Fran Sánchez Rodrigo

Professional Experience

This section highlights my professional experience, detailing the responsibilities and key tasks of each job role.

Unreal Tools Programmer & Porting Engineer

Catness Game Studios

December 2021 - March 2025 (3 years 4 months | Full-time)

Catelló de la Plana, Castelló, Spain

Responsibilities:

  • Game porting with Unreal Engine 4 and 5 to consoles (Xbox One, Xbox Series S|X, PS4, PS5, Switch, Steam Deck)
  • Plugin and tool development to expand the engine base functionality: custom device profiles, mesh instancing editor tools, project analysis tools, custom blueprint nodes, async loading screen, right-click editor extensions with custom tasks, and more
  • Plugin and tool development to ease the porting process to consoles: Xbox user management, PS5 activities, Switch controller handling, and other optimization tools
  • Engine customizations with multiple bug fixes and improvements

QA Technician

Lollipop Robot

October 2016 - October 2020 (4 years | Full-time)

Vila-real, Castelló, Spain

Responsibilities:

  • Compliance and Playtesting for PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch
  • Designer support of the porting development for the platforms above
  • Experience using popular bug trackers like Jira, Mantis, Bitbucket, or GitHub
  • Creating and maintaining tools to ease the tests (cmd scripts, input macros, etc)

QA Tester Internship

Lollipop Robot

February 2016 - July 2016 (6 months | Part-time)

Vila-real, Castelló, Spain

Responsibilities:

  • Playtesting for console games