Lead Gameplay Programmer
CD PROJEKT SA
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • Boston • Massachusetts • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $168,200 - $257,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Manage your direct reports and help them grow while delivering high-quality player experiences
- Guide your team to build high quality, performant and scalable gameplay systems in Unreal Engine
- Foster cross-team and cross-functional collaboration to ensure efficient development
- Work with production to contribute to roadmapping and planning efforts
- Work closely with designers, artists and other developers to understand their needs and ensure that your team is aligned with everyone to deliver on expectations
- Ensure that designers have efficient workflows and tools
- Write high-quality code that is optimised, bug-free, and aligned with project goals
Requirements
- Solid management skills, with a minimum of one year of experience managing a team of programmers
- At least 7 years of professional programming experience within the games industry
- Excellent proficiency in C++ programming
- Knowledge of mathematical concepts, including 3D math and linear algebra
- Ability to think creatively and strategically to overcome technical challenges and drive innovation in technology
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Ability to evaluate the quality of player gameplay experience/game feel
- Nice to have: Knowledge of Unreal engine and a shipped project using Unreal
- Nice to have: Experience with current-gen console hardware
- Nice to have: Experience working with multi-threaded systems
Benefits
- Company-paid medical healthcare (dental, vision, and mental)
- Free mental health support, including access to counseling, psychiatric care, and a variety of well-being webinars
- Paid leave — 20 days of holiday per year (26 days after two years)
- 401K with employer matching
- Gym Membership Reimbursement
- Menstrual leave — employees who menstruate can take one extra day off when experiencing period pain
- RED Parents Network — support for working parents, including childcare benefits, and family-friendly events
- Flexible working hours
- Trainings, lectures, and courses — internal workshops, knowledge-sharing initiatives, online tutorials, and e-learning classes are all available
- A welcome pack filled with goodies — to help you feel right at home once you join the team
- Dog-friendly office — bring your pooch with you and look after them while working
- Truly international working environment — a chance to meet and work with a diverse selection of people from all around the world
- No dress-code — we like to keep it casual
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
C++3D mathlinear algebramulti-threaded systemsUnreal Enginegameplay systemsoptimised codebug-free codeprogramming experiencegame feel
Soft skills
management skillscommunication skillsinterpersonal skillscreative thinkingstrategic thinkingcollaborationteam alignmentproblem-solvingevaluation skillsinnovation