Top Game Engineer Jobs in San Francisco, CA

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, maintain, and optimize 2D game features using Java and libGDX. Implement game mechanics (game loops, sprite and input handling), debug and profile code, participate in code reviews, document workflows, and collaborate with AI specialists while providing regular status updates.

As a Staff Gameplay Engineer, you will lead the architectural direction for gameplay systems, enhance feature delivery, collaborate across teams, optimize systems using Godot, GDScript, and C++, and mentor junior engineers.

The Game Play Engineer will develop and implement gameplay systems in AtomEngine, optimizing for performance while collaborating with designers and QA teams to enhance player experience.

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.

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.

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.

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.