Senior Gameplay Engineer
Senior Gameplay Engineer
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$ 120000 - 160000
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WE ARE GAMEMAKERS
Who We Are:
We are a diverse team of developers driven by a passion for our art united by our core values and inspired by a culture of inclusivity to build amazing games that thrill players everywhere. We pursue growth and innovation in an environment of safety and trust. Our culture is built on the belief that the more varied voices in our collective will strengthen our team and our games. We are looking for our next teammate who will raise our bar and make us better.
We are currently working on Project ETHOS a new freetoplay 3rd person roguelike hero shooter and an exciting evolution on the genre!
Who You Are:
We are looking for a Senior (Meta) Gameplay Engineer to join our team. In this role you will collaborate with designers and an experienced engineering team to create innovative gameplay mechanics and tools within scalable and flexible systems. Youll work across various domains including player control and abilities AI and navigation world systems ingame tools and more with exposure to areas such as networking animation physics rendering UI/UX streaming and audio. Youll have the opportunity to lead key features from design to final polish collaborating closely with dev partners to ensure everything runs smoothly.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the development of game mode systems for an AAA multiplayer game ensuring smooth integration with other systems (e.g. networking animation AI backend UI)
- Drive iterative prototyping and refinement of gameplay features while maintaining high standards for code quality maintainability and performance
- Collaborate with designers and engineers to create tools and systems that enhance productivity and enable seamless gameplay experiences
- Mentor junior engineers providing guidance and leadership to improve team performance and foster growth
- Focus on delivering polished playerfacing features that meet quality standards and enhance player experience
Requirements:
- Extensive experience as a gameplay engineer on AAA multiplayer games with expertise in designing and optimizing multiplayer gameplay systems
- Proficiency in C/C programming and strong understanding of 3D math algorithms and data structures
- Experience designing and implementing systems that improve designer workflows and enhance overall productivity
- Indepth knowledge of adjacent systems like networking AI backend and UI and how to integrate them effectively
- A strong passion for creating highquality polished gameplay that delivers an engaging player experience
Relevant Experience:
- Familiarity with Unreal Engine
The pay range for this position in California at the start of employment is expected to be between $120000 and $160000 per year. However base pay offered is based on market location and may vary further depending on individualized factors for job candidates such as jobrelated knowledge skills experience and other objective business considerations. Subject to those same considerations the total compensation package for this position may also include other elements including a bonus and/or equity awards in addition to a full range of medical financial and/or other benefits. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment. If hired employee will be in an atwill position and the company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation or benefit program) at any time including for reasons related to individual performance company or individual department/team performance and market factors.
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If you believe you have been a victim of such a scam you may fill out a complaint form at 3/ and detailing as much as possible. We are taking these matters very seriously and apologize for any inconvenience.
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31st Union prides itself on the diversity of its team members partners and communities. For this reason we remain committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all aspects of the employment relationship from recruitment and hiring through compensation benefits discipline and termination. This means that employment at 31st Union depends on your substantive ability objective qualifications and work ethic not on your age race (including traits historically associated with race including but not limited to hair texture and protective hairstyles) height weight religion creed color national origin ancestry sex sexual orientation gender (including gender identity and expression) alienage or citizenship status transgender military or veteran status physical or mental disability (actual or perceived) medical condition AIDS/HIV denial of family and medical care leave genetic information predisposition or carrier status pregnancy status childbirth breastfeeding (or related medical conditions) marital status or registered domestic partner status political activity or affiliation status as a victim of domestic violence sexual or stalking arrest record or taking or requesting statutorily protected leaves or any other classification protected by federal state or local laws.
As an equal opportunity employer we are also committed to ensuring that qualified individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation(s) to participate in the job application and/or interview process to perform their essential job functions and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us if you need to request a reasonable accommodation.
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Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
