Kirill Kostenkov

Lead Unity Software Engineer

About Me

Hi, my name’s Kirill and I’m a lead Unity software engineer. As well as organizing dev teams I also have experience in C# programming and the Unity game engine. I have worked on a number of projects gaining teamwork and leadership skills.

My tech expertise lies in Unity and C#

Language proficiency: English - C1; French - B1; Spanish - B1; Russian - Native

Experience

HOMA games

Lead Unity Developer

March 2024 - Present (Spain)

homagames.com

Active listening is the key

Helped to re-establish a relationship of mutual trust within the team.
Introduced core engineering principles in a gentle, step-by-step manner.

Tripledot Studios

Lead Unity Software Engineer

April 2022 - January 2024 (Spain)

tripledotstudios.com

Scaling up as a manager

Contributed to the company’s rapid growth by introducing scalable processes and maintaining high software development standards.
Helped transform a group of individual contributors into The Team.
Run various technical workshops for the studio.
Established interaction between the studio’s various project teams to share technology and experience.

Helio

Lead developer

December 2019 - March 2022 (Russia)

heliogames.com

Development Teamlead as a choice for the prestige class

Conducted code reviews, interviews, hired programmers and technical artists, created development and technical roadmaps and was responsible for deadlines.

Nival

Senior unity developer

January 2017 - November 2019 (Russia)

nival.com

Leveling up in a real game dev environment.

Made my way from middle to senior C# dev. Supported several existing titles and contributed to couple prototypes that were not released.

iLocked

Unity developer (VR)

May 2016 - November 2016 (Russia)

ilocked.ru

Solo developer of multiplayer VR quest with full immersion. Players in VR helmets and suits interact with physical objects in the real world via Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Perception Neuron (Motion capture suit)

Education

St. Petersburg State University of Engineering and Economics

Bachelor Degree in Human Resources

2005 - 2010

Most of nowadays IT-folk had little to no idea what they are really going to do after their graduation.

During my time at ENGECON I learned most of my key management skills that helped in my career.

Skills

9+ years of Unity, C#, .Net Core, ASP.NET Core
5+ years of leadership
As well as proficiency in Scrum, Git, Jira, team management, mentoring

A Little More About Me

Open-minded, sociable, with a good sense of humour. Alongside my interests in games and software engineering some of my other interests and hobbies are:

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