Technical Engineer

Arkane Studios - Austin @ Austin, TX, US
Engineering/Programming

Overview

Arkane Studios Austin is looking for a Technical Engineer (aka, Tech Generalist) to join our team in developing our next AAA title!  This is an excellent opportunity to be part of a small and focused team of developers with a proven track record of making awesome games.  Our style of immersive simulation and emergent gameplay creates many challenges.  As a Technical Engineer, you will use your skills to create and maintain various systems and tools to empower our content team and assist in delivering another best-in-class player experience.

Responsibilities

  • Report to the Lead Technical Engineer and work closely with other team members to deliver high quality and performant systems and tools features
  • Work on tasks in various systems and be willing to take system ownership as need
  • Ability to contribute as an active member of the engineering team by delivering high quality work on schedule
  • Comfort with learning and working in lower level systems

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent
  • At least one, two preferred, shipped multi-platform games
  • Fundamental understanding of one or more aspects of game engine development: 3D, audio, physics, AI, networking, multi- threading, UI and tools, with a passion for learning
  • Excellent organization and time management skills
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Ability to write clear, maintainable, portable code
  • Must be a self-motivated and energetic team player with a very strong work ethic and cooperative attitude

Preferred Skills

  • Familiarity with Unreal Engine 4
  • Experience with highly concurrent, real-time systems is a plus
  • Experience with modern console development

We embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion in everything we do – from recruiting for our studios, publishing and operations to fostering safe and respectful workplaces that encourage collaboration. Our culture is based on principles of respect, inclusion, and fair treatment and we welcome anyone into our family without regard to race, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, or age.

Our diversity fuels our innovation and inspires us to create game worlds that bring us closer to the global community of players we serve.

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What to Expect

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Recruiter Call

If you are selected, you will be contacted by our team for an initial phone screen to chat about your previous experience.

You may go through one or two phone interviews, and possibly a follow-up Skype call.

If your qualifications do not match the criteria of a current position, your resume will be kept on file.

Site Visit

The next step will be an invitation to come out and meet the team at the studio for onsite interviews.

In the event that we choose not to move forward at any point in the recruiting process, we will let you know.

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