Engine Engineer - Core Tech
JagexLondon, England, United Kingdom
Posted March 5, 2026
60000 - 80000 GBP
Full Time
About the Company
Jagex is a UK-based game development company that creates deep, community-powered games with worlds that evolve, inspire, and endure.
Job Description
Join Jagex as an Engine Engineer - Core Tech to work on the core technologies that power the RuneScape franchise and shape the future of Jagex's platform capabilities. Enhance and maintain engine technology and shared libraries across core subsystems, deliver maintainable C++ code, and contribute to scalable systems that support live games.
Requirements
- Professional experience building systems in modern C++; exposure to GLSL and scripting (e.g. Python) to support tooling and workflows.
- Proven ability to profile and optimise across CPU, GPU and memory, and confidently act on performance data.
- Practical experience with OpenGL and/or Vulkan and building/debugging shader code in GLSL.
- Proficient in working with C++ build pipelines; experience with CMake will be considered an asset.
- Proven experience with test-driven development.
Benefits
- Private Healthcare, including Dental Plan.
- Discretionary annual performance bonus.
- Minimum 6% Pension contributions.
- Life Insurance.
- Enhanced family leave policies from day 1.
- Flexible working hours.
- 25 days annual leave + Bank holidays & the option to buy/sell holidays + so much more!
