Senior Software Engineer, Game Developer Experience

About the role

Sentry is a comprehensive software monitoring suite for every platform, including games on mobile devices, consoles, and desktop PCs. Our tools capture everything from runtime errors and crash diagnostics to distributed traces and performance profiling. As part of the Game Developer Experience team, you'll work on developing instrumentation that collects and displays critical data tailored for game developers and their platforms. This includes everything from indie developers using open-source game engines for mobile or desktop, to AAA studios building with Unreal Engine or proprietary engines for major consoles. You will deliver best-in-class monitoring tools that support a wide range of platforms—including Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, PlayStation, Switch, and Xbox—and game engines like Unreal Engine, Unity, and Godot.

In this role you will

• Develop solutions to improve the stability and performance of games that run on desktop, mobile and consoles and are played by millions
• Interact and collaborate with the largest and most successful gaming companies on the planet
• Build tools and services to support game consoles such as Sony PlayStation and Xbox, using languages like C++ and Rust
• Develop and maintain SDKs for game engines such as Unreal Engine, Unity as well as custom/proprietary game engines
• Contribute to our open source tools and libraries. For example, symbolic

You’ll love this job if you

• Would love to build developer tools, for game developers
• Are curious about what's happening under the hood of runtimes and developer tools
• Take pride in building features that don't just work, but are also delightful to use
• Want to join a modern software development team that iterates and ships code rapidly
• Love to work with collaborative, thoughtful engineers who push themselves and others to do better

Qualifications

• 5+ years as a Software Engineer and/or related role (e.g. Game developer, SDK engineer)
• Experience with native development with C and C++
• Experience with game console development, including platforms like Sony PlayStation, Microsoft Xbox, and Nintendo Switch
• Experience with game engines, such as Unreal Engine. Bonus points for experience with custom game engines, Unity and C#
• Understanding of memory management, multi-threading, and cross-platform development.
• Good written and spoken English communication skills
• Please note the following:
  • Visa sponsorship is not available for this position
  • This is a full-time position

The base salary range (or hourly wage range, if applicable) that Sentry reasonably expects to pay for this position is $179,000 to $199,000 CAD. A successful candidate’s actual base salary (or hourly wage) amount will be determined by a variety of relevant factors including, without limitation, the candidate’s work location, education, work and other relevant experience, skills, and job-related knowledge. A successful candidate will be eligible to participate in Sentry’s employee benefit plans/programs applicable to the candidate’s position (including incentive compensation, equity grants, paid time off, and group health insurance coverage). See Sentry Benefits for more details about the Company’s benefit plans/programs.