Game Engine Architect

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About This Role

Game Engine Architect

You won’t just build a tech stack—you’ll architect a future-ready platform with native support for gamified advertising, in-game monetization, real-time interactivity, and extreme performance optimization.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect the Core Engine:

• Design the foundational architecture for a modular, extensible, cross-platform game engine tailored for both branded gamified ads and large-scale game development.
• Ensure low-latency rendering, high concurrency, and deterministic behavior in real-time environments.

• Custom Tooling & Pipeline Design:

• Collaborate with tools developers to define asset pipelines, scripting systems, and editor integrations.
• Build engine-level support for unique ad formats, attention metrics, CPX triggers, and emotion-driven content delivery.

• System Integration & Performance Engineering:

• Optimize engine performance across diverse hardware—web, mobile, console, cloud streaming environments.
• Implement cross-platform rendering and physics systems, resource management, memory profiling, and GPU-bound workflows.

• Collaboration & Leadership:

• Work closely with gameplay systems engineers, rendering engineers, DevOps, and QA leads to establish an efficient architecture and build process.
• Mentor senior and junior engineers; create documentation and blueprints for scalable engine growth.

• Future-Proofing & R&D:

• Continuously research advancements in graphics, simulation, distributed computing, and virtual production pipelines to improve the engine's capabilities.

Required Skills & Experience

• 7–10+ years in software architecture, with 4+ years in game engine architecture, engine-level systems, or high-performance simulation.
• Deep understanding of rendering pipelines, physics simulation, scripting engines, asset workflows, and multi-threaded systems.
• Proficient in

  C++

  ,

  C#

  , or Rust; strong knowledge of shader programming (GLSL/HLSL), ECS architecture, and scene graph management.
• Experience working with or building engines like Unity, Unreal, Godot, CryEngine, or custom/proprietary systems.
• Hands-on experience with WebAssembly, Vulkan, DirectX, OpenGL/Metal is a strong advantage.
• Familiarity with real-time analytics, attention data, and campaign triggers in ad systems is a bonus.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building an engine from scratch or leading a core rewrite initiative.
• Prior exposure to

  Ad-Tech

  ,

  XR

  ,

  simulation systems

  , or

  interactive media production

  .
• Strong foundational knowledge of computer graphics, animation systems, asset streaming, networking for multiplayer, and dynamic content generation.
• Demonstrated ability to build architecture that balances performance, extensibility, and developer ergonomics.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

This role works closely with:

• Gameplay Systems Engineers

  – to expose hooks for interactive storytelling and gamified mechanics.

• Creative Tech & Tools Team

  – to integrate custom editors, asset workflows, and in-engine logic for ad formats.

• DevOps & Cloud Team

  – for distributed builds, remote rendering, and scalable asset streaming.

• UX Designers & Ad Performance Analysts

  – to optimize in-engine attention capture and feedback loops.

• Legal & Compliance

  – to ensure that all content and tracking frameworks comply with international standards.

What You’ll Help Build

• A

  native ad-supported game engine

  built from the ground up for immersive, ethical, and performance-first advertising.
• The core platform for branded mini-games, full-length indie games, and AAA titles.
• A new frontier in how

  ads, stories, and games

  intersect—ethically, scalably, and creatively.

Internship / Fellowship Variant (Details available on our website)

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Key Responsibilities (Intern):

• Assist in prototyping low-level engine systems under senior architect guidance.
• Conduct performance benchmarking, architecture research, and engine comparison studies.
• Develop test cases and sandbox environments to validate ideas for future builds.