Staff Simulation Engineer - Real-Time, Large-Scale Systems

Linden Lab; Santa Fe Capital; On-site; ARS 264,290,000 - 357,435,000; Full time

Job summary

Linden Lab in San Francisco is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to help shape the technical future of Second Life’s server and simulation systems. You’ll tackle complex, ambiguous challenges, lead cross-cutting technical initiatives, and help ensure the systems behind Second Life remain scalable, reliable, and maintainable.

You’ll mentor others, raise engineering standards, and collaborate with product teams while working in an in-office setting with opportunities to contribute across multiple

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• 3+ years in production with large, complex C++ codebases and memory aspects.
• Experience designing, evolving, and operating reliable services across multiple codebases and domains.
• Proven staff-level technical leadership with clear communication of designs and risks.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical discovery, design, and implementation for high-impact changes across large codebases.
• Own complex problems from definition to production, delivering durable solutions.
• Understand existing systems and engineering practices to guide safe evolutions.
• Shape cross-system initiatives and ensure reliability, performance, and maintainability.

Skills

C++ codebases

Real-time simulation

Distributed systems

Cloud infrastructure

Python scripting

Shell scripting

Staff leadership

Production debugging

Tools

Python

Shell scripting

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Linden Lab in San Francisco is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to help shape the technical future of Second Life’s server and simulation systems. You’ll tackle complex, ambiguous challenges, lead cross-cutting technical initiatives, and help ensure the systems behind Second Life remain scalable, reliable, and maintainable.

You’ll mentor others, raise engineering standards, and collaborate with product teams while working in an in-office setting with opportunities to contribute across multiple