VENTURES
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Ventures

creator of games
advocate of DE&I
husband of Mingyi
eater of vegan eats

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Main Quests

Snap Inc. and Lens StudioSnap Inc.LENS STUDIO

Jan 2026 – Present

Snapchat (opens in a new tab)

AR / AI Engineer on Lens Studio

  • Led agentic testing of Lens Studio AI skills for an 81‑person team
  • Top 2% of Snap developers for AI-generated code (#13 of 769)
  • Wrote and built the public docs for CLAD, the agentic workflow
Amazon Games logo over fantasy battle artwork

Nov 2023 – Present

Amazon Games (opens in a new tab)

Gameplay Engineer

  • Parallelized data loading for 7.2x speed gain (20s→3s)
  • Oversaw project-wide bug burndown (875 errors → zero)
  • Led Confluence effort (wrote >20% of all engineering docs)
id Software logo over Doom artwork

Mar 2022 – Nov 2023

id Software (opens in a new tab)

Gameplay Engineer

  • Developed several AI from concept to ship-ready
  • Led documentation efforts across multiple disciplines
  • Continually improved internal tooling and dev workflows
Call of Duty: Warzone key art with three soldiers

Nov 2020 – Feb 2022

Call of Duty: Warzone (opens in a new tab)

Assoc. Gameplay Engineer

  • Implemented the fast-paced Exfiltration game mode
  • Designed & implemented seasonal event content
  • Designed & implemented bespoke mid-season content
  • Designed & implemented marquee seasonal content
Fortnite key art

2020

Fortnite (opens in a new tab)

Intern Gameplay Engineer

  • Engineered user-facing tools for map creation and design
  • Optimized networked objects to reduce latency
  • Solved transformation matrix bugs with wicked 3D maths
God of War Ragnarök artwork: Kratos facing a giant

2019

God of War: Ragnarok (opens in a new tab)

Intern Gameplay Engineer

  • Created a runtime tool to visualize animation branching
  • Designed visual scripting nodes for AI behavior trees
  • Amended a dialogue tool to speed-up iteration time

Side Quests

Crimson Hollow logo over a snowy village at night

In development

Crimson Hollow (opens in a new tab)

Collaboration with Sheeba Studios

  • Developed systems technology and social media content
  • Current wishlist count: 50,000+
  • Current YouTube subscriber count: 50,000+
Get Into Game Dev book on a tablet next to a cup of coffee

Published 2025

Get Into Game Dev

Authored a game dev textbook

  • Helped thousands of candidates learn game development
  • Raised thousands of dollars for charity
  • Published internationally through Taylor & Francis (2025)
Google Play Indie Games Festival finalist badge for NoStrangerGOOGLE PLAYINDIE GAMESFESTIVALFINALISTNoStranger

2017

NoStranger (opens in a new tab)

Self-published indie game

  • Reached millions of players, through 15+ langauges
  • Finalist of Google Play's Indie Games Festival
  • Received the review (opens in a new tab) I am most proud of from my career