Game Recorder Engineer (Gamedev)

TL;DR

Game Recorder Engineer (C++/C#): Designing and maintaining a high-performance game recording system with an accent on low-level optimization and game engine interfacing. Focus on optimizing data capture throughput, solving complex memory crashes, and reverse-engineering anti-cheat mechanisms.

Location: On-site in New York City (3+ days in office)

Salary: $150,000 – $275,000 + Equity

Company

The world's largest platform for gaming clips, building social, monetized, and creator-powered gaming communities.

What you will do

• Design and implement performant game recording systems for efficient gameplay capture.
• Optimize performance-critical code to ensure high-throughput data capture.
• Interface with game engines and APIs to extract game-specific data for features like auto-clipping.
• Investigate and resolve low-level bugs related to input devices and hooking.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience developing scalable and complex software in C/C++ or C#.
• Proven experience debugging crashes using memory dumps.
• Deep understanding of the graphics stack, graphics APIs, and hooking into engines like Unity and Unreal.
• Experience with reverse-engineering and working with anti-cheats.
• Must be based in New York City to contribute alongside the product team.

Nice to have

• Experience working with large-scale video data.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive salary and meaningful equity.
• Comprehensive health coverage (medical, dental, vision) and 401(k).
• Wellness perks including Wellhub and mental health resources.
• Generous PTO, paid parental leave, and fertility/maternal health benefits.
• Daily meals and commuter benefits at the NYC Flatiron HQ.
• Learning and development stipend.