Somer Esat is a senior engineering leader with over 12 years of experience building and scaling high performing engineering organizations in the games industry. He spent a decade at Blizzard Entertainment as Senior Engineering Manager on Overwatch and Overwatch 2, where he helped grow the engineering organization from roughly 35 to over 65 engineers while supporting a globally loved live service franchise shipping on a consistent six week cadence. Known for his calm leadership style and deep care for people, Somer has built teams grounded in ownership craftsmanship and psychological safety while delivering complex systems at scale.Across his career, Somer has partnered closely with executives and cross functional leaders to translate long term vision into execution, develop strong leadership benches, and create durable engineering cultures that scale. His work spans engineering strategy talent development leveling frameworks live service operations and leadership coaching, with a particular focus on helping engineers grow from individual contributors into confident effective leaders. Somer is passionate about building organizations where empowered teams do their best work and where sustainable processes lead to world class player experiences.https://www.linkedin.com/in/someresat/