[Hiring] Junior Generalist Engineer @Atari

Role Description

We’re looking for a creative and skilled Junior Generalist Engineer to join our team and help bring classic games to life on modern hardware. In this role, you’ll:

• Design, build, and refine emulators that make older titles run smoothly and accurately on today’s platforms.
• Write tools to help support the team workflows.
• Reverse engineer classic games (often with bespoke custom engines) to implement modern quality-of-life enhancements.
• Collaborate closely with engineers, producers, and QA to fine-tune performance, ensure compatibility, and deliver a great player experience.

Your work will play a key role in preserving and reintroducing classic games for a whole new generation of players.

Qualifications

• 1–3 years of generalist engineering experience, with a strong interest or background in video game development.
• Strong scripting language skills (Python, Lua, etc.).
• Excellent C/C++ skills and understanding of algorithms.
• Clear communicator who works well in a remote team and takes initiative when solving problems.
• Genuine passion for retro games and emulation.

Requirements

• Experience building and optimizing software across multiple platforms.
• Experience with game emulation or cross-platform ports (commercial or open source like libretro), including creating modifications/patches for classic games.
• Familiarity with assembly languages (such as x86, ARM, or MIPS), SIMD intrinsics, and binary analysis.
• Hands-on experience with reverse engineering and debugging tools such as Ghidra.
• Experience with static recompilation techniques.

Benefits

• Target Salary: $65k - $85k