Technical leadership
I build and grow engineering departments. I set technical standards, run interviews, mentor leads, and keep releases on track.
- Tech strategy
- Mentoring
- Hiring
- Delivery
Ivan Murashka
Head of Technology · Unity Technical Lead
Currently at Super Banana Studios
I build the engineering department, the platform we use to make and ship our games, and the games themselves.
- Years in game dev
- 14+
- Games shipped
- 32
- Studios
- 7
- Open-source projects
- 7
01
About
I have worked in game development since 2011, from small startups to big studios like IGG and Playtika. I started as a Unity developer and later led engineering departments.
I enjoy building the systems behind games: the tools, pipelines, and shared code a whole team can build on. I'd rather build one system that ships ten games than make each game by hand. Unity, C#, and .NET have been at the center of it all.
As Head of Technology, my focus is people and direction. I hire and grow engineering teams, set our technical standards, and plan how the studio works and ships. Most of all, I want to help strong engineers do their best work.
- Based in
- Warsaw, Poland
- Languages
- English · Russian
- Education
- B.Sc., Belarusian National Technical University
- 2011 Unity Developer
- 2014 Lead Developer
- 2020 Head of Department
- Now Head of Technology
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Expertise
Software architecture
I design modular, testable client-server game architecture, using dependency injection (DI) and SOLID principles. I keep core logic separate from Unity APIs and build networking layers.
- System design
- DI / IoC
- Modularity
- C# / .NET
Game engineering
14+ years with Unity and C#: core gameplay frameworks, metagame systems, custom editor tools, performance and memory profiling, and algorithm optimization.
- Gameplay
- Profiling
- Optimization
- Editor tools
Workflow automation
I automate workflows so teams write gameplay instead of configuration. I build CI/CD systems, custom template engines, and shared libraries that get a new game running in days.
- CI/CD
- Fastlane
- GitHub Actions
- Shared libs
AI-assisted development
I use AI models and agents to work faster, both for myself and the team. I build AI-driven workflows, teach developers how to write good prompts, and bring tools like Claude and Gemini into daily work to ship better code.
- AI workflows
- Claude
- Gemini
- Prompt design
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Work Experience
I have been at Super Banana from the start, building its technology and the platform its games run on.
- Set the technical direction: build the first game as a testbed, grow it into a shared platform, and ship each new game on top of it.
- The first game took about four months to release. The next one shipped in about two months on the platform, and the games after it are planned to ship faster.
- Built the engineering team from zero: hired the engineers, set our technical standards, and put the development processes in place.
- Brought automation and AI into the whole studio, not only engineering, and trained the engineering, art, and level-design teams to use AI in their daily work.
Games
Travel Sort: Match Puzzle
Live
iOS · Android
Casual goods sorting puzzle game with a travel-holiday theme.
ArchitectTeam LeadDeveloperRelease Engineer
Arrow Mania!
Live
iOS · Android
Casual drawing puzzle game where directing paths reveals pixel art.
ArchitectTeam LeadRelease Engineer
Casual Puzzle Game
In Development
iOS · Android
Upcoming casual puzzle game.
ArchitectTeam LeadRelease Engineer
Casual Party Game
In Development
iOS · Android
Upcoming casual party game.
ArchitectTeam LeadDeveloperRelease Engineer
Infrastructure & Systems
Shared Framework
Unity Package · C#
Modular C# framework that every game is built on: a shared architecture with app bootstrap, a unified game flow, and built-in layers for monetization, storage, and analytics.
ArchitectDeveloper
Studio CI/CD Platform
Fastlane · GitHub Actions · macOS
Build pipeline that ships every game to Firebase for testing and to the app stores for release.
ArchitectDeveloper
I looked after one of Playtika's top casual games on two sides: the teams building it and the health of the project itself.
Working with the teams
- Led three feature teams and kept up code quality across them.
- Helped the developers grow and ran feature planning with them.
- Stayed in the full feature cycle, from the first briefing through development to live support after release.
Working across the studio
- Made the project itself fast to work in. I reworked the project structure and cut domain reload from minutes to tens of seconds.
- Sped up CI: reworked the test pipeline to run about twice as fast.
- Cut the time for a pull request to merge into main from a few hours to 15-20 minutes.
Games
Solitaire Grand Harvest
Live
iOS · Android
Casual solitaire game with a farm theme, one of the top-grossing titles in the genre.
Tech LeadRelease Engineer
I started APPSULOVE's Unity department and built the technology behind the company's casual games.
- Built the Unity department from scratch and grew it to 20+ people: company engineers, tech artists, and outsourced developers, split into several teams with their own leads.
- Built the shared core framework, the CI/CD, and a project template the teams start new games from. Once it matured, a new game could go from start to release in a few weeks.
- Built the first games hands-on, then moved to architecture and technical leadership as the team grew. Together they shipped over 20 casual games on the platform.
- Set the direction for the Unity side of Magify, the company's monetization SDK, and built it with the core and CI. Magify later became its own studio.
First games
The studio's first Unity games. I built these hands-on as the lead.
LAVA - Merge Number Blocks
Live
iOS · Android
Merge number puzzle game.
Team LeadDeveloperRelease Engineer
Fold Master - Folding Paper
Live
iOS · Android
Relaxing paper-folding puzzle game.
Team LeadDeveloperRelease Engineer
Castle Rush - Tower Defense
Live
iOS · Android
Merge tower-defense game.
Team LeadDeveloperRelease Engineer
Platform games
As the studio scaled, I led these as tech lead and focused on the core and CI, while still coding on some myself.
Farm Jam: Animal Parking Games
Live
iOS · Android
Animal parking-jam puzzle game.
