Senior Engine Engineer: Core Runtime & Performance

Activision; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 124,000 - 229,400; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision benefits

401(k) with company match

Paid holidays and vacation

Job summary

Activision is seeking an Expert Engine Engineer to join the Core Engine team in Los Angeles area. This role focuses on foundational runtime technology, including performance, memory, streaming, multithreading, and platform support across PC and consoles.

The candidate will design and optimize core engine systems, mentor engineers, and collaborate with multiple teams to deliver robust engine technology on AAA titles.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, with game engine or core runtime focus.
• Deep C++ expertise and ability to work in a large codebase.
• Strong skills in designing, debugging, and optimizing core engine systems.
• Solid understanding of computer architecture, memory systems, and multithreaded programming.
• Excellent debugging, profiling, and performance optimization abilities.
• Experience shipping AAA console and PC titles across multiple platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, refactor, optimize, and debug core runtime engine systems in a large C++ codebase.
• Improve game performance, stability, memory usage, streaming, multithreading, and platform behavior.
• Profile and optimize runtime systems across PC and console platforms.
• Investigate complex bugs, crashes, performance issues, and low-level engine problems.
• Collaborate with pipeline, graphics, tools and other engineering teams to deliver robust engine tech.
• Participate in technical design, code reviews, performance reviews, and long-term engine roadmap discussions.
• Mentor engineers and provide technical guidance on architecture, debugging, and best practices.

Skills

C++

Performance optimization

Multithreading

Debugging & profiling

Game engine

CPU architecture

Team collaboration

Job description

Activision is seeking an Expert Engine Engineer to join the Core Engine team in Los Angeles area. This role focuses on foundational runtime technology, including performance, memory, streaming, multithreading, and platform support across PC and consoles.

The candidate will design and optimize core engine systems, mentor engineers, and collaborate with multiple teams to deliver robust engine technology on AAA titles.