thatgamecompany - Staff Systems Software Engineer
Requirements
• Be a passionate gamer who puts players first • Treat developer experience as a product — users, adoption curves, a quality bar — not internal plumbing • Operate at Staff level: set technical direction studio-wide, influence without authority • Be relentless about systems that prevent problems, not just report them • Embrace experimentation for ambiguous, complex problems • Communicate trade-offs clearly across distributed teams • Languages: Python, Golang, C/C++, Jenkins Groovy; Linux shell scripting; fluent English • Testing & Quality Systems: Test framework design; load/stress tooling (k6, Locust, Gatling, JMeter); fault injection/chaos engineering; coverage instrumentation; flake detection • Performance & Analysis: CPU/GPU/memory/I/O profiling; statistical analysis of noisy benchmarks; regression detection and commit attribution; observability • Build & CI at Scale: Jenkins/GitLab CI/CD; Make/CMake; GCC/Clang; distributed build systems/caching; Git/GitLab and Perforce (large-binary workflows) • Infrastructure: Linux/macOS administration; bare-metal/on-prem cluster ops; Docker/Podman; Kubernetes; Terraform/OpenTofu; hardware capacity planning • Systems Fundamentals: Distributed systems failure modes; TCP/IP and UDP; resilience patterns; disaster recovery planning and execution • Mobile device farm operation, Android/iOS build and profiling toolchains, GPU cluster scheduling (Slurm, K8s device plugins, MIG), game engine internals/engine-level test automation, deterministic simulation/replay testing, live service game experience (or SaaS/PaaS/XaaS equivalent), Windows administration, Ansible, TypeScript/Java/Kotlin/Swift, hybrid/multi-cloud management
Benefits
• Paid Time Off, Holidays and Two Weeks Winter Break • Employees and their dependents get medical, dental, and vision coverage, regardless of their level, tenure, or position within the company. Moreover, these benefits start on the first day of the job—there’s no waiting period before they kick in. • Pet Insurance for those who need it too. • Compassionate leave for employees who needs to take care of their family members • Pre-tax wellness stipend • Pre-tax work from home stipend • Access our savings plan (401K program) with company match • Mental health resources including Headspace membership and Employee Assistance Program (EAP) • Discount portal for everyday goods and services • Employee inclusive and diversity initiatives such as Grow Together • Support for personal professional development • We look forward to meeting you! • Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.
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