Staff Game Play Engineer – Battle Road

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

📋 Description

• Take ownership and lead the architecture of gameplay systems across AtomEngine, offering technical direction on intricate, cross-functional issues.

• Provide architectural guidance on several simultaneous projects — enhancing the quality and success rate of feature delivery.

• Work closely with designers and project managers to refine features from initial concept to final delivery, ensuring technical feasibility, performance, and alignment with schedules.

• Develop and optimize gameplay systems utilizing Godot, GDScript, and C++.

• Design with a comprehensive understanding of client/server architecture, state replication, latency, and scalability.

• Collaborate with QA and testing teams to validate features, uncover edge cases, and promote quality results.

• Mentor mid-level and junior engineers — focus on the growth of the team as a whole, not just your own contributions.

• Create and maintain clear technical documentation to support long-term maintainability and facilitate collaboration across teams.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 7 years of experience in game engine or gameplay engineering, with proven expertise at the Staff level or equivalent.

• Extensive knowledge of and experience customizing game engines — including Godot, Unity, Unreal, or bespoke solutions.

• Ability to recognize and foster emergent behaviors across various interacting systems.

• Experience in launching and maintaining live service games on a large scale.

• Demonstrated skill in architecting complex gameplay systems and effectively communicating technical decisions to cross-functional teams.

• History of enhancing engineering quality and productivity within a team, beyond just personal work.

• Low ego — committed to improving both the product and the team.

• U.S. Citizenship is required due to federal contract stipulations.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equity: Participate in the company's success.

• Flexible Work Environment: A remote-first organization* with adaptable working hours and unlimited PTO.*

• Comprehensive Health Coverage: Includes health, dental, vision, and life insurance.

• Retirement Plan: 401(k) plan with company matching to secure your future.

• Parental Leave: 8 weeks at 100% pay, irrespective of state.

• Company Retreats: Annual summits for the company.

• Home Office Budget: $1,000 each year for home office enhancements.