Striking Distance Studios continues to grow. We are looking for talented developers with experience working on large-scale, live service games to join us in our San Ramon studio.

What we need:

Striking Distance Studios is looking for an experienced Senior Systems Engineer to help create a new next generation AAA experience.

Responsibilities:

• Tackle and solve open-ended technical challenges to advance the state of the art in games
• Provide technical designs for new features and/or changes in engine
• Work with content creators, and other programmers to bring new titles to life across multiple platforms.
• Help mentor and develop less-experienced members of the engineering team in both Unreal Engine and C++
• Work in Unreal Engine to build new technology and adapt existing systems to fulfill the project’s technical requirements.
• Research coding techniques and algorithms in order to keep current on technological developments and advancements in the game industry
• Foster a culture of open, honest, and respectful communication across all disciplines

Qualifications:

• At least 5 years of games industry experience and preferably 2 years or more in a similar role.
• Experience working on multi-platform software projects
• Experience developing for recent game consoles
• Experience working with CPU and GPU experience is a bonus.
• Experience working on core engine systems such as Physics, Tools, etc.
• Strong mathematics and simulation including good linear algebra and related skills.
• A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or relevant work experience
• 2 or more years experience working with Unreal Engine
• Full professional proficiency in English