
Senior Unreal Engineer - Porting AA UE5 Game to Cloud Streaming (Remote, Europe)
Amber Studio7 days ago
Remote, EMEA or Bucharest, RomaniaSenior
Responsibilities
- Adapt and stabilize the game for the Linux-based cloud streaming platform.
- Profile and optimize CPU, GPU, memory, startup time, loading, and level transitions.
- Build cloud-streamed controller input and integrate platform SDK functionality into Unreal Engine.
- Support cloud-native save and progression services.
- Diagnose threading, synchronization, frame-pacing, long-session stability, and memory-leak issues.
- Build automated testing and diagnostic tooling.
- Investigate unfamiliar systems, identify technical risks early, and communicate trade-offs to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Collaborate with engineering, technical art, UX, QA, production, platform teams, and external development partners.
Requirements
- At least 7 years of professional game development experience on large or complex projects.
- At least 4 years of hands-on Unreal Engine development using C++.
- Strong knowledge of Unreal Engine architecture, including gameplay subsystems, rendering, threading, and asset loading.
- Experience debugging and extending large codebases.
- Strong experience with Unreal Insights for CPU timing, thread analysis, memory profiling, and load-time profiling.
- Experience integrating third-party SDKs into Unreal Engine.
- Experience writing clear, maintainable, testable production code.
- Experience with Perforce or similar version-control systems.
- Strong English communication skills for explaining technical trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders.
- Preferred: Unreal Engine 5.5 or later, Unreal Engine on Linux, Linux development and diagnostics, AAA or high-quality AA PC or console shipping experience, CI/CD for Unreal Engine, GPU profiling tools such as RenderDoc, IPC and communication mechanisms, platform services and certification workflows, and HTML/JavaScript controller or WebView/WebApp integrations.
Benefits
- Remote contract engagement expected to run 5–7 months.
- Preferred working hours should maximize overlap with 8am–5pm US Central Time.
- Attractive compensation package and opportunities for professional growth.
- Friendly, collaborative work environment with support from teammates.
Tech Stack
Categories
Gaming