Senior System Programmer - Blight:Survival | Programmeur·euse système Sénior·e - Blight:Survival

Behaviour Interactive is a leading independent studio headquartered in Montreal with studios across Toronto, Rotterdam, and the UK. We are developing the action‑horror title Blight: Survival on Unreal Engine 5 and invite you to join our Original Games unit as a Senior Software Engineer.

Responsibilities

• Own the performance analysis workflow by managing the performance capture and analysis pipeline.
• Promote best practices for Unreal Engine internal structures, assisting the team in optimizing their work and fostering performance‑conscious habits.
• Take ownership of key performance‑critical systems, including the relevancy manager and ticking system.
• Safeguard multiplayer stability and performance by keeping memory usage under control and ensuring gameplay remains consistent and predictable during play sessions.
• Drive optimization and bandwidth management efforts across gameplay systems to deliver a seamless player experience.
• Improve efficiency across the board by automating workflows such as version delivery, content checking, and game testing.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years of programming experience in the video game industry.
• Strong C++ expertise and low‑level programming skills.
• Proven experience with Unreal Engine 5 systems, architecture, and tool pipelines (UAT, BuildGraph).
• Solid understanding of networking fundamentals and optimization techniques.
• Proficiency in performance profiling tools and methodologies.
• Familiarity with console development pipelines.
• Strong debugging and problem‑solving skills in large‑scale multiplayer environments.

Behaviour Interactive is committed to diversity and inclusion. We consider all qualified applicants regardless of age, sex, ethnicity, colour, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, civil status, disability or any other protected characteristic as required by law.