Amber Studio

Senior Unreal Engineer - Porting AA UE5 Game to Cloud Streaming (Remote, Americas)

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15 days ago
Remote, Mexico or Guadalajara, MexicoSenior

Responsibilities

  • Adapt and stabilize a high-quality AA Unreal Engine 5 game for a Linux-based cloud streaming platform.
  • Profile and optimize CPU, GPU, memory, startup time, loading, level transitions, and frame pacing.
  • Build cloud-streamed controller input and integrate platform SDK functionality into Unreal Engine.
  • Support cloud-native save and progression services.
  • Diagnose threading, synchronization, memory leaks, and long-session stability issues.
  • Build automated testing and diagnostic tooling.
  • Investigate unfamiliar systems, flag technical risks early, and communicate technical trade-offs to stakeholders and 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++, including memory management, concurrency, and performance-aware programming.
  • Strong knowledge of Unreal Engine architecture, including gameplay subsystems, rendering, threading, and asset loading.
  • Experience debugging and extending a large codebase and integrating third-party SDKs into Unreal Engine.
  • Strong Unreal Insights experience covering CPU timing, thread analysis, memory, and load-time profiling.
  • Experience writing clear, maintainable, testable production code.
  • Experience with Perforce or a similar version control system.
  • Ability to explain technical trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders in spoken and written English.
  • Preferred: Unreal Engine 5.5 or later, professional Unreal Engine support on Linux, Linux development and diagnostics, a shipped AAA or high-quality AA PC or console title, Unreal Engine CI/CD, Epic's low-level memory tracker, RenderDoc or comparable GPU profiling tools, IPC and communications technologies, 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 are 8am–5pm US Central Time.
  • Professional and friendly work environment with collaborative teammate support.
  • Opportunities for growth and attractive compensation packages.

Tech Stack

C++HTMLJavaScriptLinuxUnreal Engine

Categories

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