Expert Engine Engineer (Game Development)

Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada, or Playa Vista, CA, United States; onsite four days per week

Salary: 115,060–227,010 CAD annual base pay

Company

Treyarch is a videogame studio known for the Call of Duty: Black Ops franchise and the Zombies mode.

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 crashes, performance issues, and low-level engine problems.
• Collaborate with pipeline, graphics, tools, and engineering teams on robust engine technology.
• Participate in technical design, code reviews, roadmap discussions, and mentoring.

Requirements

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, including game engine, core systems, or runtime development.
• Deep C++ expertise and experience working in a large, established codebase.
• Strong background in designing, debugging, profiling, and optimizing core engine or runtime systems.
• Knowledge of computer architecture, memory systems, CPU performance, data-oriented optimization, and multithreaded programming.
• Experience shipping AAA console and PC titles across multiple platforms.
• Strong independent problem-solving, communication, collaboration, and technical mentoring 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 or experience guiding technical direction.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative studio culture where innovation, communication, and diverse perspectives are valued.
• Medical, dental, vision, health spending, life, disability, and wellness benefits.
• 401(k) with company match, tuition reimbursement, and charitable donation matching.
• Paid holidays, vacation, sick time, parental leave, and other leave programs.
• Relocation assistance may be available if geographic relocation is required for the role.