Senior Engineer (Unreal Engine)

TL;DR

Senior Engineer (Unreal Engine): Building and optimizing gameplay systems, tools, and technical features for Unreal Engine projects with an accent on console development, performance optimization, and platform compliance. Focus on owning features end-to-end, supporting major releases, and shipping new titles.

Location: Hybrid in Loveland, Colorado (preferred 4 days/week onsite). Fully remote may be negotiable depending on experience and team alignment.

Salary: $105,000 – $135,000 Annually

Company

Studio Sirens, founded in 2024 under Snail Games, is a development team focused on prototyping innovative gameplay systems, crafting bold new IP, and co-development projects.

What you will do

• Implement and maintain gameplay systems, tools, pipelines, and technical features across Unreal Engine projects.
• Own console development workflows including optimization, platform-specific features, certification prep, and debugging across Xbox, PlayStation, Switch, and PC.
• Support porting initiatives by profiling performance, addressing platform constraints, and ensuring compliance.
• Operate as a full-stack engineer, contributing to gameplay code, tools, build/CI improvements, and runtime systems.
• Collaborate with the Technical Director on architecture decisions, performance budgets, and risk assessment.
• Work closely with design, art, and production to estimate tasks, scope technical needs, and maintain alignment.

Requirements

• 5+ years professional software development experience (games preferred).
• Strong Unreal Engine experience (UE4 or UE5), including Blueprints and C++.
• Demonstrated experience with console development and/or porting projects.
• Strong debugging, profiling, and performance optimization skills across multiple platforms.
• Ability to work full-stack across gameplay, tools, build systems, and runtime features.
• Clear communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a small, fast-moving team.

Nice to have

• Experience with Ark ASA or Atlas Modkit environments.
• Multiplayer networking, matchmaking, backend services, or online systems experience.
• Prior experience with console certification, compliance, or first-party submission processes.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, crash/metrics systems, or dev-ops tooling.
• Experience shipping titles on multiple platforms or working on porting houses/co-dev teams.

Culture & Benefits

• True focus on work/life balance.
• Paid company holidays, vacation, and separate sick leave.
• Medical, dental, vision, and Life/LTD.
• 401k with company match.