David Mkrtchian

Tech Lead · Armenian Artificial Intelligence Company

Nov 2024 – Present · Yerevan, Armenia

Own technical direction and architecture across four concurrent AI products while staying hands-on in Node.js / TypeScript implementation and code reviews.

• Designed scalable cloud/backend architecture processing 100K+ requests per minute.
• Integrated LLM-based workflows (LangChain) into production systems and rolled out AI-assisted development practices across the team.
• Established engineering quality standards, code-review practices, and delivery processes across a team of 20+ engineers.
• Built automated testing infrastructure that reduced QA/testing effort fourfold.
• Adopted the Critical Chain methodology, achieving 100% on-time release delivery.
• Conducted 200+ technical interviews and mentored engineers to raise overall engineering quality.

Senior Unity + Node.js Backend Developer — Moonfrost · Oxalis Games

Aug 2022 – Dec 2024 · London, United Kingdom (Remote)

Core engineer on Moonfrost, a midcore free-to-play RPG with a live in-game economy — owned features end-to-end across the Unity / C# client and the Node.js / TypeScript backend.

• Built player progression, account services, and an in-game token economy (live economy / wallet) on a Node.js backend powering 15,000+ players.
• Architected scalable client-server infrastructure (WebSockets and REST) supporting up to 500 simultaneous game rooms.
• Designed and implemented Unity multiplayer gameplay systems supporting 128+ concurrent players in a single session with full state synchronization.
• Developed internal content and designer tools managing 40,000+ in-game objects, streamlining LiveOps content and live events.
• Implemented a localization system enabling text and audio content/event updates without new client builds.
• Led a large-scale codebase refactoring and Unity performance profiling/optimization effort, improving stability and long-term velocity.

Technical Lead (contract project) · Morpheus XR

Aug 2022 – Jul 2023 · Miami, FL, USA (Remote)

• Led cross-platform releases across five platforms: iOS, macOS, Windows, Android, and Oculus.
• Reduced operational and hosting costs by 50% following an architecture and infrastructure audit.
• Scaled the real-time platform to support 500+ users in a single room.
• Delivered interactive Unity experiences for enterprise clients including Meta, Autodesk, Gensler, and Randstad.
• Authored 50+ pages of technical documentation, establishing development standards.

Technical Lead · ZiMAD

Sep 2021 – Aug 2022 · Yerevan, Armenia

International free-to-play mobile puzzle publisher. Led a team of up to 7 Unity engineers on gameplay features and LiveOps content; promoted from Senior Developer to Tech Lead within two months.

• Planned, estimated, and scheduled features and releases; optimized bug-fixing and release processes, increasing a project's weekly revenue by 50%.
• Built a debug-window system that doubled game-testing speed.
• Integrated Sentry for incident analysis, cutting bug detection and resolution time by 2–3×.
• Developed an automated LiveOps content-delivery pipeline for in-game events, saving 5+ hours weekly.

Software Development Manager · TUMO Center for Creative Technologies

Nov 2018 – Sep 2021 · Yerevan, Armenia

• Led a team of 3 developers building educational Unity applications and internal tooling.
• Developed 40+ mini-games and a self-guided game-development curriculum.
• Trained 5,000+ students in game development.
• Created a game-integration plugin and content pipeline that saved the team 20+ hours weekly and enabled non-engineers to publish content.

Full Stack / Game Developer · EXIOS

Nov 2016 – Oct 2018 · Yerevan, Armenia

• Designed and implemented a high-load delivery-monitoring platform processing 500K+ orders for Philip Morris Armenia.
• Developed a custom-physics client-side game launched on Facebook Instant Games.

Game Developer · Double Coconut

Oct 2013 – Nov 2016 · Yerevan, Armenia

• Ported 50+ 3D games from Flash to Unity 5, rebuilding gameplay and client systems and adding iOS and WebGL support.
• Developed daily free-to-play casual games for iWin, improving user retention.

B.Sc. Computer and Information Systems Security / Information Assurance

National Polytechnic University of Armenia