Senior Engine Programmer — Remote/Hybrid (C++ & Engine Tech)

Rushdown Studios; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary range

Holidays + PTO

Insurance

Video game budget

401(k)

Parental leave

Job summary

Rushdown Studios in New York State is seeking a Senior Engine Programmer to design, develop, and optimize core engine systems using modern C++. You will contribute to cross-team collaboration and help improve runtime performance for multiple games.

The role emphasizes maintaining portable, clean code and a proactive, team-centered approach, with a strong preference for local/hybrid work from Saratoga Springs, NY. Remote applicants in the Eastern US may be considered.

Qualifications

• Four years of professional experience with C++, including industry experience building and maintaining proprietary game engine technology.
• Experience developing and shipping commercial games, and writing clear, maintainable, portable code.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain core game engine systems using modern C++.
• Write clean, intuitive code that can be understood by external developers and extended in the future.
• Evaluate new technologies and tools to improve workflows, engine capabilities, and runtime performance.
• Collaborate with external programmers to enable features to run quickly and efficiently.
• Solve crashes, performance bottlenecks, and other problems on PC and console.

Skills

C++

Multithreading

Rendering optimization

Performance profiling

Algorithms & data structures

Team communication

Portability & maintainability

Unreal Engine

Tools

Unreal Engine

Job description

Rushdown Studios in New York State is seeking a Senior Engine Programmer to design, develop, and optimize core engine systems using modern C++. You will contribute to cross-team collaboration and help improve runtime performance for multiple games.

The role emphasizes maintaining portable, clean code and a proactive, team-centered approach, with a strong preference for local/hybrid work from Saratoga Springs, NY. Remote applicants in the Eastern US may be considered.