The Company Medal Medal is the world’s largest and fastest-growing platform for gaming clips, where millions of gamers capture, share, and relive their best moments. Every year, our players record billions of clips, each representing a unique, action-packed highlight. We’re building the next generation of gaming communities - social, monetized, and creator-powered. Our mission is to design products that make sharing, discovering, and connecting around gaming moments seamless and fun. We raised a seed round of $133M from General Catalyst and Khosla to discover the next generation of intelligence.
The Role We're seeking a Game Recorder Engineer to help build our state-of-the-art recorder. For this role, you will be responsible for the design, development, and maintenance of a performant game recorder. You will also be contributing to many of our features that require interfacing with game engines and game-specific APIs, such as auto clipping . Key
Responsibilities Design and implement performant game recording systems that capture gameplay efficiently Optimize performance-critical code for high-throughput data capture Interface with game engines and APIs to extract relevant game-specific data Investigate various low-level bugs involving input devices, hooking, and more
Qualifications 3+ years of experience writing scalable and complex software, coding in languages including, but not limited to, C/C++, C# Hands-on experience debugging crashes through memory dumps Strong understanding of low-level, performance-critical engineering and code profiling Deep knowledge of the graphics stack – from hooking into game engines (Unity, Unreal, etc. and graphics APIs all the way down to hardware devices Experience with reverse-engineering and working with (and even around) anti-cheats In-person: Looking to hire in NYC to contribute alongside the product team. 3+ days in the office
Bonus: Experience working with large-scale video data
Benefits Competitive salary and meaningful equity Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage 401(k) Wellness and fitness
perks including a Wellhub membership and mental health resources Paid parental leave, fertility and maternal health
benefits Generous PTO policy Daily meals and commuter
benefits at our NYC HQ in Flatiron Learning and development stipend
Benefits vary by country and employment type.
Salary
$150,000 - $275,000
Location
New York, NY, USA
No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.
A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.
I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.
If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.