Lead Programmer, Quests

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Canada.

📋 Description

• Oversee the engineering team dedicated to narrative technologies for Cyberpunk 2

• Manage direct reports while facilitating their professional growth and career aspirations

• Conduct individual meetings, performance assessments, recruitment, and promotion strategies

• Guide the team on code quality, collaborative processes, and technical execution

• Convert creative and narrative requirements into precise technical specifications

• Work closely with lead architects and stakeholders responsible for the maintenance of the shared quest system

• Define feature requests, supervise their incorporation, and promote ongoing enhancements

• Direct the development, integration, and advancement of quest features

• Ensure the effectiveness of quest tools and optimize runtime performance

• Sustain and enhance narrative and quest functionalities

• Encourage cooperative workflows with shared technology teams

• Produce high-quality, clean, optimized, and maintainable C++ code

• Investigate, troubleshoot, and resolve issues within quest features and authoring tools

• Collaborate with cinematics, narrative, and core gameplay teams to integrate quest systems

⛳️ Requirements

• Minimum of 7 years of professional programming experience within the AAA video game industry

• At least 1 year of experience in a technical leadership role, people management, or leading an engineering team

• Exceptional proficiency in C++ programming

• Proven experience in developing custom quest systems, narrative tools, or workflows for a node-based editor

• Demonstrated experience in a highly collaborative shared-technology environment involving multiple teams or projects

• Ability to discern the needs of creative teams and effectively translate their vision into clear technical requirements

• Strong communication and collaboration abilities in multicultural, multi-time-zone settings

• Nice to have: Familiarity with Unreal Engine architecture

• Nice to have: Understanding of multiplayer networking architecture and client-server synchronization

• Nice to have: Involvement in the development and launch of at least one AAA game utilizing custom narrative or quest tools

• Nice to have: Knowledge of Unreal Engine UI tools or editor scripting

🏝️ Benefits

• Employer-covered health insurance, which includes dental, vision, and mental health benefits

• Complimentary mental health support, featuring access to counseling services, psychiatric care, and a variety of wellness webinars

• 26 vacation days, 10 sick days, and 12 public holidays annually

• Group RRSP with employer matching contributions

• Lifestyle Spending Account (LSA): CAD 100 monthly applicable to fitness, wellness, Internet expenses, home-office equipment, education, streaming services, and more

• Menstrual leave

• RED Parents Network: support for working parents

• Flexible working hours

• Training, seminars, and courses, including internal workshops, knowledge-sharing initiatives, online tutorials, and e-learning opportunities

• Welcome kit filled with gifts

• Dog-friendly office

• International work environment

• No dress code

• Discretionary stock purchase options