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Senior Software Engineer, Console

Panic Button logoPanic Button
TypeFull-time
WorkplaceOn-site
SenioritySenior
Salary$100,000–$200,000
LocationAustin, TX
Posted9/10/2026
Engineering

Panic Button is seeking a highly experienced and motivated Senior Software Engineer with a strong focus on game porting to join our growing team. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of working in software engineering teams in the video game industry, with recent and extensive experience in cross-platform console development.

Requirements

  • 3 years of game console (Xbox, Switch, PlayStation) experience
  • Deep understanding of low-level console-specific (PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo) optimizations and core subsystems, memory management, cross-platform development
  • Mastery of C/C++, with excellent multi-threaded programming techniques

Bonus

  • Experience with console network development
  • Team lead experience
  • Unreal Engine 4 or 5 experience

Salary Range

  • $100,000 - $200,000

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Panic Button

In late 2007, a small group of industry veterans got together and founded a new game company in Austin, Texas. The following January, they rented a small room in temporary office space and got to work. Spirits were high and the future was bright! Naturally, things didn’t go quite as expected. Such are the humble beginnings of Panic Button. For several years, Panic Button worked in quiet obscurity. We shipped a few low-budget titles. We made stealthy contributions to various games, big and small, under development by other studios in town. We helped Dragon Age: Origins fit in memory on consoles. We improved server stability for Star Wars: The Old Republic. We put character into the ReCore sand. We even helped Ms. Splosion Man have a blast online. Persistence, patience, planning, work, experience, talent, and a little luck allowed Panic Button to not only survive those early years but to quietly grow. We continued to work largely behind the scenes, until… In 2015, Panic Button

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HQAustin, US
Size65 employees
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