Senior Generalist Engineer (Video Games)

Accountabilities:

• • Own the complete lifecycle of emulators and supporting tools, including development, maintenance, optimization, and ongoing expansion.
  • Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines, update development machines and tools, and create and monitor automation scripts.
  • Optimize emulated games and supporting software for performance, stability, and compatibility across target platforms.
  • Lead the end-to-end debugging and resolution of platform compatibility issues.
  • Drive reverse engineering efforts for classic games, including debugging, patching, media replacement, achievements and trophies, and other modern enhancements.
  • Develop and maintain technical tools that improve engineering and production workflows.
  • Analyze and resolve complex software, hardware, memory, threading, and platform-level issues.
  • Contribute to architectural decisions, engineering best practices, and improvements to development processes.
  • Provide technical mentorship and guidance to other engineers.
  • Collaborate closely with engineering, production, and QA teams to identify issues, evaluate solutions, and deliver high-quality player experiences.

  Requirements:

  • 5–8 years of generalist software engineering experience, with a strong interest or professional background in video game development.
  • Excellent C and C++ programming skills with a deep understanding of computer architecture, including CPU/GPU behavior, memory management, threading, and SIMD techniques.
  • Strong scripting skills in languages such as Python, Lua, or similar.
  • Experience developing, debugging, and optimizing software across multiple platforms.
  • Experience with static recompilation techniques.
  • Hands-on experience with reverse engineering and debugging tools such as Ghidra.
  • Ability to diagnose complex technical problems and work independently toward practical solutions.
  • Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively within a distributed remote team.
  • Proactive mindset with the ability to take ownership of challenging engineering problems.
  • Genuine enthusiasm for classic video games, retro gaming, and emulation.
  • Experience with game emulation, cross-platform ports, or open-source projects such as libretro is a strong advantage.
  • Familiarity with assembly languages including x86, ARM, or MIPS is beneficial.
  • Experience with binary analysis and modifying or patching classic games is a plus.
  • Understanding of modern GPU rendering technologies such as DirectX 12, Metal, or Vulkan is desirable.

  Benefits:

  • Target compensation of $110,000–$130,000 annually.
  • Fully remote position for U.S.-based professionals.
  • Opportunity to work on the preservation and modernization of classic video games.
  • Hands-on work across emulation, reverse engineering, systems programming, and cross-platform development.
  • Opportunity to contribute to tools and technologies supporting a diverse portfolio of retro games.
  • Collaboration with experienced engineers, producers, and QA professionals.
  • Technical ownership across emulator development, platform compatibility, performance, and tooling.
  • Opportunity to influence engineering practices and mentor other technical team members.
  • Work on projects that bring classic games to modern audiences and hardware.