Lead Gameplay Engineer

Skills

About the Role

Lead and contribute hands-on to gameplay engineering by designing and implementing performant, well-architected game features and systems, solving performance and concurrency issues, optimizing load times, speed, and size, collaborating cross-functionally, mentoring engineers, and setting technical direction.

Requirements

• At least 10 years of professional software engineering experience
• At least 5 years of professional C# experience
• At least 5 years working with Godot, Unity, or Unreal Engine
• At least 3 years leading engineering teams
• Experience working on live games
• Experience with client-server architecture or multiplayer games
• Experience using REST APIs
• Strong computer science fundamentals
• Strong 3D and 2D mathematics skills
• Strong work planning, sprint preparation, and time management skills
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to produce accurate estimates

Responsibilities

• Mentor and oversee the gameplay engineering team
• Collaborate with design and services teams to build new game features
• Design and implement performant, well-architected game features and systems
• Solve performance problems, race conditions, and complex computer science challenges
• Optimize game load time, speed, and size
• Set technical direction for long-term features
• Test changes thoroughly
• Communicate with engineers, QA, and management
• Anticipate design shortcomings and potential exploits

Benefits

• Flexible working hours
• Unlimited paid time off
• Fully remote and location-independent work
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance fully covered for US employees
• Paid parental leave
• Employee Assistance Program

Hiring Process

Submit a resume through the apply button.