Remote Senior Generalist Engineer - Retro Game Emulation

FarCoder; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Atari is seeking a Remote Senior Generalist Engineer to design, build, and refine emulators and supporting tools for classic games on modern hardware. You will own end-to-end development, contribute to CI/CD, optimize performance, and apply reverse engineering techniques with tools like Ghidra to ensure accurate gameplay across platforms.

You will collaborate with engineers, producers, and QA, mentor teammates, and help preserve gaming history through innovative emulation work.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of generalist engineering experience with video game development.
• Strong scripting language skills (Python, Lua, etc.).
• Excellent C/C++ skills and understanding of CPU/GPU architecture, memory management, threading, and SIMD.
• Experience building and optimizing software across multiple platforms.
• Clear communicator who works well in a remote team and takes initiative.
• Experience with static recompilation techniques.
• Hands-on experience with reverse engineering and debugging tools such as Ghidra.
• Genuine passion for retro games and emulation.

Responsibilities

• Own the complete lifecycle of emulators and tools, including development, maintenance, and expansion.
• Maintain CI/CD pipeline, install new tools, update machines, write and monitor scripts.
• Optimize games for performance on target platforms.
• Lead end-to-end debugging for platform compatibility issues.
• Drive reverse engineering of games to implement modern enhancements.

Skills

CI/CD

Python

REST

Excel

Tools

Ghidra

Job description

Atari is seeking a Remote Senior Generalist Engineer to design, build, and refine emulators and supporting tools for classic games on modern hardware. You will own end-to-end development, contribute to CI/CD, optimize performance, and apply reverse engineering techniques with tools like Ghidra to ensure accurate gameplay across platforms.

You will collaborate with engineers, producers, and QA, mentor teammates, and help preserve gaming history through innovative emulation work.