Senior Gameplay Engineer

Summary

Join Stoic, a multi-award-winning independent video game studio, as a Senior Gameplay Engineer to work on the brand-new title, Towerborne. This is a fully remote, US-based role requiring C++ and shader expertise within Unreal Engine. You will maintain and improve the cell shader, optimize runtime performance, and educate team members on best practices. The ideal candidate possesses experience shipping games and excellent communication skills. Stoic offers a competitive salary range of $140,000 - $180,000 USD and is an equal opportunity employer.

Requirements

• C++ expertise
• HLSL or GLSL expertise
• Experience in Unreal Engine 4 or 5
• Proactive and detail oriented
• Excellent communication skills with a variety of audiences
• Worked on one or more shipped games

Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve our cell shader
• Explore improvements to our lighting model
• Profile and Optimize runtime performance on the CPU and GPU for both client and server and memory use
• Educate other team members on best practices
• Work closely with other engineers and technical artists on optimization
• Write clean, efficient, reliable, and reusable code

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working on a live service game post launch
• Experience with Test Driven Development (TDD)
• Experience optimizing network traffic and bandwidth

Benefits

• Fully remote work
• Competitive salary ($140,000 - $180,000 USD)