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Build and maintain production-quality gameplay systems, workflows, and tools in C++ using Unreal Engine 5. Provide technical guidance on simulation and networking, and collaborate with designers, artists, content creators, and engine teams to develop game-building systems and tools for an unannounced PlayStation project from pre-production through release.

Design and maintain foundational gameplay systems, frameworks, workflows, and tools using C++ and Unreal Engine 5. Provide technical direction for shared gameplay architecture, profile and optimize CPU, memory, networking, and systemic performance, and establish performance metrics, budgets, workflows, and tools. Collaborate across engineering and content teams to support scalable multiplayer game simulation and networking.

Lead UI engineering for a new game franchise by building production-quality UI systems, workflows, and tools in C++ using Unreal Engine 5. Manage and mentor UI engineers, provide technical guidance across gameplay disciplines, and collaborate with design and cross-functional teams to deliver responsive player experiences. Responsibilities include HUDs, menus, fonts, localization workflows, and developer tools.

Design and implement avatar movement, sandbox systems, customization and progression, and 3C (Character, Camera, Controls). Prototype and iterate with cross-disciplinary teams, integrate audio/animation/effects, create NPCs, and own social/cooperative gameplay systems to foster player expression and community.

Senior graphics engineer responsible for building and maintaining production-quality C++ gameplay systems in Unreal Engine 5, evolving rendering systems (lighting, materials, particles, post-process, shadows), collaborating with artists to implement stylized rendering and shaders, optimizing CPU/GPU/memory performance, and diagnosing/fixing graphics and pipeline issues.

Lead and manage engineers to design, build, and maintain production backend game services (sessions, matchmaking, progression). Diagnose incidents, participate in on-call, collaborate with cross-discipline teams, and produce clear technical documentation.

Design, build, and maintain production backend game services (sessions, matchmaking, progression). Collaborate cross-discipline, write clear technical docs, diagnose failures with logging/metrics, and participate in post-launch on-call rotations.

Lead and scale an engineering organization to deliver a live-service AAA game using Unreal Engine. Define technology strategy, recruit and manage 30+ engineers (internal and co-dev), oversee senior engineering leads, coordinate releases with production, mitigate technical risks, and communicate with executives and cross-discipline stakeholders to align on product and technical goals.