Would you like to become part of the team that includes the creative visionaries behind Drizzt Do'Urden and Spawn? 38 Studios is currently seeking a passionate, experienced Senior Client Engineer to join the Copernicus team. This is a full-time position with competitive salary, full benefits and 401(k), and the chance to be part of MMO history!

Summary

As a Senior Client Engineer, you will be responsible for implementing, maintaining, debugging and optimizing code for numerous systems and tools in the client technologies of our MMO. These systems include graphics, animation, gameplay, UI, audio, and general game engine architecture. We'll ask you to work closely with other engineers, artists, and designers to make our games great, be awesome and be fun.

Position Responsibilities

• Work with team leads, artists and designers to define client performance requirements for the MMO, tools, and asset pipelines.
• Implement, maintain, optimize and debug code for different systems on the MMO client.
• Help define minimum spec requirements and balance against capabilities of current systems.
• Improve software pipelines and processes to increase overall team productivity.
• Work closely with graphics, audio, UI and lead client engineers to define best practices, improve coordination and generally facilitate productivity.
• Facilitate communication between engineering, art, design, and other departments.

Knowledge, Skills & Ability Requirements

Knowledge

• Very Strong knowledge of C++ is required.
• Excellent debugging and optimization skills and are required.
• An understanding of most game engine disciplines (e.g. animation, audio, graphics, gameplay, etc) with extensive experience in at least one discipline.
• A deep knowledge of client systems, performance trade-offs, and best-practices.
• Familiarity with SpeedTree, Morpheme, Umbra, Scaleform, Wwise is helpful.
• Familiarity with SCRUM development process is helpful.

Competencies

• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent organization and time-management skills.
• The ability to work closely with other senior engineers and to mentor more junior engineers.
• Understanding of how to work on large teams in a deadline-driven environment.

Experience

• Minimum of five years game industry experience is required, with at least two shipped titles.
• Experience with UnrealEngine3 is a big plus.
• Experience with open world or MMO games is a plus.
• Experience with the Python programming language is a plus.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science.

38 Studios, a media and entertainment company founded in 2006 by Curt Schilling, is creating an original fantasy IP driven by the creative and artistic visions of pop-culture icons R. A. Salvatore and Todd McFarlane. Entertainment products will include an immersive online entertainment experience that transcends the traditional MMO genre, novels, comics, toys, movies, TV, and more. Headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island, the company is a fun, energetic place to work where the company mantra, “How cool would it be if . . . ?” infuses the team with a commitment to passion, integrity, and innovation.

Please submit resumes and portfolios using the 'Apply Now' button at the top of the page. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for an interview. 38 Studios, LLC is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

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