- Location: Los Angeles - Chatsworth
- State: California
- Country: United States of America
- Location: Vancouver - Great Northern Way
- State: British Columbia
- Country: Canada
Job Title: Senior Software Engineer
Location: Hybrid - Vancouver or Los Angeles
Reports to: Technical Director
Job Summary:
Founded in 2010, Respawn was created with the philosophy that when talented people have creative freedom, they’ll make extraordinary games that achieve the unexpected. Respawn Entertainment is the Academy Award-winning studio behind Apex Legends, Titanfall, and Star Wars Jedi titles. Join us to help shape the future of one of the world’s leading live service franchises: Apex Legends.
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will drive the development of foundational technologies and work to improve the performance and stability of Apex Legends. You will work closely with gameplay teams, tools engineers, game designers and producers to create and maintain a wide-variety of systems across our entire technical stack, from the engine to our game services backend. Ultimately, your work will help ensure every new release of the game to our players is of outstanding quality and the best experience it can be.
Responsibilities:
Debug and resolve complex issues in large-scale codebases across a variety of levels of abstraction
Collaborate with other engineers to quantify game performance, prevent regressions and improve launch stability.
Improve our online multiplayer experience by contributing strong networking code
Design, own and maintain engine systems, focused on performance and stability across consoles and dedicated servers.
Analyze performance data results, identify crashes and defects, and guide improvements that directly impact the player experience.
Required Qualifications:
5+ years of experience developing and maintaining software or equivalent game development experience
Experience working in large, shared codebases (not necessarily games!)
Strong working knowledge of C/C++
Proficiency in programming or scripting languages such as Python
Experience with profiling and optimizing software
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.