Lead Systems Engineer, Unreal Engine

This role is a full-time, hybrid work position, with some work on-site and some work-from-home. The home studio for this role is Irvine, CA.

• Manage, evaluate, and mentor the engineering staff of the engine core team.
• Act as the primary point of contact for required engine functionality, collaborating with multi-disciplinary stakeholders and with project leadership to define and execute project requirements.
• Partner with the production staff and the rest of the leadership team for milestone planning and tracking development progress.
• Author and maintain technical design documents that outline key project architectural decisions, features, milestones, and technical risks.
• Provide engine-based guidance and define best practices that empower designers, artists, and gameplay engineers to deliver the vision of the game and ensure we delight and entertain our players.
• Partner in driving processes and tooling necessary to ensure the game runs smoothly and efficiently across multiple hardware platforms of varying capabilities.

• 8+ years of experience in game development engineering or a combination of applicable training and experience.
• Experience using the Unreal Engine 5 (both C++ and Blueprint).
• Experience tuning the various engine systems within the Unreal engine to run efficiently on PC’s and modern consoles.
• Previous leadership experience including at least one shipped game title.
• Multithreading, performance analysis, and code optimization.
• Experience in creating technologies to enable large-scale AAA-game development productions to meet performance, scope and timeline requirements.
• Computer science, mathematics, physics, or related degree(s).
• Experience making games with large, open worlds.
• The ability to author, debug, and optimize production-grade C++ code.
• The capacity to make frequent, readable, and well-tested code commits.
• The ability to communicate and articulate vision, ideas, and learnings from others, and to give meaningful feedback.
• Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills.
• Experience mentoring others in the areas of expertise and growing engineers.
• Experience working closely in multi-disciplinary teams with people of diverse mindsets.
• Experience analyzing game features, systems, and content for performance and optimizing a game to release quality.
• Comfortable working in a large codebase.
• Experience developing online multiplayer games and features.

• Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD DD insurance, disability insurance;
• 401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching;
• Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave;
• Mental health   wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life   disability, legal service, , rental insurance, and others;
• If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance.

In the U.S., the standard base pay range for this role is $ - $ Annual. These values reflect the expected base pay range of new hires across all U.S. locations. Ultimately, your specific range and offer will be based on several factors, including relevant experience, performance, and work location. Your Talent Professional can share this role’s range details for your local geography during the hiring process.

In addition to a competitive base pay, employees in this role may be eligible for incentive compensation. Incentive compensation is not guaranteed. While we strive to provide competitive offers to successful candidates, new hire compensation is negotiable.

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