Benjamin Lemer

About Benjamin Lemer

I am currently Senior Engineering Director for Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells and Words With Friends. I have worked in the game industry for over 20 years, have shipped 12 titles, and have worked on many more. For the majority of my career, I\'ve focused on mobile, console, and back-end development, and have been the lead for many titles. I\'ve written a lot of code, driven development of game engine and back-end architecture, and have built engineering teams from the ground-up. I\'ve also managed both small and large engineering teams, for new and existing projects (including a focus on LiveOps practices for Mobile).My core development expertise are in building strong engineering teams and robust processes for feature and game development, back-end & client engineering (Unity primarily), optimization (profiling, code optimization, scalable architectures, team and process optimization), database architecture, graphics rendering, procedural special effects, and physics simulation & collision detection- Shipped Titles -§ Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells (2020)(Engineering Director), Zynga§ Wonka\'s World of Candy (2018)(Engineering Director), Zynga§ The Swift Life (2017)(Software Architect), Glu Mobile§ Ultimate Chef (20••••17)(Studio Technical Director), Glu Mobile§ CastleVille Legends (20••••15)(Technical Director & Engineering Director), Zynga§ Pioneer Trail (FrontierVille)(20••••13)(Lead Engineer & Engineering Manager), Zynga§ ESPNU: College Town (20••••11)(Lead Engineer), Disney/Playdom§ Army of TWO: The 40th Day (2010)(PSP Lead Engineer), Electronic Arts§ Tomb Raider: Underworld (2008)(PS2 Lead Engineer, Wii Senior Engineer, 360 Senior Engineer), Eidos Interactive§ Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Anniversary (2007)(PS2/PSP Special Effects Engineer, 360 Lead Engineer), Eidos Interactive§ NFL Street 3 (2006)(PS2/PSP Multiplayer Networking Engineer), Electronic Arts§ JFETS Military Simulator (2006)(PC Special Effects & Gameplay Engineer)§ Ratchet: Deadlocked (2005)(PS2), SCEASpecialties: Building and Managing Engineering Teams, Developing Development Processes & Tuning Existing Process, 3D Graphics Rendering, Shaders, Memory & CPU Optimization, Physics Simulation, Collision Detection, AI, Networking, Console Development (PS3, 360, PSP, Wii, PS2), Back-end & Client Development (Unity), C/C++, Java, C#, PHP, JavaScript, Git, Unity

Experience

1. Senior Director of Engineering

   Zynga

   Mar 2021 — Present

Education

• University of Oregon

  Computer Science, Mathematics

Skills

• C#
• Psp
• Wii
• Game Development
• Perforce
• Video Games
• Ps3
• Maya
• Xbox 360
• Shaders
• Artificial Intelligence
• Actionscript