Senior Optimization Programmer - AAA Game Performance Lead

PlayStation; Utrecht; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Sony Interactive Entertainment in Utrecht is seeking a Senior Optimization Programmer to join our Nixxes Software team to optimize game code for CPU and GPU, ensuring top performance for AAA titles.

You will work with engineering leadership to prioritize optimization tasks, write clean, maintainable C/C++ code, and help the team hit deadlines with efficient profiling and debugging across modern graphics APIs such as DirectX 12.

Qualifications

• 5+ years programming in the game industry or a related industry.
• Proficient in C/C++.
• Strong optimization and debugging skills.

Responsibilities

• Own CPU and GPU optimization challenges for the project.
• Prioritize optimization tasks with leadership.
• Support developers with optimization efforts.

Skills

Optimization (CPU/GPU)

Debugging & profiling

Performance analysis

C/C++

Team player

English fluent

Tools

DirectX 12

Console programming

Job description

Sony Interactive Entertainment in Utrecht is seeking a Senior Optimization Programmer to join our Nixxes Software team to optimize game code for CPU and GPU, ensuring top performance for AAA titles.

You will work with engineering leadership to prioritize optimization tasks, write clean, maintainable C/C++ code, and help the team hit deadlines with efficient profiling and debugging across modern graphics APIs such as DirectX 12.