Akshay Balakrishnan

Senior Software Engineer @Interleave

Vancouver, BC, CA

Audio programming for various clientsMay \'25 - Present: Interleave (TECMAD)- Audit project ideas and process to develop:→ A list of project descriptions in Confluence→ Asana Projects for active projects→ Scrum meetings scheduled, with sprint goals and reviews with stakeholders- Led team to:→ Develop prototype software to demonstrate better loudness measurement for game audio→ Develop production-ready designs for software enhancing Unreal audio capabilities and workflowApril - May \'25: Free Range Games (Cottonwood)- Audited mixed implementation of audio in Wwise and Unreal, developed plan to remove or port Unreal audio assets- Guided set up of client\'s build system to automate building Wwise data- Developed priority-based environment volume system to handle complex blends of different outdoor environment scenariosMay \'24 - March \'25: Cloud Chamber (Parkside)- Extensive work on spatial audio systems:→ Automated room and portal placement→ Room tone and IR asset management→ Pathfinding, obstruction and occlusion calculation- Enhanced Wwise plugin for Unreal Engine to efficiently build and package data- Developed auto-tagging system for foley- Built several data validation scripts, including one using WAQL

University of Waterloo

Bachelor, Software Engineering