Lead Engine Programmer

Summary

Join People Can Fly, one of the leading independent AAA games development studios, as an Engine Programmer. You will lead a team of engine engineers, implement core game systems and tools, and work with exciting technology. With over 20 years of experience, PCF sets out to explore new horizons and combine expertise with creativity.

Requirements

• At least 5+ years of experience in the production of games for consoles and PC
• At least one shipped project
• Lead / managerial experience
• Excellent knowledge of Unreal Engine
• Excellent skills in C/C++
• Strong familiarity with streaming, networking and performance
• Ability to write efficient and maintainable code
• Experience with profiling and optimizations

Responsibilities

• Be the engineer responsible for our engine team creating systems to support gameplay as well as being the vanguard for performance and scalability issues
• Manage a team of engineers helping prioritize their tasks
• Be involved in the development and growth of the engineers on your team through mentoring and guidance
• Report status of the work and status of your team to the Technical Director
• Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code
• Test, debug, profile and optimize implementations
• Create design documentation according to team standards
• Perform code and design reviews

Benefits

• 100% group health insurance benefit premiums paid by PCF (Medical, Dental, Vision, Group Life, and Supplemental Live) and start on day 1 of employment
• 401K with 100% match, up to 3% of employee salary, and vested immediately
• Paid week off during Winter Holidays
• 20 paid vacation days and 5 paid sick days
• Free virtual health and mental wellbeing sessions included in the plan for members and their dependents