Sergio Prada

Senior Software Engineer @ Unity Technologies — Engine Support
Montreal, Canada · sergioeprada@hotmail.com

Senior Software Engineer with 9+ years building and supporting real-time 3D software: game engine internals, simulators, VR, and multi-platform applications. Deep expertise in Unity engine architecture, C++ and C#, performance profiling and optimization, memory management, and build pipelines / CI-CD. Trusted technical escalation point for Unity's largest game studios and enterprise customers worldwide, with fixes contributed directly to the Unity engine source and credits in shipped AAA titles.

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Experience

Senior Software Engineer, Engine Support — Unity Technologies

Dec 2020 – Present · Montreal, Canada (relocated by Unity from Colombia)

Expert-level technical support for Unity engine core systems, serving game studios and enterprise clients across industries.

C++C#Unity EngineIL2CPPProfilingBuild SystemsDockerCI/CDGit

Software Developer — CESA (Colegio de Estudios Superiores de Administración)

Jul 2020 – Oct 2020 · Bogotá, Colombia

Unity3DC#

Unity Developer — Toro-Labs

May 2019 – Aug 2020 · Colombia

Unity3DC#WebGLMobile

Software Engineer — M&S Holding Group

Oct 2017 – Mar 2020 · Colombia

Unity3DC#VBS3SQLPhysics Simulation

XR Developer — 3dementes

Aug 2017 – Feb 2018 · Colombia

Unity3DUnreal EngineVRC#

Education & Certifications

C++ Nanodegree

Udacity · Jan 2024 – Jul 2024

Modern C++: memory management, OOP, concurrency, and system design. Projects included an A* route planner, a Linux process monitor, a multithreaded traffic simulation, and a memory-managed chatbot.

CSE167x: Computer Graphics

edX — UC San Diego · Jan 2023 – Mar 2023

3D transformations, viewing/projection, shading, and rendering, implemented in C++ and OpenGL.

Data Analytics Bootcamp (full-time)

Ironhack · Oct 2020 – Dec 2020

Awarded "The Sims & Ironhack" competitive scholarship. Python, SQL, Tableau/Power BI, statistical analysis, and applied machine learning.

Game Development & Entrepreneurship — ELAP Scholarship

University of Ontario Institute of Technology · Jan 2017 – Apr 2017

Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program scholarship. Capstone: a cardiac-auscultation VR training app for medical students (Unity3D, mobile VR).

Unity Certified Developer

Unity Technologies · Nov 2016 – Jan 2017

Government-sponsored professional certification covering scripting, UI, physics, animation, asset management, and cross-platform deployment.

Multimedia Engineering (BSc)

Universidad Militar Nueva Granada · 2012 – 2017

Computer science, digital media, and interactive technologies, with project-based, interdisciplinary work.

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