Hey there! My name's

Rafael

Niebles

and I'm a

Software Engineer

who builds with

and a whole lot of !

About Me :]

My Projects!

• Microtransistor

  

  First-person action FPS with AI-powered enemies, perk machines, and some chonky guns!

  • Game Development
  • Gameplay Design
  • 3D Modeling
  • AI

• Memory Well

  

  Official website for the band Memory Well. My first freelance project!

  • Freelance
  • Web Design
  • Marketing
  • Spotify API
  • Paid From

• Kanjo.ai

  

  Custom neural network for an emotion recognition ML model.

  Team Size: 3

  • AI
  • Machine Learning
  • Data Science
  • Neural Network
  • Computer Vision

• Sofieski's Wordles

  

  WhatsApp bot that auto-detects and stores Wordle solutions! Gift for my friend Sofia :)

  • WhatsApp API (WWebJS)
  • Regex
  • Database
  • Full-Stack
  • Fun

• Bromodoro

  

  Full-stack gamified productivity app using the Pomodoro Technique.

  Team Size: 6

  • Leadership
  • Full-Stack
  • UI/UX
  • Teamwork

• The Spyder

  

  Dodge traffic as you escape a giant deadly spider! Survival is futile. Intern project built for HYEL!

  Team Size: 3

  • Leadership
  • Software Production
  • Milestones
  • SpriteKit

• Dower Tefense

  

  Just another good 'ole tower defense game, except YOU are the attacker!

  • C++ Game Development

• Lucina

  

  First-person 3D horror game where you escape a hyper-intelligent, AI-powered entity.

  Team Size: 4

  • Game Design
  • AI Design
  • Map Design
  • 3D Modeling

• Chippy

  

  An emulator for the original CHIP-8 VM.

  • C++ Development

• mysh

  

  A UNIX-style shell built for Linux.

  • UNIX Development
  • Terminal

• Skip List

  

  An implementation of a skip list in Java.

  • Data Structures & Algorithms

My Experience!

• May 2025 - Aug 2025

  Lutron

  Embedded Software Engineering Intern

  Incoming summer 2025!
• Feb 2025 - Present

  CodePath

  Web Development Student

  I'm currently taking CodePath's WEB102 for intermediate web development, where I'm most interested in learning to better collaborate with others in team-based settings!
• Jan 2025 - Present

  KnightHacks

  Project Director

  As a team of 5, we'll be designing and implementing Bromodoro, a full-stack app designed to make productivity more social and fun using the genius Pomodoro Technique.

  My team and I are...

  • Developing a modern, responsive (and fun!) frontend using Vite + React.
  • Leveraging Supabase and its API for our database and deployment needs.
  • Creating a fun app that'll hopefully get you to do your homework!
• Jan 2025 - Present

  KnightHacks

  iOS Development Workshop Instructor

  I'm soon going to host my own KnightHacks workshop, where I'll be introducing curious minds to the world of mobile dev with Swift using a beginner-friendly game project!

  I will be teaching...

  • The Xcode IDE and its file explorer, inspector, and debugger.
  • The Swift language and its special features (optionals, unwrapping, computed properties, etc.)
  • iOS app architecture (ViewControllers, SceneControllers, Windows, etc.)
• Sep 2024 - Dec 2024

  HYEL

  Software Engineer

  At HYEL, I had the opportunity to work as a contractor in creating a complete, production-ready software product, from the design phase all the way to shipping. Check out "The Spyder" in the HYEL app/my projects above!

  Here, I...

  • Designed a complete iOS game using Figma
  • Implemented it using Xcode, UIKit, Swift and SpriteKit
  • Ensured a consistent 60 FPS and reduced render load by 30% for its production version.