Senior Software Engineer, FiveM
Rockstar Games
Overview
Join Rockstar’s Creator Platform Team as a Software Engineer to advance low-level game tech behind community content on dedicated servers (FiveM/RedM). You’ll work on robust C++ code and scalable release pipelines, collaborating with cross-functional groups to ensure performance and stability. You’ll help shape tools and platforms that empower creators and players to build and share diverse experiences. This is a hands-on role in London, offering opportunities to influence how games are built and delivered at scale.
Responsibilities- Maintain and improve codebases across multiple branches with a focus on quality, stability, and efficiency
- Coordinate release processes with production and engineering teams to ensure readiness
- Identify and resolve critical issues, driving timely fixes while maintaining stability
- Drive release planning, deployment, and rollback procedures
- Enhance build, test, and release automation pipelines to improve workflows
- Monitor platform health and KPIs post-release and drive continuous improvement
- Collaborate with Creator Platform and Rockstar development teams on robust software solutions
- 5+ years of software development experience in C++
- Understanding of computing fundamentals and terminology
- Experience managing large code bases with risk-aware changes
- Strong debugging and problem-solving skills in C++
- Knowledge of memory layout, padding, and cache efficiency
- Analytical skills for measuring performance and memory usage
- Experience with source control workflows and code integration
- Proficient with GitLab and/or GitHub and their CI/CD systems
- Ability to collaborate with other departments across Rockstar studios
- collaborative mindset
- strong communication
- problem-solving orientation
- C++ expert-level development
- memory management and performance optimization
- build, test, and release automation
Reference: WJ-747_30166736