Senior Software Engineer, Rec Room
Experience
$164.8-216.3k
+ Stock options
Platform for building and playing games together
Be an early applicant
Platform for building and playing games together
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$164.8-216.3k
+ Stock options
201-500 employees
Company mission
To provide gaming lovers with amazing immersive social, multiplayer, VR, and AR experiences.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent experience
- 4+ years of experience as Software Developer, Game Developer, or Engineer on a game that shipped, ideally a social or multi-player game written in C# or C++
- 4+ years of experience working with game engines such as Unity, Unreal, or something similar
- Experience working closely with game designers and passion for game feel and high-quality player feedback
- An understanding of game performance & optimization while building features for a cross-platform game
- Excellent cross-discipline communication skills
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, autonomous, and ambiguous environment
- A constant desire to learn, improve, and help others improve
- Ability to onboard and work remotely or at our Seattle, WA office
Desirable
- Experience working with Rec Room’s systems or tools
- Experience working with other UGC systems or tools
- Experience shipping games on multiple platforms (mobile, console, VR)
- Experience working on a live online service
- Strong 3d math skills
What the job involves
- We are seeking a Sr. Software Engineer to work on our Experience team to build first-party content (Rec Room Originals - RROs)
- In this role, you will build components that add new gameplay functionality to our in-game user-generated content system
- You will partner with design to use these components to create delightful interactions and gameplay mechanics across multiple platforms (i.e. , mobile, console, and VR)
- Design, build, and maintain gameplay components using C# that will expose new capabilities to circuits (our in-game scripting language) for Rec Room Original games
- Build and optimize gameplay systems for Rec Room Original games using circuits
- Analyze and optimize Rec Room Original games to meet our technical quality goals
- Work autonomously and iteratively to improve existing RROs and help develop new RROs
- Collaborate with teams across Rec Room to build great new technology for our players
Our take
Originally launched as a social hangout for virtual-reality headset users, Rec Room follows in the footsteps of gaming giants Roblox, offering a blend of gaming, social media, and user-generated content. With a teenage target market that is slightly older than Roblox, Rec Room now boasts around 29 million active users.
Like its closest rival, Rec Room also puts an emphasis on content creation, allowing users to create their own virtual rooms and games, and share them with the community. However, whilst other companies have relied on platforms like Facebook to initiate the social aspect of the gaming experience, Rec Room has independently provided a variety of social experiences for both novices and experienced gamers.
The company has recently seen both its user-base and valuation grow exponentially, with the considerable funding raised by the company cited to expand operations and business reach. Rec Room also has aims to experiment with changing avatars to add more personalization, for instance by adding feet, and is investigating further brand partnerships in apparel, music, and other categories, as well as more "game-adjacent" content.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Dec 2021
$145m
LATE VC
Mar 2021
$100m
LATE VC
Total funding: $294m
Company benefits
- Flexible Work Culture - As a workplace, we're a fun, supportive, high trust culture and offer 100% remote or hybrid opportunities out of our Seattle office. We provide work from home office equipment, support, and furniture reimbursements
- Unlimited Paid Time Off - We want you to be the best version of yourself. We offer unlimited PTO to give our team members the time they need, when they need it
- 401K - Rec Room offers a competitive 401k package with 100% employer matching up to 6%
- Health and Wellness - We offer premium benefits including: Medical, Dental, Orthodontics, Vision, Paid Parental Leave, Life Insurance, Long Term/Short Term Disability, FSA, Family Care, and EAP
- Career Growth and Mentorship - We are growing fast and we make it a priority to invest in the growth and career development of our folks through educational opportunities and mentorship
- Equity - Become a stakeholder in one of Seattle's most exciting Unicorns! We are a privately held company and offer competitive stock options
Company values
- When in doubt, build it - We take a bias towards action. When in doubt, we build it. We value doers over talkers. Playable code speaks louder than any argument.
- Ready, fire, aim, REPEAT! - We ship and iterate constantly. We learn by trying new things and listening to our community.
- It's a small world - We respect our customers. We value long term connections over making a quick buck. No exploitive monetization methods.
Company HQ
Uptown, Seattle, WA
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Leadership
Nick Fajt
(CEO)They studied at Cornell before working at Microsoft HoloLens, in roles including Principal Program Manager.
Cameron Brown
(CCO)They started their career at Beam Software before roles at Auran, Pandemic Studios, and EA. They also spent 4 years at Microsoft Creative Studios.
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