Senior Systems Engineer (Game/Engine)

Senior Systems Engineer – Engine

LightSpeed LA is seeking for a talented and enthusiastic senior engineer to join our new studio in sunny Irvine California. The ideal candidate will have a strong passion for games and enabling content creators to deliver the most polished experience for our players. Join our team of industry veterans and help us build a team and culture of respect that pushes boundaries while having lots of fun.

Responsibilities:

• Help maintain culture of fast iteration and practical problem solving
• Help establish budgets for engine systems and pipeline tools to validate them
• Refactor existing systems to spread work across multiple cores and frames (e.g. Data streaming)
• Refactor existing systems and tools to handle large worlds with dynamic content
• Evolve iteratively existing systems into state of art solutions
• Mentor others to make the best use of engine systems and hardware capability

Requirements:

• Passion for games and the technology that makes them come to life
• 5 years of professional experience in C programming in game industry
• Shipped at least one game title on PC and Consoles
• Expert C knowledge and debugging skills
• Excellent understanding of PC and console hardware bottlenecks and optimization strategies
• Deep understanding of multithreaded programming
• Experience in at least two game engine systems (e.g. Animation, AI, Physics, Rendering, Networking, Scripting, Audio)
• Value lean, simple, efficient, well-tested code
• Comfortable maintaining existing large codebase for multiple platforms
• Team player who works closely with other engineers to make sure our technology provides reliable and fast iteration for our content creators, and a fluid experience for our customers

Preferred:

• Experience building AAA engine(s)
• Deep understanding of game asset pipelines
• Experience building large world pipelines

To prioritize health and safety during the pandemic, we are working remotely until further notice, and will be conducting interviews virtually. The position is still expected to be 100% onsite in Irvine, California as soon as it is appropriate.