As a Senior UE4 Engineer, you’ll take ownership of significant features or systems and debug difficult problems. You’ll be comfortable navigating unfamiliar codebases and take the lead solving complex technical problems. For this role, PlayEveryWare is seeking someone with 2-3 years of professional experience working with the Unreal Engine (UE4).
In addition to your coding abilities, you’ll bring outstanding communication skills and the capacity to work effectively with diverse, cross-functional development teams inside and outside of the company. You’ll also use your prior professional experience developing games to give guidance and feedback that will help your junior teammates grow.
If this sounds like you, apply today to join our team!
What you'll do
- Clearly communicate your work to internal and external team members
- Identify software performance bottlenecks and implement novel, innovative solutions
- Merge branches and streams containing code from internal and external development teams
- Debug code with precision, diagnosing and fixing bugs on multiple platforms
- Study version histories and code documentation to solve present problems
- Help establish and extend good coding practices, as needed
- Ensure projects adhere to platform compliance requirements
- Work with other engineers and producers to evaluate new and current projects assessing technical risks, scope, and sprint planning
What you'll bring
- 5+ years of experience in game development or 10+ years in a related industry
- 3-5 years of experience writing software in C++ or similar OOP language(s)
- 2-3 years of professional experience using Unreal Engine 4 (UE4)
- Experience debugging Blueprints or other designer-driven scripting languages
- Experience with Perforce/Git version control of large code bases
- Proven ability to work in a wide variety of existing codebases with exemplary code comprehension
- Strong sense of leadership, self-awareness, adaptability, task management, and delegation skills
- Outstanding overall communication skills
Nice to have
- Experience shipping at least one high-profile, AAA, or professional game title
- Development experience on current and previous gen game consoles
- Previous experience leading a team of engineers on PC/console dev projects
- Experience with cross-platform software development in an agile environment
Benefits & Perks
- 100% covered health care, vision, dental insurance with affordable options for addition of dependants
- 401(k) retirement savings and profit sharing plan
- Life and disability insurance, Healthcare Savings Account
- 56 hours of sick time, 11 floating holidays, and additional PTO
- No Mandatory Crunch policy
- Close relationships with Epic, Unity, and first-party console developers
- Open and collaborative workspace with free on-site parking and gym
- Casual and inclusive office environment nearby cafes and restaurants
- Company events, swag, and snack stocked kitchen
- Friday team lunch
PlayEveryWare does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or any protected category prohibited by local, state, or federal laws. We are committed to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion within our organization and the game development industry at large. Those with underrepresented identities, including but not limited to the above, are encouraged to apply.
