Our client is looking for a skilled and talented Senior Gameplay Engineer to work on an exciting PC space combat game!

This Senior Gameplay Engineer will work in a cooperative, cross-disciplinary team environment to implement game features and systems.

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 the 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

Requirements:

• A minimum of 3 years of programming experience using C/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
• Mathematics skills, including proficiency with trigonometry and linear algebra
• Experience in the design and implementation of various game systems, including game object management, gameplay scripting, FX, database management, or online networking
• Speaks “Designer” fluently
• Experience with code optimization
• Comfortable contributing to an established engine
• International travel may be required as a part of this 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
• Experience with C++ 11 constructs
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience in Windows and Linux
• Familiar with service-oriented architectures and microservices
• Understanding and use of software design patterns
• Understanding of asynchronous communication
• Experience with multi-threaded programming and distributed systems
• Working knowledge of web tech (Http, Php, .Net, javascript)
• Familiar with SQL and/or NoSQL databases
• Passion for space simulations/games and science fiction
• Experience working with and integrating scripting languages into C++ applications
• Computer Science or related degree
• Cloud Service programming experience

This position is offered at their Austin Studio