Lead Gameplay Engineer

THE OPPORTUNITY

Striking Distance Studios is looking for a Lead Gameplay Engineer to work in a cooperative cross-disciplinary team environment to help the team implement a wide variety of features and systems.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead a team of Gameplay Engineers to create best in class Game Modes.
• Lead the overall planning development and execution of the game engine and architecture.
• Establish tech projects initiatives and processes in conformance with the studios goals and objectives.
• Take new products and features from the design phase to release.
• Work across disciplines to build refactor and maintain a variety of robust flexible and well-architected gameplay features including controls abilities AI and RPG systems.
• Prototype and implement different game modes.
• Work with design team on different features like 3Cs combat systems inventory etc. to get the best player experience.
• Implement metagame features including save systems game settings etc.
• Work with UI engineers to integrate HUD elements with gameplay features in the best way.
• Review the work of other engineers and provide mentorship on your area of knowledge.
• Create and maintain technical design documents.
• Delve into code written by other engineers and take ownership of existing systems as needed.
• Keep current on technological developments and advancements.
• Research and develop coding techniques and algorithms.
• Collaborate with technology director on technical design and feature roll out.
• Write clear maintainable portable and highly performant code.
• Communicate accurate status updates to your team leads producers and QA regarding tasks/features you are responsible for.
• Adhere to team coding standards and best practices.
• Foster a culture of open honest and respectful communication across all disciplines.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelors degree in software engineering computer science or equivalent.
• At least 7 years of games industry experience and preferably 3 years or more in a similar role.
• Advanced leadership skills including high empathy strategic thinking positivity organization responsibility and conflict resolution skills.
• At least 1 year of experience with Unreal Engine.
• Experience shipping games on current generation consoles (PS5 or XSX) and PC.
• Expert ability to be self-directed focused and detail oriented.
• Expert C skills.
• 3D math skills.
• Expert verbal and written communications skills.
• A demonstrable love / passion for playing and making video games.
• A highly communicative and collaborative disposition.

Reasonable Accommodation

KRAFTON Americas is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment the Company will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to apply for an open position perform essential job functions and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment please contact the HR Talent team at KRAFTON Americas to begin the interactive process.

EEOC statement

KRAFTON Americas provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type.

In California the expected salary range for this position is $146000-$215000. The listed expected salary range represents a good faith estimate and the actual pay may depend on a variety of job-related factors that can include experience education skills and location.

Dont meet every single requirement

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