Graeme Thornton

Work History

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  Senior Programmer

  Epic Games

  September 2014 - Present

  Working on making Unreal Engine 4 totally awesome. I'm currently working on the performance team, trying to get stuff running fast!
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  Senior Rendering Programmer

  Pitbull Studio Limited

  February 2013 - September 2014

  Working with Epic on rendering technologies for Unreal Engine 4

• Programmer

  Thumbstar Games

  March 2012 - January 2013

  Making games for mobile devices
  - Android / iOS / Windows 8
  - C# (Mono for Android, MonoTouch), C++, Unity, Marmalade
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  Rendering Team Lead

  Reflections

  February 2009 - March 2012

  I was the lead programmer on the rendering team, who were responsible for writing the bespoke high performance cross platform 3D engine needed to successfully drive a 60hz open world racing game. I also did some work on Watch_Dogs, writing various post effects and rendering engine enhancements, and then on Just Dance 4, working on the shader compilation pipeline and various other engine technologies.
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  Senior Programmer

  Reflections

  May 2008 - February 2009

  Worked on general systems technology for Driver: San Francisco, including the following areas:
  - Maintainence and extension of the open world streaming system
  - Key-framed replay system prototype
  - Memory tracking and analysis tools
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  Programmer

  Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

  July 2001 - May 2008

  Over my time at SCEE, I worked on the Formula One series of games for PS2/PSP/PS3 and WipeoutHD on PS3. I worked mainly on rendering technology and effects, along with various other low level technology such as memory management and debugging, and build pipeline systems.