Senior Game Engineer

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Rooster Teeth Games is looking for an experienced Game Engineer who can bring their knowledge, creativity and experience to a fast-paced, dev environment. The ideal candidate will have a strong game engineering/programming background, multiple game credits and a passion for shipping high quality products with a fun, collaborative team.

Rooster Teeth Games is a small team with a good mix of industry veterans and new recruits. Our number one goal is to create high quality games that excite and inspire our worldwide audience. Think you have what it takes to join our crew? Check out the job details below:

Responsibilities:

  • Designing, building and maintaining major gameplay systems
  • Making sure networked code works properly for all clients and server
  • Collaborating with team to optimize gameplay and mechanics
  • Working with artists and animators to help integrate new assets
  • Accurately estimating time and effort required for assigned technical tasks
  • Keeping team informed about feature prerequisites and deliverable progress
  • Demonstrating care and commitment to quality, bug free software development

Requirements:

  • Minimum of 4 years game development experience as a Game Engineer with at least 1 shipped game credit (from concept to completion)
  • BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent industry experience
  • Highly proficient in Unreal Engine 4
  • Strong familiarity with the UE4 asset pipeline
  • Proficient in C++ and UE4 blueprints
  • Experience developing dynamic gameplay related systems
  • Strong knowledge of 3D math and game physics
  • Able to write modular code that augments a rapid, iterative development cycle
  • Able to work side by side with artists and designers in order to quickly and efficiently iterate and complete tasks
  • Able to adhere to the prevalent coding style and practices
  • Strong familiarity with working with source control
  • Able to work independently with a minimum of supervision
  • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
  • Strong time management and process documentation skills

Candidates with any of the following skills will receive extra consideration:

  • Experience and expertise with multiplayer backend systems (matchmaking, authentication, security, etc.)
  • Experience developing systems for parsing and visualizing gameplay analytics
  • Experience developing for major consoles (PS4, Xbox One, Switch)
  • Experience developing tools to aid the game development process (build systems, automated tests, asset import scripts, etc.)

Perks + Benefits:

  • 100% Company paid health & dental benefits
  • Use What You Need paid time off
  • 401(k) with a company match
  • Catered meal on Mondays
  • Opportunity for career growth
  • Flexible dress code
  • Kitchen stocked with snacks
  • Pet Friendly

ABOUT ROOSTER TEETH:Rooster Teeth is a pioneering studio responsible for some of the biggest online series in history, such as the award-winning and longest-running web series, Red vs. Blue. They also produce the globally acclaimed animated series RWBY, the first western anime series to be distributed in Japan; the award-winning Rooster Teeth Podcast; and Immersion, a reality format that brings video game theory to the real world. Rooster Teeth has a massive global footprint of more than 25 million subscribers to its YouTube Network, 3 million unique monthly visitors to its RoosterTeeth.com hub and 1.8 million registered community members. The company was founded in 2003, and is now a subsidiary of Fullscreen, Inc., a global youth media company that develops online creators and produces multi-platform entertainment experiences. Discover more at RoosterTeeth.com.

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1901 E 51st Street, Austin, TX 78723

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