Performance Engineer

Job description

Vertigo Games is a leading publisher and developer of VR games. We are looking for a passionate Performance Engineer to join our team based in the center of Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Join us on a mission to develop and launch cutting-edge VR games internationally and help us on our quest to push the boundaries of virtual reality gaming.

Responsibilities

• Write clear, portable, maintainable and performant code
• Work closely with our game development team to optimize and/or redesign existing game systems in favor of performance
• Monitor and maintain performance standards for our active in-development products, ensuring peak-performance throughout the development process

Qualifications

• A problem-solving mentality
• Strong experience in performance analysis and code optimizations, preferably within game applications
• Understanding of both CPU and GPU bottlenecks in-game applications
• Extensive understanding of concepts like Draw Calls, Static/Dynamic Batching, Instancing
• Deep understanding with common code bottlenecks like boxing, garbage, incorrect usage of collections
• Experience with rendering, shader development, and graphics hardware and API’s

Plusses

• Experience with offloading CPU work to compute cores/shaders
• Experience with game optimization for limited platforms (VR/console/handhelds/mobile)
• Experience with relevant profiling/optimization technology (RenderDoc, CoreDumps)
• Experience with proprietary console profiling tools (PlayStation/Xbox)