Rec Room is a virtual social app where you play and create games with friends. We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer for our Rec Room Studio team to build upon our powerful user generated content tools. Built inside the Unity Editor, Rec Room Studio extends their tools to our users to create richer experiences, spaces, Avatars, and items, furthering the creative potential of our radically cross-platform social UGC app. With Rec Room Studio our creators are limited only by their imagination.
IN THIS ROLE YOU WILL:
- Plan, build, and maintain user generated content tools that expand the depth and quality of experiences our creators can author.
- Consider the user experience and how to provide systems that unshackles their creativity
- Proactively prototype new ideas and solutions
- Use metrics to track feature performance and inform design decisions
- Contribute creatively to the design process for both the game and editor
- Collaborate across teams and disciplines to build great new technology for our players
WE ARE LOOKING FOR THE FOLLOWING:
- 5+ years of experience building and shipping production-ready C-family code (e.g. C#, C++)
- Experience with Unity, Unreal, or a similar game engine
- Experience with rendering, memory, or performance optimization
- Excellent cross-discipline communication skills
- A constant desire to learn, improve, and help others improve
BONUS POINTS IF YOU HAVE:
- Experience extending/adding editor side tools in a modern game engine
- Experience working with user generated content systems
- Demonstrated experience writing and optimizing shaders
- Experience with metrics/telemetry
- Created a robust 2D or 3D user interface backed by asynchronous data.
- Optimized 3D game content, especially if cross-platform (mobile, console, VR, PC).
COMPANY INFO TO KNOW:
Rec Room offers generous medical, dental, and vision plans that cover you, your spouse/domestic partner, and children. We also support your retirement benefits with a company match. Rec Room values work-life balance by providing unlimited paid time off. Our company values are real and drive our culture. We work hard to be a safe and friendly place for people from all walks of life.
Rec Room provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
The base pay range for this position is listed below; please note the base pay may vary depending on location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Stock options and, in some cases, a sign-on bonus may be offered as part of the compensation package. We also offer a full slate of benefits, including flexible vacation, medical, dental vision, life and disability coverage, long-term care insurance, FSA, commuter benefits, a 401(k) plan with company match, and a parental leave program. We also offer some not-so-standard benefits, including equipment, family, and pet care stipends.
Base Pay Range
$165,000—$200,000 USD
COMPANY INFO TO KNOW:
Rec Room offers generous medical, dental, and vision plans that cover you, your spouse/domestic partner, and your children. We also support your retirement benefits with a company match. Rec Room values work-life balance by providing unlimited paid time off. Our company values are real and drive our culture. We work hard to be a safe and friendly place for people from all walks of life.
Rec Room provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
Applicants who need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process may contact [email protected] in confidence. Rec Room will work with each individual to define their application-related needs and to try to accommodate those needs.
Applicants can find our CCPA disclosure notice here.
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What We Do
Rec Room is the best place to build and play games together. Party up with friends from all around the world to chat, hang out, explore player-created rooms, or build something new and amazing to share with us all. With MILLIONS of player-created rooms, there is something for everyone. Hop into a game of paintball with some new friends or zen out in a park with a few of your besties. Rec Room is available on all major gaming platforms, including mobile, console and VR, and is free to play.
Why Work With Us
Rec Room has built a thriving and unique culture around action, autonomy, and trust. We hire talented and driven people and allow them to do their best work, in whatever way that is best for them. We don’t focus on hours or location, but on output and impact. Everyone at Rec Room is empowered to make decisions, have a voice, and be their true self.
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