Unreal Engine Engineer - Switch Port (Remote) (3 Months)

Side; United States; Remote; USD 19,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary

Remote work within Brazil

Progression opportunities

Job summary

Side is seeking a Game/Software Engineer to support an Unreal Engine game for console development and live operations. You will port Unreal systems for Nintendo Switch, debug issues, and optimize performance across CPU, GPU, memory and loading.

This 3-month freelance role is fully remote within Brazil, requiring 3+ years of experience and console porting expertise, with Nintendo Switch and multiplayer background highly preferred.

Qualifications

• 3+ years professional experience as a Game/Software Engineer.
• Professional experience with Unreal Engine and C++.
• Experience developing or porting games for console platforms.
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills in an existing codebase.
• Understanding of game performance, profiling, and optimization.

Responsibilities

• Port and adapt existing Unreal Engine systems for Nintendo Switch.
• Investigate and resolve platform-specific bugs and compatibility issues.
• Profile and optimize CPU, GPU, memory, and loading performance.
• Work with graphics and scalability settings to meet console performance targets.
• Support integration of Nintendo platform features and requirements.
• Debug issues across gameplay, rendering, UI, input, online systems, and platform services.
• Collaborate closely with QA to reproduce, investigate, and resolve platform-specific issues.
• Support builds and overall platform/release readiness.

Skills

Unreal Engine

C++

Console dev

Debugging

Profiling

Teamwork

Tools

Unreal profiling tools

Job description

Side is seeking a Game/Software Engineer to support an Unreal Engine game for console development and live operations. You will port Unreal systems for Nintendo Switch, debug issues, and optimize performance across CPU, GPU, memory and loading.

This 3-month freelance role is fully remote within Brazil, requiring 3+ years of experience and console porting expertise, with Nintendo Switch and multiplayer background highly preferred.