Pavel Zinov
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Sergei Zenkin
Pavel is a great leader, experienced developer and very passionate gamer, well versed in the game industry. He is perfectly able to organize the execution of tech tasks - with good final quality and transparent timings. Moreover, he has a clear vision of the product and always seeks to understand the big picture. In his team of developers, Pavel demonstrated excellent project manager skills, like planning, task management and time tracking, especially when it goes to an understanding of the related departments pipelines. He also well versed in game design, which not only simplified work and communications, but also helped to create more creative and high-quality features. Pavel is the champion of his tech-team, he is always looking for ways to increase involvement and job satisfaction for his developers. Even in the most difficult times, he radiates an aura of optimism and confidence, always having a plan how to move project & team to the next steps.
Anya Zielińska
I worked with Pavel closely on the same project and I remember this time as one the most productive and funny periods in my life, and Pavel was among main reasons why I appreciate this experience a lot. Pavel is great team lead and highly experienced programmer with pure passion for games. He understands needs of both team and project and is always able to find perfect balance there. You can be 100% sure that all tasks assigned to Pavel, no matter how difficult or tricky they are, will be fulfilled on time and on scope. I also cannot help mentioning Pavel’s ability to pay attention to all aspects of the project and see opportunities for improvement. I think that Pavel would be valuable teammate in any company who can make great contribution as professional.
Sergei Zenkin
Pavel is a great leader, experienced developer and very passionate gamer, well versed in the game industry. He is perfectly able to organize the execution of tech tasks - with good final quality and transparent timings. Moreover, he has a clear vision of the product and always seeks to understand the big picture. In his team of developers, Pavel demonstrated excellent project manager skills, like planning, task management and time tracking, especially when it goes to an understanding of the related departments pipelines. He also well versed in game design, which not only simplified work and communications, but also helped to create more creative and high-quality features. Pavel is the champion of his tech-team, he is always looking for ways to increase involvement and job satisfaction for his developers. Even in the most difficult times, he radiates an aura of optimism and confidence, always having a plan how to move project & team to the next steps.
Anya Zielińska
I worked with Pavel closely on the same project and I remember this time as one the most productive and funny periods in my life, and Pavel was among main reasons why I appreciate this experience a lot. Pavel is great team lead and highly experienced programmer with pure passion for games. He understands needs of both team and project and is always able to find perfect balance there. You can be 100% sure that all tasks assigned to Pavel, no matter how difficult or tricky they are, will be fulfilled on time and on scope. I also cannot help mentioning Pavel’s ability to pay attention to all aspects of the project and see opportunities for improvement. I think that Pavel would be valuable teammate in any company who can make great contribution as professional.
Sergei Zenkin
Pavel is a great leader, experienced developer and very passionate gamer, well versed in the game industry. He is perfectly able to organize the execution of tech tasks - with good final quality and transparent timings. Moreover, he has a clear vision of the product and always seeks to understand the big picture. In his team of developers, Pavel demonstrated excellent project manager skills, like planning, task management and time tracking, especially when it goes to an understanding of the related departments pipelines. He also well versed in game design, which not only simplified work and communications, but also helped to create more creative and high-quality features. Pavel is the champion of his tech-team, he is always looking for ways to increase involvement and job satisfaction for his developers. Even in the most difficult times, he radiates an aura of optimism and confidence, always having a plan how to move project & team to the next steps.
Anya Zielińska
I worked with Pavel closely on the same project and I remember this time as one the most productive and funny periods in my life, and Pavel was among main reasons why I appreciate this experience a lot. Pavel is great team lead and highly experienced programmer with pure passion for games. He understands needs of both team and project and is always able to find perfect balance there. You can be 100% sure that all tasks assigned to Pavel, no matter how difficult or tricky they are, will be fulfilled on time and on scope. I also cannot help mentioning Pavel’s ability to pay attention to all aspects of the project and see opportunities for improvement. I think that Pavel would be valuable teammate in any company who can make great contribution as professional.
