Rayscape Games is hiring Lead Gameplay Programmer

Rayscape Games is hiring Lead Gameplay Programmer

Studio: Rayscape Games

Job Opening: Lead Gameplay Programmer

Location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Type: Full-Time

Responsibilities:

  • Be responsible for the overall success of your team
  • Mentor and provide feedback to team members, improving the volume and quality of work implemented
  • Distill high-level feature designs into meaningful, actionable tasks, write up technical design documents and delegate to the team effectively
  • Implement game features when required, Creating placeholder assets (Meshes, Materials, UI Layouts) where needed.
  • Prototype, Architect, Refactor game systems during different phases of development
  • Help other developers fix code issues when needed; being the Unreal expert in the team

Qualifications & Skills:

  • At least 5 years of experience developing games in Unreal
  • Experience leading a team of gameplay engineers (Ideally on shipped AAA title)
  • Strong C++ skills and the ability to code and architect game systems and tools. Knowledge of the main Unreal Modules/API.
  • Ability to prototype features in Blueprint and review developer code.
  • Knowledge of all major Unreal editor systems (Blueprints, Animations, Materials, Particles etc)
  • Performance profiling, optimization and refactoring experience.
  • General knowledge of 3D asset creation pipelines and ability to create placeholder meshes and materials for prototyping
  • Well versed in games and able to criticize what is strong/weak about existing games/systems
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Self-motivated, strong work ethic, and able to work independently
  • Experience with full-stack development, including UI/UX to backend. Solo game projects are a plus.
  • Mobile development experience (Android Vulkan) a plus
  • VR development experience a plus
  • Knowledge of integrating 3rd party libraries/APIs: AI, Procedural Geometry, Backend Servers a plus
  • Portfolio demonstrating capability in aforementioned fields

Apply for the Job Online: To apply, email your application with all required documents to hiring@rayscape.games