Medal is the world’s largest and fastest-growing platform for gaming clips, where millions of gamers capture, share, and relive their best moments. Every year, our players record billions of clips, each representing a unique, action-packed highlight. We’re building the next generation of gaming communities - social, monetized, and creator-powered. Our mission is to design products that make sharing, discovering, and connecting around gaming moments seamless and fun.
We raised a seed round of $133M from General Catalyst and Khosla to discover the next generation of intelligence.
The RoleWe're seeking a Game Recorder Engineer to help build our state-of-the-art recorder. For this role, you will be responsible for the design, development, and maintenance of a performant game recorder. You will also be contributing to many of our features that require interfacing with game engines and game-specific APIs, such as auto clipping.
Key ResponsibilitiesDesign and implement performant game recording systems that capture gameplay efficiently
Optimize performance-critical code for high-throughput data capture
Interface with game engines and APIs to extract relevant game-specific data
Investigate various low-level bugs involving input devices, hooking, and more
3+ years of experience writing scalable and complex software, coding in languages including, but not limited to, C/C++, C#
Hands-on experience debugging crashes through memory dumps
Strong understanding of low-level, performance-critical engineering and code profiling
Deep knowledge of the graphics stack – from hooking into game engines (Unity, Unreal, etc. and graphics APIs all the way down to hardware devices
Experience with reverse-engineering and working with (and even around) anti-cheats
In-person: Looking to hire in NYC to contribute alongside the product team. 3+ days in the office
Bonus: Experience working with large-scale video data
Competitive salary and meaningful equity
Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
401(k)
Wellness and fitness perks including a Wellhub membership and mental health resources
Paid parental leave, fertility and maternal health benefits
Generous PTO policy
Daily meals and commuter benefits at our NYC HQ in Flatiron
Learning and development stipend
Benefits vary by country and employment type.
Skills Required
- 5+ years in systems programming, video capture/processing, or related fields.
- Strong C# skills with native interop experience.
- Experience with modern C++.
- Ability to work on performance-critical, low-latency systems.
What We Do
About Us: Create gaming memories while apart — Medal enables you to reliably capture and meaningfully share online memories with friends (..that would otherwise be lost to time).
