Company Cosmographic Software has some big plans ahead We are looking to expand our team with new talent to help develop SpaceEngine: the HD universe simulator. Website: https://spaceengine.org/ Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/314650/SpaceEngine/

Job Description
We're currently looking for a full-time Technical Lead to join the SpaceEngine development team. The ideal candidate is someone who is genuinely interested in creating a beautiful universe exploration experience with stunning visuals, built on a fully custom engine. The selected candidate will be working with the senior developers who have over 30 years of video game development experience combined and a tight-knit engine programming team. The initial focus of the position will be designing, leading, and implementing architectural strategy. This is a fully remote position, so being able to self-motivate and work with a geographically dispersed team is essential Responsibilities
• Define and lead architectural strategy, supporting migration (refactoring) from legacy code to modern programming paradigms.
• Work closely with senior developers to understand current code and come up with effective, efficient, extensible, best-practice architectural designs.
• Work alongside other teams (including operations and management) to ensure requirements and designs align with long-term development goals. This may include communicating with vendors or external contractors.
• Produce and maintain detailed, accurate architecture diagrams and technical designs documents.
• Own, improve, and expand coding and architectural standards.
• Mentor programmers on best practices and remove technical roadblocks as they arise.
• Organize and prioritize work in Jira,



assign programmers tasks, and maintain a work pipeline for other programmers.
• Oversee week-to-week work of programmers, ensuring they remain focused and on task, and that deliverables are met in a reasonable time.
• Conduct code reviews with a mind to consistency and adherence to established architectural designs and technical design documents. Requirements
• 5+ years of professional software design experience.
• 3+ years in a technical leadership role.
• Formal education in software development, computer science, software architecture, or a related field.
• History of designing, architecting, and shipping software projects, especially games and other interactive media programs.
• Strong ability to write clean, performant, extensible C++ code.
• Familiarity with how software frameworks and engines are built.
• Experience with software refactoring.
• Practical experience writing Python or other scripting languages.
• Can perform static analysis of code and extract architectural elements.
• Can produce software diagrams and technical design documents to convey architectural concepts.
• Ability to make cost-benefit evaluations of work, and software tools and frameworks.
• Ability to justify recommendations to management.
• Familiarity with the entity-component-system (ECS)



design pattern and similar extensibility models, especially those used in building games and other interactive media programs.
• Hands-on experience with one or several project/task management methodologies, such as agile, spiral, waterfall, etc.
• Experience with Jira or a similar framework for project/task management.
• Mathematical knowledge and skills, including 3D geometry, trigonometry, etc.
• Fluent in technical English.
• Availability to coordinate and work with teammates between 9:00am
- 4:00pm ET.
• A passion for improving and innovating software. Extra Nice-to-Haves
• Knowledge of OpenGL and Vulkan.
• Knowledge of advanced mathematics, such as multivariable calculus, multivariate statistics, etc.
• Knowledge or interest in astronomy and science.
• Experience teaching or training others.
• Familiarity with implementing Lua, AngelScript, or other in-program scripting languages.
• Experience hiring, mentoring, and growing programming/technical teams, including strong interview and candidate evaluation skills.

Salary:
$90,000
- $110,000/year (CAD)

Benefits:
• Health insurance coverage
• Dental & vision coverage
• 30 days paid time off
• Flexible schedule
• Casual dress
• Work from home It would be outstanding to hear why you’re interested in working with us, and to get to know you better. Please submit a brief cover letter along with your resume and portfolio to [email protected] All applications are appreciated, though we can only hire one individual at this time. We look forward to hearing from you Thank you for your interest

📌 Technical Lead (Canada)
🏢 Cosmographic Software
📍 Canada