Highscore

1 job near Columbus, OH

Highscore is a cloud gaming startup based in San Francisco, CA, focused on enabling players to play any game on any device instantly. They are seeking a staff client engineer to help scale their ...

Staff Client Engineer

Highscore

San Francisco, CA • On-site

Full-time

Re-posted 13 days ago


Job description

Job Summary:
Highscore is a cloud gaming startup based in San Francisco, CA, focused on enabling players to play any game on any device instantly. They are seeking a staff client engineer to help scale their clients and create a better user experience by owning and architecting the cross-platform UI and developing new features for their subscription product.
Responsibilities:
• You’ll work closely with our CEO to own, develop, and shape the future of the Highscore platform!
• You will build and ship high-quality products quickly.
• You will focus on the user and build features to solve their needs.
• You will help drive the technical roadmap forward by contributing to architectural decisions + building new clients and features from inception to production.
• You have high attention to detail that is reflected in the quality of your work, but you’re still able to balance taking on tech-debt with business requirements.
• You have a passion for your craft that drives you to improve systems and code without being explicitly told.
• You are excited by the opportunity to grow with the company!
Qualifications:
Required:
• 4+ years of Software Engineering experience.
• Deep familiarity with low-level systems languages like C, C++, or Zig.
• Deep familiarity with React Native + React.
• Familiarity with building desktop and / or mobile applications from scratch.
• Comfortable diving into standard / 3rd-party libraries to make changes.
• Familiarity with common profiling tools / best practices.
• Comfortable with greenfield projects - working with the team to define requirements, talking to users & incorporating feedback, and taking a project from inception to production.
• Strong attention to detail + care deeply about optimizing client performance.
Preferred:
• Experience working with real-time streaming systems.
• Familiarity with graphics APIs or low-latency media pipelines.
• Previous startup or founder-level experience.
• Strong design intuition or visual / UI craftsmanship.
Company:
Highscore is a gaming company that enables users to access and play games on any device eliminating the need of high-powered gaming systems. Founded in 2022, the company is headquartered in San Francisco, USA, with a team of 2-10 employees. The company is currently Early Stage.