Hi, I’m Steven Zhang, a game programmer with 7+ years of experience shipping titles across PC, consoles, and mobile. I shipped the cozy MMO Palia on PC and Switch while at Singularity 6, and I worked on three mobile games plus a fitness VR title. I excel at rapid prototyping and am proficient in creating vertical slices of gameplay using Unreal's Gameplay Ability Sytem and Enhanced Input. I have extensive experience working on P2P networked multiplayer games as well as console games. I have no problem working with other artists, sound designers, and programmers, as I will always try to integrate them into the process and have them as involved in the code as possible via designer friendly blueprints that expose the custom c++ code I write. I love hearing about different projects, so don't hesitate to reach out! I look forward to chatting with you and hopefully working with you in the future.

Steven Zhang

Hi, I’m Steven Zhang, a game programmer with 7+ years of experience shipping titles across PC, consoles, and mobile. I shipped the cozy MMO Palia on PC and Switch while at Singularity 6, and I worked on three mobile games plus a fitness VR title. I excel at rapid prototyping and am proficient in creating vertical slices of gameplay using Unreal's Gameplay Ability Sytem and Enhanced Input. I have extensive experience working on P2P networked multiplayer games as well as console games. I have no problem working with other artists, sound designers, and programmers, as I will always try to integrate them into the process and have them as involved in the code as possible via designer friendly blueprints that expose the custom c++ code I write. I love hearing about different projects, so don't hesitate to reach out! I look forward to chatting with you and hopefully working with you in the future.

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Hi, I’m Steven Zhang, a game programmer with 7+ years of experience shipping titles across PC, consoles, and mobile. I shipped the cozy MMO Palia on PC and Switch while at Singularity 6, and I worked on three mobile games plus a fitness VR title.

I excel at rapid prototyping and am proficient in creating vertical slices of gameplay using Unreal’s Gameplay Ability Sytem and Enhanced Input. I have extensive experience working on P2P networked multiplayer games as well as console games. I have no problem working with other artists, sound designers, and programmers, as I will always try to integrate them into the process and have them as involved in the code as possible via designer friendly blueprints that expose the custom c++ code I write.

I love hearing about different projects, so don’t hesitate to reach out! I look forward to chatting with you and hopefully working with you in the future.

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Language

English
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Work Experience

Game Developer at Singularity 6
June 1, 2022 - April 1, 2024
Worked with UI/UX designers to create UI/UMG widgets for social, community, and chat features; collaborated with backend engineers to implement async client calls to backend services; leveraged Unreal Insights to reduce bottlenecks in character portrait loading; led efforts to automate testing in Unreal for stable content rollouts to our live-service game.
Tech Lead at YUR Fit
January 1, 2022 - May 1, 2022
Led a team of eight programmers, designers, and artists to create a game that was accepted by Meta; proactively leveled up Blueprint skills to serve as tech lead; optimized project settings to perform well on Quest 2.
Independent Game Developer at Dmangames LLC
February 1, 2017 - December 1, 2022
Developed three arcade-style mobile games using Unity; created Dear Mr. Fly, a story-driven indie game that launched on itch.io.
Implementation Consultant at Fast Enterprises
January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2017
Wrote Visual Basic code powering tax software for the California Board of Equalization.

Education

Bachelor of Computer Science; Bachelor of Economics at University of Texas, Austin
January 1, 2016 - February 7, 2026

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Gaming, Media & Entertainment, Professional Services