Experienced Senior Engineer
Paradox Tectonic is looking for an experienced Software Engineer to join our team of highly experienced senior developers within a mostly flat organizational structure.
In this role, you will work to architect and develop a wide range of systems for Life by You, our next generation life simulator. You will also be asked to learn and improve the current code base as needed and take over ownership of systems as needed. You will become the point person for these systems, working with other senior engineers to define interfaces and responsibilities of major areas of the codebase. You will be expected to be customer first and high quality in your technical and creative solutions. Furthermore, you will work with the Creative Director and project team to hone the design of gameplay and other technical features, connecting your technical expertise with the creative side of game development.
Our ideal candidate has been a lead on other AAA games and has a professional interest in agent based simulations, AI and 3D representation.
Responsibilities
Architect, implement, learn and iterate on major extendable systems.
Collaborate closely with other engineers, designers, and artists to support and add new features to new and existing systems
Be active in researching and proposing solutions for technical, design, and artistic features in order to provide the best user experience.
Create and iterate on complex tools and editors to support an intuitive, smooth workflow for the internal content creation team
Work with creative teams to provide implementation of gameplay features
Develop tools and UI to provide content to gameplay systems
Promote and uphold a high-level of code quality
Required Qualifications
10 years or more experience in the games industry and at least 3 shipped titles
Excellent understanding of C# and Unity
Experience developing AAA quality games through the full development cycle
Experience developing on PC and/or modern console systems
Strong focus around understanding player experience, motivation and play patterns
Practical knowledge of algorithm applications and implementations
Strong skills in 3D mathematics
Experience architecting large areas of a codebase
Able to collect requirements and design a system without direction from a colleague
Good at optimizing and profiling code
Strong debugging skills
Ability to communicate well and work closely with other engineers, creative teams, and production
Must be legally able to work in the United States
Experience in the following is a plus
Experience with C++, Python and other programming languages
You are passionate about unconventional or optimistic games targeted at diverse or female-leaning audiences.
Experience providing robust tools and pipelines for design and art content data
Understanding of solutions for modding and user-generated content in modern games
Experience working with a UI solution (Unity or other) to reflect game state
Experience with locomotion, pathfinding/path following, animation, IK
Experience with graphics, optimization, and profiling
Scope: Full-time and permanent
Can be remote anywhere within the United States but expected to keep consistent work hours with a team situated in the Bay Area.
Salary Range: 180,000-220,000 USD
Salary range is dependent on experience level, additional skills and location. Candidates must already be eligible to work in the United States.
- Department
- Tectonic Studio
- Role
- Experienced Engineer
- Locations
- Berkeley, USA
- Remote status
- Fully Remote
Berkeley, USA
Working at Paradox
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Continuous personal development
To make and sell fantastic games we focus on continuous professional development of our employees. Education, career development and impact on decision-making are part and parcel of this endeavor.
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Freedom & Responsibility
Your contribution will count and you’ll see direct results of your input in our final products.We provide you with freedom in how to tackle ambitious goals and we strive to work in small autonomous teams where you have an impact on the decisions taken. However, we also expect every employee to be responsible for their work and the decisions they make.
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Explore, bond and be well
Our culture centers around the games we make and the bonds we form between the people who make and play them. In our experience, a healthy dose of nerdiness is often central in this, no matter what form it takes.
We encourage employees and teams to explore their nerdiness and connect with one another within and (if they wish) outside the company - be it in our strong board game and TTRPG community, over painting miniatures, in book circles, over karaoke, at our social gatherings and of course over video games. How far down the rabbit hole you go is up to you, nothing is mandatory.
It goes without saying that you get full access to our Steam catalog and the chance the play games that are still in development.
We strive for a good work-life balance for all employees and prioritize their personal well-being.
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Masters of our fate
We have stable long-term owners with skin in the game, decision making close to the games and the players and are stably self-financed, without debt. That gives us full ownership and control of our development. Our success or failure is up to us.
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Compensation
We offer competitive monthly salary and salary revision once per year with participation in our company wide profit share program.
You will be given 5+1 weeks of paid vacation per year. For international hires, we will provide relocation assistance (Visa application, Initial Home Finding, Settling in Service, and your flight).We offer flexible work hours, an open office environment and we encourage sharing and learning from each other.
It goes without saying that you get full access to our Steam catalog and the chance the play games that are still in development.
Our Culture
Paradox’s workplace culture has been shaped by our players, our knowledge of what they want and expect from us, and the lessons we’ve learned in over two decades of operation.
In our work, we place great emphasis on the value we create for our players, the trust we place in one another, our goal of making each other better, and on proactively solving the tasks and problems we face within an industry and a company that keep on changing.
We focus less on job titles and more on the ideas, skills and attitude that every member of our small, autonomous teams brings to the table.
About Paradox Interactive
Today, Paradox consists of both publishing and internal game development. We have a broad portfolio of games and own the most important brands, including Stellaris, Europa Universalis, Hearts of Iron, Crusader Kings, Cities: Skylines, Prison Architect, Victoria, Age of Wonders and the World of Darkness catalog of brands.
Since 2004, the company has published its games all over the world, initially through physical distribution but primarily in digital channels after 2006. Paradox games are developed primarily for PC and console platforms, but the company also releases games on mobile. The largest markets today include the US, UK, China, Germany, France and Scandinavia. In total, Paradox games have over five million players each month.
Experienced Senior Engineer
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