Light Speed Studios

Light Speed Studios

Lead Engine System Engineer

US-California-Irvine

Sponsorship not specified$116k-$344kDetected 19 days ago
C++UnityUnreal EngineLeadershipCommunication

About the role

  • About the Hiring Team Welcome to Lightspeed LA, the first U.S.-based, AAA game development studio for Tencent Games.
  • This is a safe place to fail, and we don't view failure as a negative, but as the natural result of pushing boundaries and trying new things.
  • Location State(s) US-California-Irvine The expected base pay range for this position in the location(s) listed above is $116,200.00 to $343,600.00 per year.

Requirements

  • Experience bringing multiple large-scale game titles to completion on PC and consoles
  • 7+ years of professional game programming experience
  • Experience using profiling tools to identify CPU performance issues
  • Experience with game console hardware
  • Experience managing direct reports
  • Experience performing in a senior or principal software engineering role or equivalent
  • Ability to work well in a fluid, changing environment as creative challenges evolve
  • Deep knowledge of engine systems involving physics, streaming, audio and other engine systems

Skills

  • Refactor existing systems and tools to handle large worlds with dynamic content
  • Utilize profiling tools to identify CPU and GPU performance issues
  • Evolve iteratively existing systems into state of the art solutions
  • Author lean, high-performance, maintainable code
  • Cultivate strong cross-disciplinary working relationships based on honesty and transparency among various departments within the studio

Compensation

  • Location State(s) US-California-Irvine The expected base pay range for this position in the location(s) listed above is $116,200.00 to $343,600.00 per year.

Equal opportunity

  • As an equal opportunity employer, we firmly believe that diverse voices fuel our innovation and allow us to better serve our users and the community.

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