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Technical Lead, Performance

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Rec Room is the best place to build and play games together. Players can chat, hang out, play in millions of rooms, or build something new to share with us all! We're seeking a Technical Leader to join our Core team and define and drive the studio's technical strategy and road map for performance optimization. You'll collaborate with a fun and innovative team collectively dedicated to empowering creators and fostering connections through creativity. 

If you possess a successful history of leading technical initiatives, shipping games on diverse platforms, and demonstrating significant expertise in Unity and performance optimization, we would love to connect with you!

In this role, you will: 

  • Define the studio's technical vision and strategy for optimizing performance across our target platforms and drive that vision forward
  • Investigate performance issues and disseminate insights across the entire studio regarding performance optimization challenges and opportunities for improvement
  • Provide collaborative technical leadership to game teams, offering guidance on processes and best practices for development with a focus on performance.
  • Stay current on technical advancements and industry standards that enable you to consistently develop solutions for performance optimization bottlenecks that can effectively scale across various target hardware.
  • Take feedback from our player community and assess complex, escalated performance issues and propose solutions 
  • Write clean, maintainable code in C# 

Requirements:

  • At least 7 years of programming experience + 2 years of technical leadership
  • Track record of driving technical vision and strategy
  • Experience shipping games to various platforms such as consoles, PC, mobile, or VR
  • Have a deep understanding of game engine architecture and diagnosing performance optimization issues 
  • Experience optimizing game performance to run efficiently on specified hardware requirements 
  • Expert knowledge of Unity and C#
  • A strategic approach to problem-solving
  • A highly innovative and collaborative spirit
  • Effective cross-departmental communication: you can easily communicate with all disciplines + break down complex information for various audiences 
  • A desire to share your knowledge to push the boundaries of technology & help others improve their skills
The base pay range for this position is listed below; please note the base pay may vary depending on location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Stock options and, in some cases, a sign-on bonus may be offered as part of the compensation package. We also offer a full slate of benefits, including flexible vacation, medical, dental vision, life and disability coverage, long-term care insurance, FSA, commuter benefits, a 401(k) plan with company match, and a parental leave program. We also offer some not-so-standard benefits, including equipment, family, and pet care stipends.
Base Pay Range
$160,000—$222,500 USD

COMPANY INFO TO KNOW: 

Rec Room offers generous medical, dental, and vision plans that cover you, your spouse/domestic partner, and children. We also support your retirement benefits with a company match. Rec Room values work-life balance by providing unlimited paid time off. Our company values are real and drive our culture. We work hard to be a safe and friendly place for people from all walks of life.

Rec Room provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Applicants who are in need of a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process may contact, in confidence, accessibilityrequest.hr@recroom.com. Rec Room will work with each individual to define their application-related needs and to try to accommodate those needs.

Applicants can find our CCPA disclosure notice here. 

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