Expert Engine Engineer (Game Engine)

Location: Onsite four days per week in Playa Vista, CA, or Vancouver, BC

Salary: $124,000–$229,400 annual base pay in the U.S.

Company

Treyarch is a videogame studio known for the Call of Duty: Black Ops franchise and Zombies mode, operating within hirify.global.

What you will do

• Design, implement, refactor, optimize, and debug core runtime engine systems in a large C++ codebase.
• Improve game performance, stability, memory usage, streaming, multithreading, and platform-specific behavior.
• Profile and optimize runtime systems across PC and console platforms.
• Investigate complex bugs, crashes, performance issues, and low-level engine problems.
• Collaborate with pipeline, graphics, tools, and engineering teams on engine technology.
• Contribute to technical design, code reviews, roadmap discussions, and mentoring engineers.

Requirements

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, including significant game engine, core systems, or runtime development.
• Deep C++ expertise and experience working in a large, established codebase.
• Strong knowledge of computer architecture, memory systems, CPU performance, data-oriented optimization, and multithreaded programming.
• Excellent debugging, profiling, performance analysis, and optimization skills.
• Experience shipping AAA console and PC titles across multiple platforms.
• Strong independent problem-solving, communication, collaboration, and clean-code skills.

Nice to have

• Experience with proprietary game engines, runtime memory systems, streaming, asset loading, or platform-level systems.
• Experience with I/O, memory management, job systems, task scheduling, or platform abstraction.
• Strong 3D math and linear algebra skills.
• Experience with networking, animation, physics, build infrastructure, distributed systems, async programming, or graphics programming.
• Multiple shipped AAA titles and experience mentoring senior engineers.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative studio culture focused on innovation, inclusion, and shared problem-solving.
• 20 vacation days, 16 holidays, 10 weeks of family leave, and paid sick time.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and mental health benefits.
• 401(k) with company match, tuition reimbursement, and charitable donation matching.
• Free lunches and snacks at the office, fitness programs, and free or discounted games.
• Relocation assistance may be available when geographic relocation is required for the role.