Top Game Engineer Jobs in San Francisco, CA

Develop and deploy slot-game features in Unity and C#, including gameplay, UI/UX, engine systems, and creator tools. Build server-backend functionality, investigate and extend slot-engine systems, define technical tasks, and quickly resolve bugs. The role requires collaboration, strong communication, and delivery under deadlines, with opportunities to work on live mobile games and performance optimization.

Develop and maintain scalable gameplay and game systems for a first-person VR flight simulation in Unreal Engine 5. Responsibilities include gameplay, interactions, animation, physics, UI, C++, Blueprint scripting, asset and content-pipeline integration, debugging, profiling, optimization, and technical leadership. Collaborate with designers, artists, technical artists, and production teams while mentoring engineers and supporting architectural and development decisions.

Develop and implement mobile games using Unity for iOS and Android. Collaborate with teams on gameplay features and optimization, ensuring quality code and user experience.

As a Game Engineer, you'll create engaging gameplay experiences by building physics engines and optimizing graphics for AI-generated game mechanics. You'll shape how games feel through features like animations and responsiveness without predefined designs.

Develop and implement HTML5 casino slot games from GDDs using TypeScript, PixiJS/Phaser and Spine. Create JIRA tickets, commit to GitLab, optimize performance, maintain tests and CI, collaborate with art, QA and producers, and deliver production-ready builds.

Develop and maintain engine-level systems, game modding tools, and editor extensions. Implement and optimize rendering pipelines and shaders using DirectX/Vulkan/OpenGL/Metal. Profile and optimize CPU/GPU/memory and multithreaded workloads, debug complex graphics issues, and collaborate with engineers, artists, and designers to deliver high-quality, maintainable C++ engine code.

Senior graphics engineer responsible for building and maintaining production-quality C++ gameplay systems in Unreal Engine 5, evolving rendering systems (lighting, materials, particles, post-process, shadows), collaborating with artists to implement stylized rendering and shaders, optimizing CPU/GPU/memory performance, and diagnosing/fixing graphics and pipeline issues.

Build end-to-end live streaming and game features across frontend and backend for a high-scale, bursty consumer product. Ship reliable, performant real-time systems using AI-assisted development, and own features from development through production and monitoring.