Skydance is hiring a
Senior Software Engineer II, Remote - United States

Summary

The job is for a Senior Software Engineer II to work on an AAA single-player story-driven action-adventure game using the Unreal Engine. The position requires collaboration with various teams, tackling technical problems, and maintaining high standards of quality, performance, and polish.

Requirements

• Take risks in order to push the technology forward in new and innovative ways
• Thrive in a self-driven environment
• Have excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Exhibit excellent C++ skills and software engineering principles
• Have a high-quality bar for results and the engineering discipline to get there
• Have proven examples of owning systems and features in any aspect of game development
• Have shipped at least one product using Unreal Engine
• Have at least ten (10) years professional programming experience and have taken a large game through all stages of production

Responsibilities

• Tackle industry leading technical problems, driving both the vision for and the solutions to those challenges
• Design, implement and maintain game systems using Unreal Engine 5
• Share your best practices for development in Unreal Engine 5
• Inform and refine how we use World Partition and Data Layers in our world building process
• Evaluate and promote asset hygiene to maintain Unreal Editor Performance and team velocity
• Contribute to features, tools, and debug functionality to support narrative development
• Collaborate with everyone, including designers, artists, animators and other engineers
• Perform as-needed ad hoc generalist work (some examples could include profiling and optimization, localization, achievements, middleware integration, save- load, nav mesh)

Benefits

The salary range for this position in Los Angeles is $170,000 – $220,000. The salary offered may vary based on the candidate’s location, qualifications, experience and relevant expertise, among other factors