Senior Systems Programmer

If you’re someone who has the innate ability to easily address new problems, examine and deliver excellent shipping code, and rapidly work through solutions for new tools for content creation, you might be a great fit. You may be handling streaming and memory management one month and console optimization the next. If this all sounds up your alley, come join us!

Your Role

  • Make tools and systems to help designers do their job - agility to support our content needs is vital to keep us working with as few constraints as possible

  • Create new features within the engine - we have some unique aspects to our game that often require unique solutions to employ with finesse

  • Communicating and collaborating - we often have deep-dive conversations about design and pipeline, working together for solutions. A healthy dose of respect towards others and a desire to listen goes a long way towards our goals

  • Work with other engineers to develop and maintain core game architecture and team process

Requirements

  • Excellent C++ skills and knowledge

  • Excellent 3d math skills

  • Highly flexible and responsive to new scenarios, software and possibilities

  • Some previously shipped titles under your belt - preferably both personal and professionally

  • A love for games - we talk about them all day long, so it’s important to be able to collaborate and understand references to other successful systems

  • Excellent organization skills in code

  • Able to propose necessary features and appropriately estimate workload

  • Experience with modern platforms - consoles and PC

Heart Machine Offers*

  • Competitive pay through bonus structures

  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage

  • 401k

  • Free Friday lunches

  • Regular company events

  • Paid vacation, holiday and sick time with flexibility

  • Paid parental leave

  • Flexibility in work location(s)

To Apply

Send your application to jobs@heart-machine.com with the title "Senior Systems Engineer". 

This position is currently remote - post-pandemic, ideally the position will be based in our studio in Culver City.

Please include specific skills you would bring to a new project, as well as any references from previous work experiences.

We are supportive of a diverse workforce and strive for inclusiveness. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, criminal history, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. 

*Benefits and perks listed may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Heart Machine and country in which you work.