Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico as the youngest of 10 kids, Jose Villeta spent his early years at NASA Langley and Dryden Research centers doing wind tunnel testing and flight dynamics on futuristic X-31 and X-29 fighter jets.

His flightpath soon led him to working on the launch of the original PlayStation and the development of dozens of games across multiple platforms, genres and IP – earning him a well-deserved award as one of the Most Influential Top 20 Latinos in the Tech Industry in 2014.

Today, he serves as Director of Software Engineering at Avalanche, where his team manages content creation tools, Unreal Engine workflows, game build support and gameplay systems. For Jose, his team is what makes the job.

He says: “The best part of being at Warner Bros. Games is not only working on high profile, AAA next generation video games, but also being able to work with such a creative and fun group of developers at Avalanche.”