Senior Systems Engineer

• Substantial performance-related pay system on top of your basic compensation, along with enhanced pension contributions and our life assurance scheme.
• 4 day work week: Tuesday - Friday
• 20 days of annual leave, equivalent to 5 weeks within a 4 day work week.
• Summer & Winter closure, not taken from holiday allowance - 1st full week of August and Christmas Eve to New Years day.
• Bespoke VISA and relocation packages for you and your family, with support from our team throughout the whole process.
• Private Medical and Dental Cover for you and your family, along with a 24/7 digital GP service.
• Extensive Mental Health support, with Line Manager Mental Health training, a group of Mental Health First-Aiders, and on-site or remote counselling.
• Our bespoke Learning and Development course framework to help you grow as an employee, manager, and leader.
• Industry-leading fully paid 30 weeks maternity leave & 10 weeks paternity leave.

• Writing clear, reliable, maintainable, performant, and portable code.
• Employing a can-do attitude to solve difficult problems as part of an agile, fast-moving, and highly-focused team.
• Mentoring more junior team members and providing clear and considered feedback. - Identifying and championing best practices within your specialist domain.
• Interacting with both technical and non-technical colleagues from all disciplines.

• Professional game engine code experience (in areas such as I/O, rendering, physics, low-level networking, memory management, multithreading, content pipelines, etc.). 
• Professional experience in Systems development for Xbox Series S/X and/or PS5. 
• Experience working in all phases of game development, from feature design and implementation to bug-fixing. 
• Strong practical knowledge of C++, with relevant professional experience. 
• Strong understanding of computer science and good understanding of 3D maths. 
• Experience with using source control systems (e.g. Perforce). 
• Experience with writing automation tasks. 
• Good familiarity with profiling and optimising code for optimal CPU, GPU, memory and bandwidth usage. 
• Good familiarity with using debuggers. Even better if you have: 
• Professional Unreal Engine 5 development experience (engine and build pipeline). 
• Exposure to streaming and scalable open-world games development. 
• Experience with real-time low-level networked multiplayer games (replication, etc.). 
• Experience with audio programming. 
• Working knowledge of physics engines. - Familiarity with the Entity Component System (ECS) pattern. 
• Practical knowledge of C#.

Splash Damage is an equal-opportunity employer. We believe our teams create better work when they have a range of perspectives to draw from, and we are committed to creating an inclusive working environment that celebrates diversity.