Senior Remote Emulator Engineer — Retro Games

Jobgether SRL; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote position for U.S.-based

Opportunity to work on classic video/g

Job summary

Partner Company in the United States is seeking a Senior Generalist Engineer (Video Games) to design, develop, and optimize emulators for modern hardware, with strong C/C++ and reverse‑engineering skills. You will lead debugging across platforms and mentor engineers while supporting a growing retro games portfolio.

The role emphasizes performance, platform compatibility, and tooling, offering a fully remote setup for US-based professionals and involvement in preservation and modernization

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of generalist software engineering experience with a strong interest or professional background in video game development.
• Excellent C and C++ programming skills with deep understanding of computer architecture including CPU/GPU behavior, memory management, threading, and SIMD techniques.
• Strong scripting skills in Python, Lua, or similar.
• Experience developing, debugging, and optimizing software across multiple platforms.
• Experience with static recompilation techniques.
• Hands-on experience with reverse engineering and debugging tools such as Ghidra.
• Ability to diagnose complex technical problems and work independently toward practical solutions.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate within a distributed remote team.
• Proactive mindset with the ability to take ownership of challenging engineering problems.
• Genuine enthusiasm for classic video games, retro gaming, and emulation.

Responsibilities

• Own the complete lifecycle of emulators and supporting tools, including development, maintenance, optimization, and expansion.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines, update development machines and tools, and create and monitor automation scripts.
• Optimize emulated games and supporting software for performance, stability, and compatibility across target platforms.
• Lead end-to-end debugging and resolution of platform compatibility issues.
• Drive reverse engineering efforts for classic games, including debugging, patching, media replacement, achievements and trophies, and modern enhancements.
• Develop and maintain technical tools that improve engineering and production workflows.
• Analyze and resolve complex software, hardware, memory, threading, and platform-level issues.
• Contribute to architectural decisions, engineering best practices, and improvements to development processes.
• Provide technical mentorship and guidance to other engineers.
• Collaborate with engineering, production, and QA teams to identify issues, evaluate solutions, and deliver high-quality player experiences.

Skills

C/C++ programming

Scripting (Python, Lua)

Cross‑platform development

Reverse engineering

Debugging

Software optimization

Tools

Ghidra

Static recompilation

Libretro experience

Job description

Partner Company in the United States is seeking a Senior Generalist Engineer (Video Games) to design, develop, and optimize emulators for modern hardware, with strong C/C++ and reverse‑engineering skills. You will lead debugging across platforms and mentor engineers while supporting a growing retro games portfolio.

The role emphasizes performance, platform compatibility, and tooling, offering a fully remote setup for US-based professionals and involvement in preservation and modernization