Overview Come join Bethesda Game Studios, the award‑winning development team behind Starfield, The Elder Scrolls and Fallout. Bethesda Game Studios strives to offer its employees a well‑balanced home and work life by providing competitive salaries, a generous benefits program, and offices located in some of North America’s best cities. With a goal of creating a culture as fun and diverse as our games and our players, we welcome applicants with unique skillsets, experience levels and backgrounds. If you are passionate about making a meaningful contribution to some of the most significant games in the industry, we’d love to hear from you! We will consider candidates for any of our four Bethesda Game Studios office locations: Rockville, MD; Montreal, Quebec; Austin, TX; Dallas, TX. Responsibilities Write clear, maintainable, highly functional code and portable C++ code Thrive to understand the engine architecture, engine API and foundational systems Contribute to the multi‑disciplinary development of cutting‑edge technologies (including architecture, design, prototype, implementation, tests, debugging, documentation, profiling, maintenance and support) Contribute and document clear, maintainable, stable, scalable and highly functional systems targeting multiple platforms, memory and performance constrained environments, data modeling for complex open world simulation, streaming and persistence, middleware integration, and C++ Profile and direct CPU optimization efforts for any engine system and game frame in a highly multithreaded environment. Write tech plans, accurately estimate your schedules and help production with related roadmaps and planning Work well with other developers (from multiple tech disciplines, artists and designers), including understanding feature requests, cross‑features dependencies and communicating constraints and risks Review code, provide tech guidance and coach team members working directly or indirectly on tech impacting graphics systems Continuously learn about new technologies and assess how they could benefit the current technology stack Jump into lots of different systems, tackling everything from entire systems to random tasks Support and maintain existing systems Qualifications What Makes You S.P.E.C.I.A.L. You have at least 8 years of game industry C++ development programming experience with at least 5+ years of engine experience You've obtained a bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering or equivalent experience High agency and a goal driven approach to solving problems You have a deep expertise in C++ You are an expert at working on large scale and complex engine multithreaded systems You are an expert with writing systems that balance performance and maintainability You are an expert at CPU profiling and optimizing You enjoy jumping into lots of different systems, tackling everything from entire systems to random tasks You possess excellent analytical and mathematical skills You are passionate about mentoring and coaching team members to share knowledge and offer mentorship as needed You have strong interpersonal skills and problem‑solving ability You possess the ability to contribute innovative and original ideas towards all aspects of game production and development You can work well under pressure and handle multiple tasks and are able to switch contexts You have a passion for making GREAT games You have a strong familiarity with Bethesda Game Studios games Must be a self‑motivated and energetic team player with a very strong work ethic and cooperative attitude Strong interpersonal skills and problem‑solving ability Preferred Skills Bonus Bonus Skills You have experience with animation, 3D graphics, audio, AI, or gameplay programming tools You have development experience on game consoles (Xbox One/Series/PS4/PS5) You have familiarity with Bethesda Game Studios’ CreationKit We embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion in everything we do – from recruiting for our studios, publishing and operations to fostering safe and respectful workplaces that encourage collaboration. Our culture is based on principles of respect, inclusion, and fair treatment and we welcome anyone into our family without regard to race, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, or age. Our diversity fuels our innovation and inspires us to create game worlds that bring us closer to the global community of players we serve. Site Visit The next step will be an invitation to come out and meet the team at the studio for onsite interviews. Your Privacy ZeniMax understands the importance of privacy. Please review the Applicant Privacy Notice attached to each position, which explains how we process the personal information we collect about you when you apply for a job or submit information to us through our job portal. BY APPLYING FOR THIS OR ANY POSITION, SHARING THIS JOB, OR OTHERWISE PROVIDING US WITH YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION THROUGH THIS JOB PORTAL, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ AND UNDERSTOOD THE APPLICANT PRIVACY NOTICE, WHICH IS SET FORTH IN THE “APPLICANT PRIVACY NOTICE” SECTION BELOW EACH POSITION. We will receive an automated email confirming we have received your resume. Due to the high volume of applications received, it's not possible for us to respond directly to each candidate. If you are selected, you will be contacted by our team for an initial phone screen to chat about your previous experience. You may go through one or two phone interviews, and possibly a follow‑up Skype call. If your qualifications do not match the criteria of a current position, your resume will be kept on file. If you are not selected for any part of the recruiting process, we will let you know. Don’t see your desired position listed? Apply under "General Application" instead! #J-18808-Ljbffr