Expert Engine Engineer Treyarch Vancouver, BC

Treyarch the studio behind the best-selling Call of Duty: Black Ops franchise is seeking an Expert Engine Engineer to join our Core Engine team.This is an opportunity to help shape the technology that powers our next blockbustercutting-edgegame title while working alongside some of the best engineering design and creative talent in the industry.

At Treyarch Engine Engineers on the Core Engine team focus on the foundational runtime technology that powers the game.This includes performance memory streaming multithreading platform support stability and optimization across supported platforms. This is primarily a game and engine runtime role not a tools workflow or graphics-focused position though experience in those areas is valuable.

This role can be based in either our Vancouver BC or Playa Vista CA office and follows an onsite work schedule of four days per week. Work arrangements may change at the companys discretion to meet business needs.

What youll do

Priorities can often change in a fast-paced environment like ours so this role includes but is not limited to the following responsibilities:

• Design implement refactoroptimize and debug core runtime engine systems across a largeestablishedC codebase.

• Improve game performance stability memory usage streaming multithreading and platform-specific behavior.

• Profile andoptimizeruntime systems across supported platforms including PC and consoles.

• Investigate complex bugs crashes performance issues and low-level engine problems.

• Work closely withpipeline graphicstoolsand other engineering teams to deliver robust engine technology.

• Participatein technical design code reviews performance reviews and long-term engine roadmap discussions.

• Mentor engineers andprovidetechnical guidance on architecture debugging optimization and best practices.

To succeed you should have

• 10 years of professional software engineering experience withsignificant experiencein gameengine core systems or runtime development.

• Deep Cexpertiseand proven ability to work effectively in a largeestablishedcodebase.

• Strong experience designing debugging andoptimizingcore engine or runtime systems.

• Solid understanding of computer architecture memory systems CPU performance data-oriented optimization and multithreaded programming.

• Excellent debugging profiling performance analysis and optimization skills.

• Experience shipping AAA consoleandPC titles across multiple platforms.

• Ability to independently research prioritize and solve complex technical problems.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across engineering teams.

• Passion for writing clean efficient reliable and maintainable code.

Wed love it if you also have...

• Experience contributing to a proprietary or bespoke internal game engine.

• Experience with runtime memory systems streaming technology asset loading or platform-level systems.

• Experience with low-level systems such as I/O memory management job systems task scheduling or platform abstraction.

• Strong 3D math and linear algebra skills.

• Experience with game networking animation systems physicsbuildinfrastructure distributed systems or async programming.

• Graphics programming experience on console or PC including rendering APIs GPU architecture or graphics performance analysis.

• Experience mentoring senior engineers or helping guide technical direction across a team.

• Multiple shipped AAA titles.

We love hearing from anyone who is enthusiastic about changing the games industry. Not sure you meet all qualifications Let us decide! Research shows that women and members of other under-represented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they think they may not meet every qualification when in fact they often do! At Activision Blizzard we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.

The videogame industry and therefore our business is fast-paced and will continue to evolve. As such the duties and responsibilities of this role may be changed as directed by the Company at any time to promote and support our business and relationships with industry partners.

About Treyarch

Founded in 1996 Treyarch is a videogame studio whose purpose is to create awesome games for the world to enjoy. With this purpose in mind we crafted the award winning Call of Duty: Black Ops series and pioneered the fan favorite Zombies mode.

At Treyarch we empower the team to be individually driven to innovate on our games processes and culture. How we do things is just as important as what we do.

Studio culture and development we believe its a team effort and that collaboration and hearing one another is key. Every day we face the large and small challenges together and every voice matters.

These values guide us in our mission to create moments that matter. Both to the players and to us the an era where triumphs and defeats are readily shared seeing players engage with our creations gives us great pride. Come help us create that next moment.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity gender expression national origin protected veteran status or any other basis protected by applicable law and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable assistance to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you are a disabled individual requiring an accommodation to apply for an open position please email your request to General employment questions cannot be accepted or processed here. Thank you for your interest.

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