Job Description

As the Engine Programmer, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining low-level systems and overall architecture. You will be working on multiple platforms and in areas such as memory management, loading, streaming, physics, audio, platform specific systems, etc.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

The main and routine tasks of the Engine Programmer are to:

• Analyze and understand the requirements of the game teams in order to define the required functionalities and engine systems that must be developed to support them;

• Analyze existing engine systems and determine if they meet project requirements. If necessary, define how to adapt them or replace them to better meet game requirements;

• Analyze innovations and features from other engines to help decide where technology sharing is cost-effective;

• Suggest improvements whenever necessary by designing and implementing new systems or modifying existing systems;

• Collaborate with game designers/level designers/animators/artists to examine the constraints of the existing engine;

• Collaborate with game designers/level designers/animators/artists to agree on memory and performance budgets for content;

• Determine and help maintain CPU performance and memory budgets across code disciplines and platforms;

• Analyze performance of code and optimize or aid in optimizing algorithms;

• Analyze performance of compiler and associated build processes. Advise and aid in streamlining the development process;

• Analyze and support the data pipelines, ensuring that they are efficient and work reliably;

• Create and maintain systems to help code teams with performance analysis;

• Analyze memory usage in order to identify inefficiencies, errors and fragmentation. Use this information to fix, advise or find long term solutions to mitigate issues;

• Measure and track the in-game loading processes to ensure high efficiency. Create and maintain systems to minimize impact of loading on players;

• Create and maintain consistency of engine framework to support clear APIs and consistent separation of modules;

• Plan, manage and regulate the multithreading environment and CPU core assignment;

• Diagnose and repair the most complex bugs, including creating systems to help in debugging;

• Stay up to date with requirements and updates from platform owners and other external parties. Ensure the implementation of the engine meets these requirements;

• Evaluate, plan and manage updates of SDKs and Middleware;

• Document the work so as to transfer knowledge and enable users (programmers and people from other tasks) to understand how the new systems, APIs and engine functions work;

 EXPERIENCE:

• Minimum 3+ years' of experience in low-level programming for game console development using C/C++;

• Game industry experience is preferred;

• Knowledge of the workings of video game engines;

• Experience using one or more commercial game engines;

• Experience of refactoring and optimization.

• Experience with multiplatform programming;

• Multithreading experience;

 ESSENTIAL SKILLS:

• Extensive knowledge of C/C++ programming and debugging;

• Solid proficiency in optimization techniques;

• Excellent understanding of performance sensitive programming (algorithmic and low level optimizations);

• Strong understanding of software development processes;

• Good understanding of Software Engineering principles, e.g. Object Oriented programming, etc.

• Excellent understanding of CPU and GPU bottlenecks;

• Strong 3D math;

• Strong understanding of multithreaded/parallel programming;

 OTHER SKILLS:

• Problem solving skills;

• Excellent debugging skills;

• Driven by complex challenges;

• Independent;

• Resourceful;

• Self-starter;

• Detail-oriented;

• Strong communicator;

• Team player;

• Flexible and able to adapt to changes;

• Experience with Direct3D and OpenGL.