Lead Gameplay Engineer - Unreal

You will lead a small fully remote engineering team working on gameplay for a multiplayer action RPG. You will architect and implement gameplay systems, collaborate closely with designers and artists, and deliver high-quality AI, animation, combat and mission systems. You will profile and optimize performance and guide engineering efforts to ship polished gameplay.

Responsibilities

• Lead a small remote engineering team
• Architect and implement gameplay systems
• Collaborate with designers and artists
• Develop AI systems
• Develop animation systems
• Develop combat systems
• Develop mission systems
• Profile and optimize game performance
• Manage gameplay development and delivery

Requirements

• 5+ years of game development experience
• Shipped at least one high-quality AAA game for PC or Console
• Strong programming background and C++ knowledge
• Strong problem solving abilities
• Hands-on experience with gameplay systems like AI, Animation, Combat and Missions
• Experience profiling and optimizing game performance
• Ability to thrive in a collaborative environment with multiple stakeholders
• Experience managing gameplay teams
• Must love games!
• Experience with MMO or Action RPG game development (desirable)
• Experience with procedural world and dungeon generation algorithms (desirable)
• Experience working on a distributed team across several time zones (desirable)
• Unreal Engine 4 experience (desirable)

Benefits

• Fully remote work
• Yearly company offsite
• Unlimited PTO
• Experience working with gaming veterans of game titles with a gross aggregate revenue well over $10B USD
• Work on a new IP with franchise potential