Company Description
Cloud Imperium Games is looking for a skilled and talented Gameplay Engineer to work on our exciting PC space combat sim, Star Citizen! The Gameplay Engineer will work in a cooperative, cross-disciplinary team environment to implement game features and systems within CryEngine/Lumberyard.
Position
- Design and implement well-engineered, reliable, maintainable, and bug-free code
- Collaborate with team members to develop various gameplay systems
- Develop and test code, fix bugs, and profile and optimize code as directed
- Follow best practices, development processes, and coding standards
- Document and peer review technical designs with other software engineers
- Work with QA, providing information needed to fully test developed code
- Provide support to internal customers for developed software
- Keep up to date on state-of-the-art software engineering methods, practices, and technologies
- Communicate with other team members, internal customers, and when required external customers to determine requirements
- Work well together with other team members in a cooperative, cross-disciplinary team environment
- Identify technical and developmental risks/obstacles and generate solutions to overcome identified risks
- Possess and develop areas of engineering expertise
- Mentor other engineers as needed to increase their abilities and productivity
- And such other duties and responsibilities assigned by Cloud Imperium Games reasonably consistent with employee's skills and experience
Requirements
- Strong C++ programming skills
- Worked in the game industry for at least 1 years using C++
- A passion for making and playing games
- Work well in a cooperative environment
- Experience programming game features and systems
- Strong multi-threaded programming skills
- International travel may be required as part of the role
PLUSES:
- One or more shipped products, especially PC products
- CryEngine/Lumberyard development experience
- Space combat sim development experience
- Online game and/or MMO development experience, ideally including interfacing with backend server code
- Passion for science fiction and space exploration
Other information
This position is offered at our Austin Studio by Cloud Imperium Games Texas.