Mob Entertainment Logo

Mob Entertainment

Senior Gameplay Programmer

Posted 23 Days Ago
Be an Early Applicant
Easy Apply
Remote
Hiring Remotely in United States
Senior level
Easy Apply
Remote
Hiring Remotely in United States
Senior level
As a Senior Gameplay Programmer, you will create and enhance gameplay mechanics using Unreal Engine 5, collaborate on gameplay code, and ensure performance and scalability in game development.
The summary above was generated by AI

Mob Entertainment is a startup multimedia studio that is best known for our hit indie horror game "Poppy Playtime".  This franchise is one of the hottest new properties in gaming, and our team is naturally expanding as our ambition expands.  To give a taste of our brand's popularity, more than 100 billion YouTube views of Poppy Playtime related content have occured since the game's launch 4 years ago. 


As a Senior Gameplay Programmer, you’ll join a cross-functional team building rich, tactile, and memorable gameplay experiences. This role bridges engineering rigor with creative iteration, working in Unreal Engine 5 to prototype, build, and polish gameplay systems and player-facing mechanics. You’ll touch everything from AI behaviors to interactive systems, player abilities to camera logic - all while upholding performance, scalability, and clarity for designers and artists.

If you love shipping exciting features, digging into the engine, and building immersive experiences that stick with players, we want to talk to you.

What You’ll Do

  • Collaborate with design and engineering to implement player mechanics, tools, puzzles, and interactive sequences.
  • Balance performance and maintainability when building gameplay code, ensuring scalability for the project
  • Dig deep into Unreal Engine and core systems (input, physics, animation, GAS, etc.) to build clean, robust foundations for gameplay features.
  • Utilize and extend existing systems to implement gameplay features based on design specifications
  • Work directly with other programmers to debug issues, refactor systems, and support pipeline tools.

Requirements & Skills

  • 6+ years of professional game development experience
  • 2+ shipped titles in Unreal Engine (preferably UE5)
  • Experience with Unreal’s networking stack
  • Strong familiarity with Unreal Engine’s Blueprint Scripting Language
  • Development experience with Unreal Engine’s Gameplay Ability System (GAS)
  • Experience with Unreal subsystems: Animation (Montages, AnimBP), Sequencer, AI (State Tree, Behavior Trees, EQS), Physics, and Input
  • Ability to take a feature from design doc to shippable implementation
  • Proficiency in 3D math (vector math, linear algebra, transforms)
  • Collaborative mindset: able to translate creative vision into technical execution while communicating across departments
  • Self-motivated with strong debugging and profiling skills

     Bonus Skills

  • Development experience with co-operative or multiplayer social games
  • Familiarity with horror or first-person puzzle games
  • Strong C++ programming skills and a clear understanding of Blueprint/C++ communication
  • Engine-level knowledge of Unreal systems or interest in core engine work
  • Comfort working in a startup-style environment: fast iteration, tight collaboration, big swings
  • Wearing many-hats. Broad exposure to Unreal Engine’s various systems is a major plus

 

OUR CORE VALUES:

  • Storytelling
  • Quality
  • Obsession
  • Creativity
  • Subversion
  • Collaboration
  • Scrappiness

 

EMPLOYEE EXPECTATIONS:

  • Kindness
  • Result-Oriented
  • Autonomy
  • Efficiency
  • Humility
  • Be real.
  • Be weird.

#LI-Remote

Mob Entertainment is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion or religious creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, family or parental status, disability, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by law. All employment decisions are based on a person’s merit, business needs, and role requirements. If you require further accommodations or have questions regarding accessibility of our roles, please reach out to [email protected]

Top Skills

C++
Unreal Engine
Unreal Engine 5

Similar Jobs

22 Days Ago
Remote or Hybrid
Senior level
Senior level
Gaming
Develop and implement gameplay systems, collaborate with team members, and enhance tools for artists and designers in game development.
Top Skills: Unreal 4 Engine
15 Days Ago
In-Office or Remote
Senior level
Senior level
Gaming
The Senior Gameplay Programmer will design and maintain gameplay systems in Unreal Engine, collaborating with teams for performance optimization and code documentation.
Top Skills: C++Unreal Engine
An Hour Ago
Remote or Hybrid
Austin, TX, USA
Entry level
Entry level
Information Technology • Productivity • Software • Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
The Enterprise Market Development Representative identifies strategic enterprise accounts and collaborates with an Enterprise Account Executive to drive sales through prospecting and managing leads.
Top Skills: SalesforceSalesloft

What you need to know about the Austin Tech Scene

Austin has a diverse and thriving tech ecosystem thanks to home-grown companies like Dell and major campuses for IBM, AMD and Apple. The state’s flagship university, the University of Texas at Austin, is known for its engineering school, and the city is known for its annual South by Southwest tech and media conference. Austin’s tech scene spans many verticals, but it’s particularly known for hardware, including semiconductors, as well as AI, biotechnology and cloud computing. And its food and music scene, low taxes and favorable climate has made the city a destination for tech workers from across the country.

Key Facts About Austin Tech

  • Number of Tech Workers: 180,500; 13.7% of overall workforce (2024 CompTIA survey)
  • Major Tech Employers: Dell, IBM, AMD, Apple, Alphabet
  • Key Industries: Artificial intelligence, hardware, cloud computing, software, healthtech
  • Funding Landscape: $4.5 billion in VC funding in 2024 (Pitchbook)
  • Notable Investors: Live Oak Ventures, Austin Ventures, Hinge Capital, Gigafund, KdT Ventures, Next Coast Ventures, Silverton Partners
  • Research Centers and Universities: University of Texas, Southwestern University, Texas State University, Center for Complex Quantum Systems, Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, Texas Advanced Computing Center

Sign up now Access later

Create Free Account

Please log in or sign up to report this job.

Create Free Account