Lead Gameplay Engineer
Bellevue, WA

Job Description

Are you excited by technology for storytelling? Do immersive in-engine cinematics get you all verklempt? Do you gnash your teeth at physically-inappropriate reverb? Do you count particles in your sleep? Do you call your cable company just to spend more time with dialog trees? Are you willing and able to engage directly with talented content creators across all these domains to understand their requirements, improve their workflows and empower them to craft incredible player experiences? Would you like to work on daring worlds that bring people together, sitting next to top industry talent, at a company that jealously guards work-life balance?

As a Lead Gameplay Engineer at Bungie, you will drive the development of features, pipelines and tools. You'll collaborate with content creators in cinematics, narrative design, writing, audio and visual effects to understand and advance the state of the art. Most importantly, you'll join a passionate, high-energy team striving to create the best games in the world.

Responsibilities

* Build and maintain production-quality C++ code


* Collaborate daily with a cross-disciplinary team to understand what's best for the game


* Invent, extend, and maintain processes, tools, workflows and features


* Directly manage several engineers, providing support, mentorship, constructive feedback, and career development advice


* Help drive the vision for our technology



Required Skills

* 5+ years of professional experience as an engineer in game development


* 5+ years of professional experience in C++


* Experience leading (managing, mentoring, or guiding) engineers through planning, developing, and shipping


* Excellent communication skills



Nice-to-Have Skills

* Experience with pipelines for effects, audio, or in-engine cinematics


* Experience developing tools and workflows


* Experience working in C#


* Experience working with modern console architectures and multi-platform systems


* Previous animation engineering experience