Senior Software Engineer

Salary: £29,000 - 55,000 per year

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience on a software development team using C++.
• An understanding of computing fundamentals and related terminology.
• Ability to manage large code bases with a variety of different areas, with an understanding of the risk associated with proposed changes.
• Excellent problem-solving skills with an emphasis on debugging C++ code.
• Understanding of memory layout considerations as related to padding and cache efficiency.
• Analytical skills geared towards the measurement of system performance, memory use, and the communication skills needed to generate solutions.
• Experience with source control workflows, including branch management, code integration, conflict resolution, and maintaining stable development practices.
• Proficient with GitLab and/or GitHub, including their CI/CD systems.
• Ability to collaborate positively with other departments across our studios.

Responsibilities:

• Maintain and improve existing and new codebases, ensuring high standards of quality, stability, and efficiency in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Support software release processes across multiple branches, coordinating with production and engineering teams to ensure readiness and a high standard of quality.
• Help identify, prioritize, and resolve critical issues, coordinating timely fixes while maintaining overall system stability.
• Drive release planning, deployment, and rollback procedures.
• Maintain and enhance build, test, and release automation pipelines to improve development workflows and deployment reliability.
• Monitor platform health, performance metrics, and operational KPIs post-release, helping drive issue resolution and continuous improvement.
• Work across Creator Platform and broader development teams to develop robust solutions for complex software challenges.

Technologies:

• CI/CD
• GitHub
• GitLab
• Support
• GameDev
• Security

More:

We at Rockstar Games create world-class entertainment experiences and offer the chance to work on some of the most rewarding, large-scale creative projects in the industry within an inclusive, highly motivated environment. Our Rockstar Creator Platform Team delivers a technology platform that enables players to experience community-created content on fully customized dedicated servers, where creators can develop their own game modes and other modifications in a variety of scripting languages. We create technology, tools, and solutions to enhance the creator experience and empower our community. This is a full-time, permanent, in-office position based in our unique game development studio in the heart of London. We also support equal opportunity, dignity and respect in our work environment.

last updated 34 week of 2026