SENIOR GAMEPLAY ENGINEER

Summary

Our client is looking for a Senior Gameplay Engineer to contribute to developing a large-scale MMORPG world. They believe that in time this MMORPG could evolve into the Oasis.

The Senior Gameplay Engineer will help us build our game's creative foundation. They will collaborate with the other teams and specialize in the technical implementation of the gameplay’s creative mode. They will oversee code reviews and write code that will become the tools (literally) that fuse our game together.

Role Details

• Fully-remote
• Fair range from USD 120K-$200K depending on experience and expertise
• Must be legally allowed to work in the United States or Canada

Responsibilities

• Work with your lead architect to define the project's technical vision for the creative mode gameplay and infrastructure.
• Collaborate within the project team and across multiple operations teams within Avalon to ensure service requirements for the project are clearly defined and met.
• Ensure the efficiency, maintainability, and scalability of the services and technology developed by the server team.
• Act as the primary point of contact for cross-team development on the creative mode, partnering with a central-service shared game engine team and platform team to define and execute on project requirements.
• Mentor a small team of engineers for creative mode.
• Partner with the Production staff and the rest of the leadership team for milestone planning and tracking development progress.
• Evaluate internal/external technologies and tools to source and integrate technology that meets project requirements and goals.
• Author documentation and communicate the engine and gameplay stack's best practices and technical constraints to team members and external operations departments.
• Educate intermediate and junior team members on best practices and the intricacies of MMO development.

Requirements

• Expert familiarity with the Unreal Engine.
• At least 5+ years of relevant experience.
• Shipped at least one AAA title.
• Currently holds a senior engineering position or higher.
• Advanced knowledge of C++, historical patterns, and modern language features.
• Understanding of building tool games such as Roblox, Dreams, or Little Big Planet
• Proven ability to grow, guide, inspire, and lead growing development/engineering teams.
• Excellent spoken and written communication skills in the English language.
• Time management, critical thinking, prioritization, and planning skills to help us meet milestones.
• Extraordinary self-motivation and initiative.

Great-to-haves

• Passion for games, particularly MMOs and/or RPGs.
• Experience in shipping a game on PC/Browser.
• Proven experience as a software lead within the MMORPG world.
• Experience with Agile
• Experience leading teams or mentoring

Work Culture

This company works hard, is incredibly passionate, and loves the game dev process, but the fun is a MAJOR focus. Working with them should feel a lot like attending Hogwarts. Minus the death eaters and basilisks, of course. The hard work of it all is taken lightly and approached collaboratively. They understand that everyone has a life outside work and is learning and growing daily. Their goal for each person is to “literally level up,” gain achievement points, play games, and get rare items in real life for helping make cool stuff. They’re looking for dreamers and doers to help create the metaverse. The team consists of people who have founded and shipped some of the most successful franchises in gaming to date. They believe that what they’re building has the potential to change the world.