Lead Engine Programmer, Zenith
Multiplayer cross-platform VR game studio
Open for applications
Multiplayer cross-platform VR game studio
21-100 employees
Open for applications
21-100 employees
Company mission
To build the next reality featuring an infinite universe where millions of people can build new lives together in massively multiplayer online roleplaying games.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate for this role is comfortable working close to the metal and also dealing with ambiguity and shifting product priorities as we iterate and test new concepts
- You will be given a large degree of autonomy and responsibility – much of the success of the company will rest on your shoulders – therefore you should have experience with this kind of thing in the past – perhaps as a founder, founding engineer, or a solo dev that shipped something of significance
- Tech: Expert low-level C/C++ experience, especially with larger codebases and writing multi-threaded programming and job systems
- CPU optimization, profiling, and memory management
- Full-Stack understanding of engine architecture, from rendering up to scripting layer
- Demonstrable experience leading and inspiring technical teams to elevate everyone’s performance
- An intuitive sense of what makes a good product, proven by the products you’ve shipped in the past
Desirable
- Unreal Engine experience
- Building with LLM APIs
- Graphics programming experience – both with shaders and renderers
- Multiplayer programming and backend services
What the job involves
- We’re looking for an experienced engine programmer to help us build the next generation of tools for both internal products, as well as external tools for game developers
- We have an extremely exciting new product called Aura that you’ll be leading development for. Aura is the smartest AI agent for Unreal Engine that assists with implementation (both Blueprints and C++), debugging, and more
Our take
The rise of cross-platform, multiplayer gaming, coupled with Virtual Reality’s entrance into the mainstream, makes this an extremely exciting time for gaming studios. Zenith (formerly Ramen VR) might be the most ambitious studio of all right now, with its intention to create open, interconnected, gaming worlds.
The 2019-founded company has enjoyed record breaking success since releasing its flagship title, Zenith: The Lost City, in early 2022. It became the best selling game on Steam, Oculus Rift, and Oculus Quest, and was the first cross-platform VR MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing games) available on all major gaming systems.
With the runaway success of Zenith and the steady release of updates (including an AI-powered voice moderator for Zenith's chatrooms, that weeds out racist and homophobic behavior), the company has since secured major investment. It intends to use this to expand its relatively small studio and continue attempting to realize its vision of creating an infinite gaming universe.
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Company
Company benefits
- Create the next reality: Every startup claims they are changing the world. How often do you find one that's building an entirely new reality? Also, we're such a small team, that you'll be working from and learning directly from the founders every day.
- We Love Games: Have a favorite game coming out? Take a day off on launch day. We'll even buy you the deluxe version of the game. Play the game, and just do a short write-up to teach us what you learned. Want to attend PAX or E3? Once a year, we'll schedule a corporate trip for anyone who wants to go and hang out, while working together.
- Work Remotely: Need to walk the dog, take care of your kids, or just want to live where you are? Work remotely from anywhere in the world.
- Company Game Jams: About once per quarter, travel somewhere in the world with us, and live in a big house together for a week, all expenses paid. Spend time working, playing games, exploring a new country, and growing together.
Company HQ
Davis Tract, San Leandro, CA
Leadership
Andy Tsen
(CEO)Was CEO of TribeVR from 2016 - 2019 and the co-organizer of Boston VR - the US's second largest VR community. Previously worked in Product Lead / Director roles at free internet company Jana, mystery shopping app Mobee, and gaming studios Metamoki and GREE.
Lauren Frazier
(CTO)Was Lead Engineer at Unity Technologies, working on In-App purchasing SDK and Game Foundations projects after working as a Software Engineer at Google, leading engineering on Google Wallet for iOS and Android Wear for iOS. Co-founded and was CTO of iOS Contracting and Consulting Company Nimbly Inc.
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