimization and procedural systems.

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Skills

Core Skills

Game DevelopmentTechnical ArchitectureSoftware Development

Other Skills

AlgorithmsAnalytical SkillsCC#C++Computer ScienceContent PipelineData StructuresGame EnginesGame State Analysis ToolGameplay OptimizationsHuman Computer InteractionImprovisationLeadershipMentoring

About

I believe that innovation and discovery are backed by curiosity, determination, and positive collaboration. A humble team unlocked by the right toolset and support can achieve anything and I am grateful to be surrounded and supported by so many talented people around me to deliver some of the best digital experiences on the planet. With 9+ years of experience in the gaming industry, I am currently working on an Iron Man game at EA Motive Studio as Engine Programmer. Passion and collaboration are the keys to delivering the best experiences and I always look forward to connecting and working with like-minded people. Feel free to contact me if you see any convergence in ideology and interests :)

Experience

11 yrs 4 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 9 mos

Average Tenure

4 yrs 6 mos

Current Experience

Motive studio

System Software Engineer

Dec 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 6 mos · Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Untitled Single-Player, Action-Adventure Iron Man Game
Key contributor for the procedural world-building pipeline in Unreal Engine 5
Key contributor for defining technical architecture and user workflow for procedural systems
Responsible for scalability and performance of the pipeline and runtime performance of generated content
Define UX for designers and tech artists for Editor workflow

Unreal EngineTechnical ArchitectureProcedural SystemsUX DesignGame Development

Electronic arts (ea)

2 roles

Software Engineer II

Promoted

Jun 2019 – Dec 2021 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

Need For Speed : No Limits
Set up a new content pipeline for the Mod shop for cars that includes equip-able visual parts, wraps, paints, body kits, wheels. Worked with Designers, Artists, Product Managers, Producers, Engineering Managers and QA Teams
Enhanced the pipeline to allow players play with much diverse and data-driven visual combinations without having to take a hit on performance with up to ~20x content
Workflow Optimization to help artists and designers to make content faster. Improvement in iterations by ~10x
Load time Optimizations by ~15%
Implemented Wwise audio engine support for the game. Supported audio designer to drive data driven RTPCs for car sounds and gameplay events
Enhanced content outsourcing pipeline for faster workflow to get new cars implemented in the game faster. Improvement in iterations by ~5x
Bejeweled Blitz
Developed a proprietary algorithm to measure and change difficulty at runtime for Match-3 Games. (To be used for automated content pipeline.)
Implementation from ideation to delivery : Quests | Tournaments | In-Game Notifications | Inventory | In-Game Store | Limited Time Offers | Daily Spins | Pre-Game Resource Loadout
Work with multiple disciplines (Art, Design, PM, Audio, Tech-Art, Production) frequently to find better ways to solve problems at hand
Contribute in product roadmap planning through suggestions and experimentations

Content PipelinePerformance OptimizationWwise Audio EngineWorkflow OptimizationGame DevelopmentSoftware Development

Software Engineer

Dec 2016 – May 2019 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

Ubisoft

2 roles

Junior Programmer

Apr 2015 – Aug 2016 · 1 yr 4 mos · Pune Area, India

Just Dance 2017 (PS4, Xbox One, Wii, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii)
Overhauled the pipeline for Scoring System to be used in Just Dance 2017 and later versions
Implemented scoring algorithm on the Proprietary tool to simulate behaviour for PS4, Xbox One and WiiU (each platform used different tweaks based on hardware capabilities)
This brought down implementation, testing and iteration time for designers and professional dancers from an hour to a few milliseconds (~36000x)
Grow Home (PS4)
PS4 Port for the open world game in 3 months
Drove Optimizations to achieve almost constant 30 FPS from 5 FPS initially
Developed a technique particularly to handle nearby AI behaviours and their interactions with each other
Scene loading optimizations for faster transitions
Added support for vibrations for DualShock-4
Added game side support for Save System with Playstation compliance support
Contributed to implement Trophies and Achievements for PS4 for gameplay-specific scenarios
Grow Up! (PC, PS4, Xbox One)
Contributed to co-development to release the game on PC
Port on PS4 and Xbox One
Gameplay Optimizations for AI behaviours, Audio, UI
Enhanced support for vibrations for Dualshock 4
Contributed to implement Trophies and Achievements for PS4 and Xbox One for gameplay-specific scenarios

Scoring AlgorithmPipeline OverhaulGameplay OptimizationsGame DevelopmentSoftware Development

Intern Programmer

Aug 2014 – Mar 2015 · 7 mos · Pune Area, India

Just Dance 2016 (PS4, XBox One, Wii, PS3, XBox 360, Wii)
Connected Profiling Tool support for Previous Gen Consoles (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii) that uses sockets and shares tag specific profiling
Connected Game State Analysis tool support for Previous Gen Consoles (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii) that uses sockets to connect to the engine and shows a Visual State-Graph
Maintenance and incremental changes for UbiArt Framework

Profiling Tool SupportGame State Analysis ToolGame Development