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About the Role

We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to serve as the senior technical authority for our family of cross-platform, cross-language SDKs. These SDKs are integral to nearly every 2K game, supporting Unreal, Unity, native C++, Go, and JavaScript. This individual contributor role involves owning technical decisions for the SDK portfolio, collaborating with engineering managers on strategy, and balancing coding with technical direction. A key focus will be driving architectural consistency across all SDK variants to ensure a unified developer experience.

Responsibilities

Drive technical decisions across the SDK portfolio in collaboration with the Director and team.
Defend the architectural direction for SDK design, layering, versioning, and evolution across various targets.
Ensure architectural consistency across language and engine variants for a predictable developer experience.
Write production code, prototype complex problems, lead challenging implementations, and actively participate in code reviews.
Collaborate effectively, build trust, influence technical decisions, and elevate team members through empathy and clear communication.
Define and uphold standards for API design, documentation, backward compatibility, performance, and reliability.
Utilize LLMs and AI-powered workflows daily for tasks such as prototyping, code generation, refactoring, and technical proposal drafting.
Build AI-assisted tooling to enhance the SDK team's impact, including code generation pipelines and automated review assistants.
Partner with engineering managers on technical strategy, hiring, and team growth without direct people management.
Engage with studio engineering leads to understand SDK usage in production and inform the roadmap.
Mentor engineers on the team to improve technical capabilities without becoming a bottleneck.
Represent the SDK team in cross-functional technical discussions across the Technology group and studios.

Requirements

8+ years of software engineering experience, with substantial experience designing and shipping SDKs, libraries, tools, or platform APIs.
Fluency in C++ and at least one of C# (Unity), Go, or JavaScript / TypeScript, with the ability to quickly learn others.
Hands-on experience with Unreal and/or Unity, including integrating external native libraries.
Strong understanding of API design, versioning, deprecation, and backward compatibility.
Hands-on experience using LLM tools (e.g., Claude, ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, Cursor) for daily engineering workflows and productivity gains.
Comfortable making technical decisions, defending them with evidence, and adapting based on new information.
Clear and effective communication skills, including writing readable design docs, providing constructive code review feedback, and explaining technical trade-offs to non-engineers.
Proven ability to work effectively across teams without formal authority.

Skills

C++
C# (Unity)
Go
JavaScript
TypeScript
Unreal Engine
Unity Engine
API Design
Versioning
Deprecation
Backward Compatibility
LLM Tools
AI-powered Workflows
Technical Decision Making
Communication
Collaboration

Location

Hybrid

Work Type

Hybrid
Full-time

Experience Level

Staff
Senior

About the Company

2K creates iconic and culture-shaping video games, including NBA® 2K, BioShock®, Borderlands®, Mafia, Sid Meier’s Civilization®, WWE® 2K, and more.
Our portfolio is developed by studios like Visual Concepts, Firaxis Games, and Hangar 13.
We foster a diverse and inclusive workplace where employees are empowered, supported, and inspired.
We believe the best ideas come from teams that feel empowered, supported, and inspired.

Equal Opportunity

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive workplace where people are encouraged to come as they are and do their best work.
As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to ensuring that qualified individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform their essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us if you need reasonable accommodation.