Senior Software Engineer II
Job Summary
Job Description
- Unreal Engine 5
- C++ Expertise
- Game Development
- System Ownership
- World Partition
- Data Layers
- Asset Hygiene
- Performance Optimization
- Remote Work
- Team Get-togethers
6 skills required
Job Details
In This Role, You Will:
- 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)
- Use your extensive expertise in game development to ensure the product is fun and meets the highest standards of quality, performance, and polish
We Are Looking For People Who:
- Have at least ten (10) years professional programming experience and have taken a large game through all stages of production
- 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
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About The Company
About Skydance Media
Skydance is a diversified media company founded by David Ellison in 2010 to create high quality, event-level entertainment for global audiences. The Company brings to life stories of immersive worlds across its feature film, television, and interactive platforms. Its feature films include Mission: Impossible - Fallout, Annihilation, LIFE, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, Star Trek Beyond, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, Terminator Genisys, World War Z, Star Trek Into Darkness, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Jack Reacher, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, and True Grit. Skydance’s upcoming film releases include Top Gun: Maverick, Gemini Man, The Old Guard, 6 Underground and the nwe untitled Terminator film. In 2017, Skydance formed an animation division to develop and produce a slate of high-end feature films and television series in partnership with Spain’s Ilion Animation Studios. Skydance Television launched in 2013. Its current slate includes Emmy-nominated Grace and Frankie on Netflix, Altered Carbon on Netflix, Jack Ryan on Amazon, and Condor on AT&T Audience Network. Skydance Interactive launched in 2016 to create and publish original and IP-based virtual reality experiences and video games. Skydance Interactive recently debuted its first original title – Archangel, a story-driven VR shooter.
About Skydance Interactive
Skydance Interactive creates and publishes original and IP-based virtual reality games. The division of Skydance Media was launched in 2016 through the acquisition of The Workshop Entertainment. Skydance Interactive’s first VR offering is Archangel, launched on July 18th 2017. Skydance Interactive in 2017 partnered with Skybound Entertainment to develop a number of original virtual reality video games based on the expansive world of The Walking Dead universe. The Walking Dead VR game will be the inaugural co-developed title from both companies. The studio is located in Marina del Rey, CA.
About Animation
In 2017, Skydance formed an animation division to develop and produce a slate of high-end feature films and television series in partnership with Spain’s Ilion Animation Studios. Skydance’s first three animated features are Luck, Split (working title), and Powerless (working title). Luck, directed by Alessandro Carloni (Kung Fu Panda 3) and written by Jonathan Aibel & Glenn Berger, is a comedy that pulls back the curtain on the millennia-old battle between the organizations of good luck and bad luck that secretly affects our daily lives. Split, directed by Vicky Jenson (Shrek) and written by Linda Woolverton, tells the story of Elian, a teenager who comes of age using her magical powers to defend her family when the opposing forces of light and darkness threaten to divide her kingdom. Nathan Greno (Tangled) is set to direct Powerless. The studio is located in Los Angeles, CA.
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