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Expert Engine Engineer

United States of America, Santa Monica Employment contract 121500.00 - 224880.00 USD / Year · Job Posted May 28, 2026
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Infinity Ward is seeking a talented and passionate Expert Engineer to oversee game systems development. The ideal candidate will have functioned as a generalist with industry experience in core engine architecture. The primary focus is at the systems and engine level, working with other members of the team (including Designers, Animators, Artists and other Engineers) to achieve phenomenal results.

Job Responsibility

  • Design and implement cutting edge core systems that either provide new functionality or improve the efficiency of our existing code base
  • Research areas of improvement
  • push the limits of what Call of Duty can accomplish
  • Collaborate with other engineers and content creators on technical design and feature roll out
  • Support memory budgeting, performance analysis and optimization work
  • Review the work of other engineers and provide mentorship

Requirements

  • 12+ years of systems or engine development experience
  • Contributed significantly to the development of one or more shipped games
  • Excellent debugging and performance analysis skills
  • Experience architecting and debugging threaded systems
  • Deep knowledge of C++ programming and practices
  • Excellent problem solving and analytics skills
  • Self-motivated, ability to work independently and efficiently under deadlines

Nice to have

  • Strong 3D math and algebra skills
  • Experience contributing code toward a bespoke internal game engine
  • Experience with asset pipeline, and associated runtime memory and streaming technology
  • Experience with game networking techniques
  • Experience with multi-platform development, including PC, Xbox, and PlayStation
  • Working in and extending an established code base

What we offer

  • Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance
  • 401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching
  • Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave
  • Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others
  • If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance
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