Lead Engine System Engineer
Tencent · US-California-Irvine, United States
Remote Full-time Posted 5 days ago
About this role
About the Hiring Team Welcome to Lightspeed LA, the first U.S.-based, AAA game development studio for Tencent Games. Lightspeed LA is focused on building open-world games that emphasize an ambitious living world, sophisticated player-driven gameplay, and mature, thoughtful storytelling. We are developing the first in a series of genre-defining titles
Why join Lightspeed LA? For us, it's not only about the exciting, new AAA open world game we're developing but also about team values and studio culture. We foster an open and transparent environment where everyone feels comfortable providing constructive feedback about all aspects of our games. ● We encourage the showing of work that's still in progress
● We don't attack or question unfinished work, we celebrate its promise. ● We have a No Blame Culture where we blame the problem, not the person. This is a safe place to fail, and we don't view failure as a negative, but as the natural result of pushing boundaries and trying new things
We create together. We face Challenges Together. We succeed together
What the Role Entails LightSpeed LA is seeking a talented and enthusiastic Lead Engine System Engineer to join our 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 and push the boundaries of what we can do today. Join our team of industry veterans and help us build a team and culture of respect that pushes boundaries while having lots of fun
Work with and lead a core technology engineering team to develop key engine systems and focus on performance and optimization Work with design and production and engineering leadership to manage schedules and backlog Implement, debug and optimize engine systems in C/C++ and other languages Help establish budgets for engine systems and pipeline tools to validate them Refactor existing systems and tools to handle large worlds with dynamic content Utilize
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