Founded by Bad Robot (Lost, Cloverfield, Westworld, Star Wars, Star Trek), we at Bad Robot Games are on a mission to continually reinvent how stories are played.
We are a remote-first games company represented by a diverse team, which empowers us to make the kinds of games in which all players can see themselves. Working closely with our colleagues at Bad Robot Productions, our projects unite our extensive network of games, TV, and film industry talent to create original IPs, expansive worlds and tell new stories across all media platforms which are as fun to watch as they are to play.
Bad Robot Games is looking for a Senior Engine Engineer who is excited to polish existing features, systems, and code and make them better. In this role, you will port blueprints, parallelize, and optimize. We are looking for an experienced generalist who can take tasks and improve them as well as understand how to identify tasks that need improvement. You will work in a highly collaborative, focused, and iterative team environment.

KEY QUALIFICATIONS

• 5+ years of game development experience in an engineering role
• At least one shipped game on PC or Console and in Unreal
• A keen analytical mind, with strong problem-solving skills
• Strong C++ skills
• Understanding and experience with Multi-Threading
• Able to code and architect gameplay mechanics and tools
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work and inspire in a team environment
• Self-motivated, strong work ethic, and able to work independently
• Creativity in problem-solving and the ability to think outside of the established solutions
• Proficiency in the pipelines, tools, and processes of creating, building, shipping, and supporting live games
• A passion for multiplayer online gaming and a rich history of game playing across a wide variety of game genres
• Ability to work with minimal supervision in a fast-paced start-up environment

• Improve and iterate on existing features and be willing to accept and respond to critical feedback, and from time to time prototype new features
• Ensure robust long-term architectural and algorithmic decisions are made throughout the production coding processes
• Bring technical excellence to the game across multiple features and platforms.
• Optimize and fix bugs in existing gameplay systems
• Port blueprints to native code
• Contribute ideas toward all aspects of the game’s production and development
• Write robust, maintainable code
• Cross-discipline collaboration with the development team to problem solve and generate new ideas
• Participate in playtesting and providing “hands on” feedback as the project progresses