Alexander Travkin

KowiyGames LLC

kowiygames.com

Lead Software Engineer

Craftix is an open-world MMO with terraforming and procedural generation, similar to Minecraft. The product included a Unity client, a real-time game server, backend services, an internal web platform for game management, and analytics and server infrastructure. DAU: 1,500; peak CCU: 200.

• Led the development team: set priorities, assigned areas of responsibility, and took ownership of delivery timelines and implementation quality.
• Set the project’s technical direction: worked with the team on architectural decisions, conducted code reviews and tackled complex engineering challenges.
• Established development processes from estimation and planning through to release; aligned priorities, timelines and dependencies with game designers, artists, QA and management.
• Owned developer hiring and growth: recruited people to meet the project’s needs, set individual development goals and provided regular feedback in one-to-ones and on completed work.
• Developed and maintained internal web platforms and CMS tools using React and TypeScript for game content management and live operations, including configuration, visual settings and in-game event launches.
• Designed the product architecture and interactions between the client, game servers, backend services and web tools.
• Developed the Unity client, real-time game server and backend services; maintained client-server multiplayer networking using ENet.
• Worked on low-level code and maintained a fork of DOTS modules.

Core technologiesReact, React Hooks, Redux Toolkit, TanStack Query, Vite, JavaScript / TypeScript, HTML, CSS, REST API, .NET, ASP.NET Core, C#, Unity, ECS, DOTS, Zenject, LeoECS Lite, ENet, NUnit, WebSockets.

• Craftix: Block & CraftGoogle Play

31 Labs / Space Ball

sidequestvr.com

Software Engineer / Tech Lead

Space Ball is a competitive multiplayer VR game. We built an MVP in two months and launched an open alpha. Over 7,000 users; peak DAU: 300.

• Led the development team from the start of the project; organized work on the MVP and, together with the team, brought it to open alpha in two months.
• Owned the architecture and key technical decisions, combining team leadership with hands-on development of the Unity client, real-time server and backend services.
• Managed development priorities and planning: assigned tasks, tracked progress and coordinated developers, 3D artists and marketing.
• Hired and developed engineers, conducted code reviews, set implementation quality standards and worked with the team on complex technical challenges.
• Built the VR game from scratch, including client functionality, game architecture and integrations with backend services.
• Designed real-time state synchronization between clients.
• Set up Firebase to store and retrieve user and game data.
• Implemented product flows including onboarding, user sessions, multiplayer flows and interactions with core gameplay.
• Defined the roadmap and analyzed user behavior.
• Grew the game community and published the game on the Oculus Store.

Core technologiesC#, .NET, Firebase, REST / API integrations, realtime networking, event-driven architecture, Photon Realtime, ECS, Unity, OpenXR.

• Space BallMeta Quest

Varwin

varwin.com

Lead Software Engineer

Varwin XRMS is a low-code platform for building 3D/VR projects. The product included an Electron/React desktop application (CMS), a Unity client, backend services, a marketplace and a Unity SDK. The platform is used by over 3,000 educational institutions, 24,000 students and 1,500 teachers.

• Led Unity development, taking responsibility for team organization, technical evolution and implementation quality across the platform’s Unity components.
• Made architectural decisions, conducted code reviews and owned performance and memory usage, combining technical leadership with hands-on development.
• Established planning and development processes within the Unity team, assigned responsibilities, and aligned technical decisions, timelines and dependencies with other product teams.
• Owned hiring and professional growth for Unity developers: set development goals, held one-to-ones and provided specific feedback on technical decisions and work outcomes.
• Reduced tool loading times by more than a factor of 3 and cut memory usage in mobile applications by a factor of 2.5 on average.
• Developed and maintained platform interfaces using React, TypeScript and Electron.
• Integrated the frontend with the Unity client and backend services through APIs.
• Developed WebGL applications and web integrations.
• Contributed to backend services written in Go.
• Developed the Unity client, platform tools in C# and VR applications built on Varwin.
• Designed the architecture connecting the frontend, backend and desktop/Unity components.

Core technologiesReact, Electron, Webpack, JavaScript / TypeScript, HTML, CSS, WebGL, Go, REST API, GraphQL, RabbitMQ, Unity, C#, OpenXR, AR Foundation, SteamVR, Oculus SDK, WebSockets.

• Varwin XRMS3D/VR platform

Beauit / Tektosoft

tektosoft.ru

Software Engineer

Custom development of websites, mobile applications, games, AR/VR and interactive experiences. One product, a social media marketing tool, reached 30,000 users with 1,500 DAU.

• Handled the full development cycle, from UI/UX and Photoshop mockups to layout and JavaScript functionality, using jQuery/AJAX, HTML/CSS, SCSS/PostCSS and Jade/Pug.
• Developed a CRM for a marketing platform and social media marketing tools.
• Built a React Native MVP for a freight transportation mobile application.
• Built applications with WPF, Unity and Xamarin, implemented .NET/backend functionality and integrated databases.
• Developed 2D/3D games, interactive presentations and AR/VR applications for iOS, Android and desktop using Unity, Vuforia, OpenCV and face tracking.
• Developed a C# service for parsing Excel files using configurable Regex profiles.

Core technologiesJavaScript, React, React Native, jQuery, AJAX, HTML/CSS, SCSS, PostCSS, Jade/Pug, Grunt/Gulp, C#, .NET, Xamarin, Unity, Vuforia, OpenCV

• Tektosoft (ex. Beauit)Company website

ArPoint

www.arpoint.ru

Unity Developer

Developed and published mobile AR applications using Unity and Vuforia.

• Developed and published AR applications for iOS and Android using Unity and Vuforia.
• Built a Marmoset Skyshop plugin that generated reflection maps from the mobile camera feed and displayed them in AR scenes in real time.
• Modified Vuforia 3 to run AR projects on Windows, Linux and macOS desktops.
• Wrote high-performance surface shaders for mobile devices, including blur and automatic white balance based on camera images.
• Developed an OpenStreetMap plugin for Unity.

Core technologiesUnity3D, C#, Augmented Reality (AR), Vuforia, Marmoset Skyshop, ReSharper, OpenStreetMap.

• ArPointAR and interactive experiences