Senior Generalist Engineer (Video Games)

Summary

Responsibilities

• Own the complete lifecycle of our emulators and tools, including development, maintenance, and expansion.
• Maintain our CI/CD pipeline, install new tools, update machines, write and monitor scripts.
• Optimize games to ensure they are performant on target platforms.
• Own the end-to-end process for debugging platform compatibility issues.
• Drive the complete reverse engineering process for games—from patching bugs and replacing media to adding achievements/trophies and modern enhancements.
• Influence the team’s best practices, propose architectural improvements, and technically mentor other engineers.

Requirements

• 5 - 8 years of generalist engineering experience, with a strong interest or background in video game development.
• Strong scripting language skills (Python, Lua, etc.).
• Excellent C/C++ skills and a deep understanding of computer architecture, including CPU/GPU behavior and memory management, threading, and SIMD techniques.
• Experience building and optimizing software across multiple platforms.
• Clear communicator who works well in a remote team and takes initiative when solving problems.
• Experience with static recompilation techniques.
• Hands-on experience with reverse engineering and debugging tools such as Ghidra.
• Genuine passion for retro games and emulation.
• Bonus Points
• Experience with game emulation or cross-platform ports (commercial or open source like libretro), including creating modifications/patches for classic games.
• Familiarity with assembly languages (such as x86, ARM, or MIPS) and binary analysis.
• Understanding of modern GPU rendering pipelines (DX12, Metal, Vulkan, etc.)
• Target: $110k - $130k