Senior Gameplay Programmer, Game Prototypes

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About the role

  • Senior Gameplay Programmer building Netflix game prototypes across genres using Unreal Engine 5, C++, and Blueprints. Developing gameplay systems for cloud streaming and Netflix’s Game Controller.

Responsibilities

  • Implement and refine gameplay systems across a diverse portfolio of game prototypes
  • Contribute to gameplay foundations for the cloud streaming platform, Netflix Game Controller, and other potential platforms
  • Work across diverse game genres, from children's titles to AAA action-adventure games
  • Contribute to every stage of development, from initial vision to playable prototypes
  • Partner with designers to shape gameplay systems and build them using Unreal Engine 5, C++, Blueprints, Gen AI, and custom tools
  • Build projects across a rotating slate of genres, adapting engineering approaches to genre, audience, and platform
  • Own complex gameplay features from prototype through polished implementation
  • Profile, optimize, and debug code and content to keep prototypes performant on TV via cloud streaming and other targets
  • Collaborate with designers, artists, producers, and engineers to integrate and improve features
  • Participate in code reviews and create documentation and functional tests

Requirements

  • Proven experience prototyping and shipping two or more titles as a Gameplay Programmer/Engineer across varied genres
  • Excellent technical knowledge in C++, optimization, math, and debugging
  • Extensive hands-on experience in Unreal Engine 5
  • Strong Blueprint implementation skills
  • Strong gameplay and design sensibilities
  • Ability to develop complex features and systems end-to-end
  • Ability to produce reliable, maintainable code under fast iterative timelines
  • Exceptional adaptability to change in a fast-moving, prototype-first environment
  • Strong communication skills, including translating complex technical ideas for other disciplines
  • Broad and active engagement with games and informed perspectives on exceptional player experience
  • Good judgement on quality levels and technical approaches across varied tasks
  • Commitment to task planning and timely delivery
  • Must be willing to travel for work-related events
  • Must adhere to a development team schedule oriented toward Eastern Standard Time (EST)
  • Resume required

Benefits

  • Supplemental Health and Dental Plans
  • Mental Health support
  • RRSP Retirement Plan with employer match
  • Stock Option Program
  • Disability Programs
  • Family-forming benefits
  • Life and Serious Injury Benefits
  • Paid leave of absence programs
  • Full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for paid time off for vacation, holidays, and sick paid time off
  • Full-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off

Job title

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Senior

Salary

$140,000 - $250,000 per year

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

Tech skills

CloudUnreal EngineC++

Location requirements

RemoteCanada

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