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I'm Oscar Burga

Game Developer & Software Engineer

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Oscar Burga

Game Developer & Software Engineer

Hey, welcome to my little resume & portfolio website.

I am a big computer nerd with special interest in algorithms, computer graphics, and low-level programming. I enjoy a little bit of everything in the world of computers, and if it is considered difficult, I want a shot at it.

I've worked for 4 years as an Unreal Engine game developer, mostly focused on systems, network & UI, with some gameplay programming sprinkled in.

  • From: Lima, Peru.
  • Topics of Interest: Systems development, game engines, networking, concurrency, computer graphics, low-level programming.

My Skills

Skills can't be measured numerically. These are purely for reference.

Programming Languages

C++ (8 years experience)
95%
Python (5 years experience)
85%

Game Engine

Unreal Engine (4 years experience)
90%

Technical Skills

Algorithms and Data Structures
93%
Object-Oriented Programming and related patterns
92%
Computer Graphics & APIs (OpenGL, Vulkan)
85%
Concurrency Patterns
75%
Networking / Online
70%
There is always room for improvement.

Education

Work Experience

  • 2024 - Current
    Senior UI Engineer
    Globant

    Currently working on a pretty cool project that I cannot publicly disclose yet. My responsibilities mostly involve UI development, as well as some network & systems work tied to gameplay.

  • 2023 - 2024
    Mobile Engineer - Fortnite Rocket Racing
    Epic Games (through Globant)

    Collaborated with a team of engineers and tech artists to bring Fortnite: Rocket Racing to the Nintendo Switch & mobile platforms.

    • Implemented touch controls system & mobile UI (lobby & in-game) for the Android, iOS and mobile streaming platforms.
    • Android CPU & GPU profiling and optimizations. Framerate & dynamic resolution thresholds achieved on all target platforms & racing tracks.
    • Across-the-board bugfixing & maintenance for tutorial, casual, competitive and speed run game modes spanning several releases.
  • 2021 - 2023
    Senior Game Programmer (Unreal Engine 4)
    Bamtang Games

    I've collaborated on four different multiplatform projects, fulfilling the roles of both systems and network developer.

  • 2020 - 2021
    Algorithmic Complexity Tutor
    Peruvian University of Applied Sciences (UPC)

    Prepared and taught complementary lessons on algorithms and data structures for groups of up to 30 students of the Algorithmic Complexity course. Materials and resources can be found below:

Some of my work

Projects or cool little things I've done outside of my work experience
GLEngine

OpenGL toy renderer with bindless multidraw, skinning, CSM, and a very creative project name. Click for the github repo + video!
VKEngine

Vulkan toy renderer where I'm trying to implement the same things as in GLEngine. Early WIP, nothing special to show yet.

MrMime2

Human-robot motion imitation using computer vision and analytical geometry (university thesis project). Click for video!
Blockchain CRUD

Basic blockchain implementation for a CRUD application in Go (university project).
Article: Half-plane Intersection

Article on half-plane intersection for the cp-algorithms website. At the time, was the first article in english for this algorithm.
CSES Problemset Solutions

Old practice repository with my solutions to the CSES algorithms problemset.
CPG Intro Workshop (Spanish)

Introductory workshop and classes for my university's competitive programming group.
Distributed Dijkstra

Cool little distributed programming exercise in Go using TCP sockets (university task)

Oscar Burga