Sergei Zenkin
Pavel is a great leader, experienced developer and very passionate gamer, well versed in the game industry. He is perfectly able to organize the execution of tech tasks - with good final quality and transparent timings. Moreover, he has a clear vision of the product and always seeks to understand the big picture. In his team of developers, Pavel demonstrated excellent project manager skills, like planning, task management and time tracking, especially when it goes to an understanding of the related departments pipelines. He also well versed in game design, which not only simplified work and communications, but also helped to create more creative and high-quality features. Pavel is the champion of his tech-team, he is always looking for ways to increase involvement and job satisfaction for his developers. Even in the most difficult times, he radiates an aura of optimism and confidence, always having a plan how to move project & team to the next steps.
Anya Zielińska
I worked with Pavel closely on the same project and I remember this time as one the most productive and funny periods in my life, and Pavel was among main reasons why I appreciate this experience a lot. Pavel is great team lead and highly experienced programmer with pure passion for games. He understands needs of both team and project and is always able to find perfect balance there. You can be 100% sure that all tasks assigned to Pavel, no matter how difficult or tricky they are, will be fulfilled on time and on scope. I also cannot help mentioning Pavel’s ability to pay attention to all aspects of the project and see opportunities for improvement. I think that Pavel would be valuable teammate in any company who can make great contribution as professional.
Experience
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Pixonic
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Cyprus
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Technology, Information and Internet
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100 - 200 Employee
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Technical Lead
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Oct 2019 - Present
Oversaw the development of the Remastered version of War Robots - mobile synchronous PvP shooter with around 150 millions of installs across the globe.My team was responsible for updating the graphics and visuals, new content creation pipeline tools, refactoring content of the 6-years old game to be able to introduce several separated graphics levels in accordance to the end-user hardware requirements.I also took a big role in the works that led to Apple featuring our project on the Apple Time Flies event.
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Technical Lead
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Mar 2018 - Oct 2019
Leading the team of versatile engineers.Proficient in developing synchronous multiplayer PvP mobile games.Developing UDP-based network, prediction, reconciliation, ECS, code generation, physics synchronization, AI and the game features themselves. Optimizing Unity mobile client and game server performance. Worked with code shared across Unity client and .NET Core server.
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Senior Game Developer
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Feb 2017 - Mar 2018
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ORC WORK
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Russian Federation
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Computer Games
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Senior Game Developer
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Jul 2015 - Dec 2016
Developing the client side of the new 2D card battler for all major platforms including Apple TV. Featuring collectible cards, character management, story telling, dungeons and synchronous PvP battles. Developing the client side of the new 2D card battler for all major platforms including Apple TV. Featuring collectible cards, character management, story telling, dungeons and synchronous PvP battles.
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SmartSoft, Inc.
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United States
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Game Developer
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Oct 2013 - Jul 2015
Developed the 2D arcade game for release in major Russia social network. The game was released in 2014. But lately has been took down by the managing staff. Responsibilities and achievements:- Took part in developing the client of the game, based on AS3 + Starling and Feathers frameworks.- Developed different parts of the game client UI. Implemented a number of special effects for the game UI and the game itself (working with the filters inside Starling framework, AGAL shaders and particle effects).- Developed and implemented a number of different game engine systems for the client such as everyday viral bonus system, quests system, achievements system.- Partly worked with the server written with Java, using Jetty server for servicing queries over HTTP (REST), and Astyanax library for working with Cassandra NoSQL database.- Organized and implemented the connection between the game client and API of the social networks. Implemented a number of social aspects into the game such as notifications, posts etc.Right now, I am working on the 2D game for mobile devices (iPad 2+) with high resolution. Responsibilities and achievements:- Extending the functionality of the standard Unity3D editor to meet designers’ needs for modelling compelling game environment and the main game level.- Developed a number of game subsystems such as game resources and assets systems, building manager system, game session system, the system for mocking server interface by saving and loading data on a local machine.- Implemented a mechanism for transferring the data between the Unity3D-based client and Node.js-based server by means of JSON and protobuf protocols. Session loading and initialization of all vital game subsystems.- Leading the team of programmers. Breaking the tasks and assigning them. Forming the game client architecture.
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Education
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2007 - 2013
Volgograd State Technical University
Master's and Bachelor's degrees, Computer Science
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