MagedFarid

Senior Unity Developer

Phly LLC

05/2021 – Present Remote

Drove client-side architecture, performance optimization, and scalable UI development for a live social media platform built with Unity, delivering 100+ features, improvements, and system enhancements throughout its lifecycle.

• Developed high-performance caching pipelines and multi-threaded native texture loading (iOS/Android) using Unity plugins, significantly improving media load performance and eliminating runtime stuttering
• Built a custom recyclable scroll system to support UI lists exceeding 10,000+ items, optimizing memory usage and responsiveness
• Designed and implemented an abstraction layer for multiple mapping SDKs (Mapbox, WRLD, Online Maps), significantly reducing integration and migration efforts
• Developed a Unity plugin integrating a Swift RTMP library to enable native iOS live streaming in Unity
• Implemented full Arabic localization support, including robust RTL layout handling across the entire application

Lead Game Developer

MAU Games

03/2023 – 03/2024 Remote

Led a 5-member engineering team using scrum to modernize iBaloot, a live multiplayer game with 10,000+ monthly active users, eliminating 8+ years of technical debt while maintaining uninterrupted live service operations.

• Drove a large-scale refactor of ~70% of the codebase, introducing dependency injection and event-driven architecture to improve scalability and maintainability
• Rebuilt the game's entire UI systems, delivering a modern interface across multiple device sizes, ensuring visual consistency and adaptive layouts
• Developed tooling integrating Unity Addressables to enable dynamic delivery of new game assets, eliminating the need for full client updates
• Refactored in-app purchase systems to comply with updated platform APIs, improving the reliability of the system and reducing the amount of support tickets by 75%
• Developed and integrated a playable ad using the Playworks plugin, which increased player acquisition by 15%

Lead Game Developer

Streaming Creativity

08/2017 – 02/2021 Cairo, Egypt

Led a team of 5 developers building the new version of Cerberus, driving technical architecture decisions, team scaling, and process improvements. Introduced tools and development practices that improved prototyping speed, scalability, and production efficiency.

• Designed and implemented a scalable game architecture using Entity Component System, SOLID principles, and a data-driven design, ensuring modularity, maintainability, and scalability across the codebase
• Engineered the backend infrastructure using GameSparks, JavaScript, and MongoDB, including scalable database design and serialization pipelines for large player datasets
• Implemented foundational gameplay systems, including a map tiling and streaming engine with data hosted on AWS S3 buckets, road and traffic simulation, player progression, and fog of war
• Developed custom Unity editor tools and Scriptable Objects data systems that enabled game designers to adjust, test, and balance gameplay parameters in real time, significantly improving iteration speed and workflow efficiency
• Developed automated geospatial data pipelines using Python and QGIS, reducing the time to integrate new maps into the game by 90%
• Managed multi-platform deployment across iOS, Android, macOS, Linux, and Windows, integrating CI/CD pipelines to automate builds, testing, and delivery
• Established Git-based workflows, improving collaboration, traceability, and code reliability

Senior Game Developer

Streaming Creativity

08/2015 – 08/2017 Cairo, Egypt

Expanded from individual contributor to technical leader, driving architecture decisions, mentoring junior developers, and delivering complex games, AR/VR experiences, and interactive applications across multiple platforms.

• Led development of the next-generation Unity prototype of Cerberus, driving core gameplay implementation and technical direction, which led to securing funds from the European Space Agency for the development of a fully featured game
• Architected and implemented major systems for the in-house Unity title The Archipels, including core gameplay, player progression, UI, AI, animation, and performance optimizations
• Supervised delivery of 20+ interactive mini games for client marketing campaigns, guiding junior developers and ensuring quality, timeline adherence, and successful vendor delivery
• Developed 3 VR experiences using Unity, Samsung Gear VR, and Oculus SDK
• Developed 2 hardware-integrated interactive games combining Arduino systems with Unity
• Developed a computer vision application using OpenCV and Unity featuring real-time face detection functionality similar to Snapchat-style filters

Junior Game Developer

Streaming Creativity

08/2013 – 08/2015 Cairo, Egypt

Key developer on the studio’s flagship title while delivering interactive experiences for global brands across mobile and web, with a focus on rapid prototyping and cross-platform development.

• Supported the development of the studio's flagship title Cerberus, which was built in Adobe Flash, helping secure funding for the development of its next-generation successor
• Developed 20+ interactive mini games using Unity and Adobe Flash for global brands including Philip Morris International (PMI), Philips, Orange, and Heineken, supporting marketing activations and increasing engagement and brand visibility
• Developed an iOS application (Smart Dog) using Xcode and Objective-C
• Developed a web-based endless runner game using the Panda3D engine

Full-Stack Developer

Howler

06/2014 – 12/2015 Remote

Full-stack developer delivering the full development of a mobile application spanning frontend, backend, and web systems.

• Developed native Android and iOS applications using platform-specific technologies (Java/Android Studio and Objective-C/Xcode) to deliver optimized performance, platform-consistent user experiences, and access to native device capabilities
• Designed and developed backend systems and REST API endpoints using PHP, MySQL, and WordPress
• Designed the application's UI/UX and user workflows
• Delivered the full product lifecycle independently, from concept and implementation through deployment and support

Junior Software Developer

e-Business Solutions Enabling Group

09/2011 – 01/2012 Cairo, Egypt

Early role developing an iOS financial application within a small Agile team.

• Quickly ramped up on the MonoDevelop/Xamarin ecosystem and began delivering production code within the first month
• Implemented 5+ live financial dashboard widgets consuming real-time backend data using MonoDevelop, Xamarin SDK, and C#
• Integrated application functionality with backend services using XML and Visual Basic