Senior Platform Performance Engineer - AAA Unreal 5

31st Union; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 113,000 - 167,000; Full time

Job summary

31st Union is seeking a Senior Platform Performance Engineer to support our AAA multiplatform Unreal Engine 5 title on consoles and PC with 60+ FPS Quality and 120+ FPS Performance modes.

You will balance rendering, memory, CPU, and streaming performance while collaborating with Rendering Engineering and Technical Art to define scalable pipelines and guidelines. Strong knowledge of PS5/Series tooling and shader pipelines is required.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years experience in AAA game development, including at least one shipped console title.
• Deep understanding of modern real-time rendering techniques and GPU hardware
• Deep understanding of Unreal Engine 5 and underlying technologies
• Ability to write, debug, and analyze shaders and pipelines using platform GPU performance and debugging tools
• A shipped rendering optimization or approximation of your own design that you can walk us through in detail
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams
• Experience with PS5, PS5 Pro, and Xbox Series X|S development tools and platform requirements
• Unreal Engine 5 optimization
• Experience defining content budgets and standards with technical artists, such as LOD, asset validation, mesh and texture streaming, etc.

Responsibilities

• Profile and optimize GPU, CPU, memory utilization, and streaming on PS5, PS5 Pro, Xbox Series X|S, and minimum-spec PC.
• Implement Build, Cook and Runtime systems to support multiplatform/multiresolution game content within memory and performance targets.
• Partner with Rendering Engineering and Technical Art to define construction guidelines and scalability pipelines for 60+ FPS Quality and 120+ FPS Performance modes.
• Implement platform and scalability-specific rendering features.
• Resolve platform-specific technical requirements.

Skills

AAA game dev

Unreal Engine 5

Shader debugging

Cross-functional collab

Platform optimization

PS5/Series tooling

Rendering optimization

Tools

PS5 dev tools

Console dev tools

GPU profiling tools

UE5 tooling

Job description

31st Union is seeking a Senior Platform Performance Engineer to support our AAA multiplatform Unreal Engine 5 title on consoles and PC with 60+ FPS Quality and 120+ FPS Performance modes.

You will balance rendering, memory, CPU, and streaming performance while collaborating with Rendering Engineering and Technical Art to define scalable pipelines and guidelines. Strong knowledge of PS5/Series tooling and shader pipelines is required.