Tech LeadDeveloper
Sweet Sort: Color Sorting Game
Live
iOS · Android
Color-sort puzzle game.
Tech Lead
Bubble Jam - Block Match Games
Live
iOS · Android
Block and bubble matching puzzle game.
Tech Lead
3D Match: Triple Matching Game
Delisted
iOS · Android
Triple-match 3D puzzle game.
Tech Lead
UNICORN 2: Color My Dreams
Delisted
iOS · Android
Color-by-number coloring game.
Tech Lead
Outsourced games
Built by an outsourced team on our core framework. I led the tech and the overall direction.
Tamadog - Virtual AR Puppy
Live
iOS · Android
Augmented-reality virtual puppy game.
Tech Lead
My Cat - Virtual Pet Games
Live
iOS · Android
Virtual pet cat game.
Tech Lead
Infrastructure & Systems
Core Framework
Unity Package · C#
Modular C# framework that every game is built on: shared architecture with bootstrap and config, and built-in layers for monetization, purchases, analytics, and notifications.
ArchitectTech LeadDeveloper
CI/CD Platform
Fastlane · GitHub Actions · macOS
Build pipeline on GitHub Actions and Fastlane that ships every game to Firebase for testing and to the stores for release.
ArchitectTech LeadDeveloper
Game Template
Unity · C#
Project template the teams start a new game from, wired to the core framework.
ArchitectTech Lead
Magify SDK
Unity Package · C#
In-app campaign and monetization SDK.
ArchitectTech LeadDeveloper
I worked on a slots game, building its gameplay architecture and metagames.
- Designed and developed the metagame framework layer (mini-games inside slots) for slot apps.
- Oversaw pull request alignments and codebase optimizations to ensure high-performance execution.
- Maintained slot machine physics, logic performance, and asset caching layers.
Games
Neverland Casino
Live
iOS · Android · Slots
Managed metagame implementations and optimized rendering layouts.
Slots Metagame Framework
Unity · C#
Designed a reusable framework that decouples metagame gameplay loops from main slot applications.
I led an 8-person client-server team on a large-scale 3D mobile strategy game.
- Directed programmers, frontend/backend architecture design, protocols, and performance profiling.
- Programmed a high-performance procedural map generation module for huge coordinates grids.
- Wrote custom math libraries for hexagonal coordinate translations on the client and C# socket servers.
Games
Iron Conquest
Live
iOS · Android
Lords Mobile-like WW2 strategy game. Owned game client architecture, map rendering, and client-server socket communication protocols.
I led a small startup team from prototype to store release.
- Recruited and managed client/server programmers. Drove task priorities and code quality standards.
- Designed game architecture, client-side database caching, and publishing compression scripts.
- Built C# Photon Server backend systems, database logic (PostgreSQL), and shared server-client DLL libraries.
Games
Recipes Passion
Live
Android · Android Wear · PC
Match-3 game with complex balance testing bots, PostgreSQL database storage, and Android Wear integrations.
I built client-side modules, early Unity 2D extensions, custom scene editors, and ported games.
- Programmed a complex Scenario Editor plugin inside Unity to allow game designers to configure level objectives.
- Built anti-hack profile managers (save/load pipelines) and dynamic localization tools.
- Ported games to iOS, optimizing memory allocations, fixing leaks, and coding OpenAL sound integrations.
Games
I, Gladiator
Live
Unity
Developed scene editors, localization managers, profile managers, and multiplayer socket client layers.
Post Apocalyptic Mayhem
Live
iOS Port
Ported PC survival racing title to iOS. Optimized game code and fixed memory leaks.
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Open source
Unity packages and GitHub Actions I build and maintain. I use the same blocks at work.
Union
★ 3A C# union type implementation for Unity.
C#BinaryPrefs
★ 3Fast, persistent, thread-safe binary storage.
C#UniLogger
★ 5A simple, flexible and lightweight logger for Unity.
C#iOS-ATT-Localization
★ 4Localizations for the iOS App Tracking Transparency prompt.
C#HexagonalLib
A hexagonal-grid math library for .NET.
C#CI GitHub Actions
Build numbering, Unity version detection, keystore verification and git context - the actions behind the pipeline.
TypeScriptSpriteText & Stack Jumper
High-performance 2D text rendering tools and call stack navigation utilities published to the Unity Asset Store.
Asset Store Utilities05
Words from colleagues
Ivan demonstrated very positive qualities… he always tries to find the best solutions. If I were to describe an ideal colleague, Ivan would easily fit that description - the heart of the company. I highly recommend him both as a person and as a specialist: top-notch code.
An exceptional game engineer… well organized and thrived under adversity. In many instances I placed Ivan in situations only he could succeed in, and he never let me down. His biggest strength was the ability to make everyone around him a better engineer.
An experienced, detail-oriented and highly professional hiring manager. As Head of the Unity Department he evaluated candidates and their code and ran technical interviews - his expertise and charisma were important selling points for many strong candidates we hired.
An outstanding professional with a unique combination of analytical mind, resourcefulness and broad-mindedness. His ability to listen, support colleagues and always find time to help creates an atmosphere of trust. A highly skilled specialist and a fantastic person.
An experienced developer, a competent leader, and just a good person capable of rationally managing time and resources to achieve the best result. A reliable professional who can realize the most difficult areas of work - in programming and in team management.
A high-level developer, good team leader and absolutely great person - one of the key people on the project. Ivan can handle any issue and offer interesting solutions, and lift the team's mood at difficult moments. If Ivan is in charge of a task, you can be sure it'll be done well and in time.
Ivan is a skilled developer with a good feeling for software architecture. As a team lead, he is a responsible manager who can lead a team.
A superb specialist who knows his craft perfectly. He prefers hard tasks over easy ones.