Lightspeed LA - Senior Systems Engineer (Engine)

LightSpeed LA is seeking for a talented and enthusiastic senior engineer to join our new studio in sunny Irvine California. The ideal candidate will have a strong passion for games and enabling content creators to deliver the most polished experience for our players. Join our team of industry veterans and help us build a team and culture of respect that pushes boundaries while having lots of fun.

Responsibilities:

• Help maintain culture of fast iteration and practical problem solving
• Help establish budgets for engine systems and pipeline tools to validate them
• Refactor existing systems to spread work across multiple cores and frames (e.g. Data streaming)
• Refactor existing systems and tools to handle large worlds with dynamic content
• Evolve iteratively existing systems into state of art solutions
• Mentor others to make the best use of engine systems and hardware capability

Requirements:

• Passion for games and the technology that makes them come to life
• 5+ years of professional experience in C++ programming in game industry
• Shipped at least one game title on PC and Consoles
• Expert C++ knowledge and debugging skills
• Excellent understanding of PC and console hardware bottlenecks and optimization strategies
• Deep understanding of multithreaded programming
• Experience in at least two game engine systems (e.g. Animation, AI, Physics, Rendering, Networking, Scripting, Audio)
• Value lean, simple, efficient, well-tested code
• Comfortable maintaining existing large codebase for multiple platforms
• Team player who works closely with other engineers to make sure our technology provides reliable and fast iteration for our content creators, and a fluid experience for our customers

Preferred:

• Experience building AAA engine(s)
• Deep understanding of game asset pipelines
• Experience building large world pipelines