Senior Gameplay Engineer, Treyarch
Hays

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The end client is unable to sponsor or transfer visas for this position; all parties authorized to work in the US without sponsorship are encouraged to apply.

We are looking to hire a Senior Gameplay Engineer, Treyarch in Playa Vista, CA or Remote.

Role Description

We are looking for a talented engineer with a passion for gameplay and a critical eye for game design to join our team in Playa Vista, CA. As a Senior Gameplay Engineer, you will be working closely with our Design team to bring innovative game features to life.

A Gameplay Engineer should be excellent at rapidly prototyping ideas and is capable of quickly turning a design specification from paper into a usable game system for further iteration. A successful Senior Gameplay Engineer will have an "eye" for gameplay and a knack for understanding how to deliver exciting features that millions of fans are going to love. A Senior Gameplay Engineer should be able to get quickly familiarized with existing codebases and be able to write elegant, high performing extensible code that works well within a collaborative environment.

• Implement, debug and optimize major systems in C/C++ and other languages in the context of a large cross platform codebase
• Spearhead development of innovative gameplay experiences
• Contribute to game architecture and technical designs and postmortems
• Perform data and code analysis to identify improvement opportunities
• Provide mentorship to less experienced engineers

Skills & Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of industry experience in a Gameplay Engineering or similar position
• Multiple shipped game titles for Senior level
• Proficiency in C/C++
• Proficiency in scripting language such Python, LUA or similar
• Advanced knowledge of algorithms and data structures
• Advanced optimization skills - code and data
• Advanced debugging skills - comfortable debugging optimized builds in multithreaded and cross platform (networking) context.
• Solid math skills - especially linear algebra and 3D vector math
• Game knowledge and an understanding of the design principles behind games
• Able to collaborate with other engineers as well as non-technical team members
• Ability to work well in a fluid, changing environment as creative challenges evolve
• B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• And most importantly, a passion for making games

Why Hays?

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