Lead Game Engineer
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Gardens InteractiveVideo Games
United States - Remote (EST - PST); Canada - Remote (EST - PST), EST - PSTFull-TimeLead
Salary$205,718 - $238,348
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Job Details
- Required Skills
- Software ArchitectureC++Unreal engineDebugging
Requirements
- 6+ years of professional game development experience, with shipped title(s) built in Unreal Engine.
- 2+ years of experience directly managing or leading engineers (formal management, tech lead, or team lead experience).
- Strong C++ skills and deep familiarity with Blueprint workflows.
- Hands-on experience with online multiplayer systems, including replication, client-server architecture, netcode, and performance/debugging.
- Solid grasp of software architecture and design patterns.
- Experience working cross-functionally with design, art, and production in a real production environment.
- Comfortable operating with high ownership in a lean team.
- Strong communication skills: able to explain technical trade-offs to non-engineers and rally a small team around a plan.
- Experience shipping a live-service or online multiplayer game post-launch is a plus.
- Experience with performance profiling and optimization is a plus.
Responsibilities
- Manage, mentor, and grow a team of game engineers: set goals, run 1:1s, give feedback, and support career development.
- Plan, recruit, and interview technical roles within the Gameplay Engineering team.
- Own team processes: planning, code review standards, on-call/bug triage, and how work gets scoped and estimated.
- Create a healthy, high-trust engineering culture at a small-studio scale.
- Review pull requests and unblock engineers on hard technical problems.
- Debug and resolve complex cross-system issues, especially around multiplayer sync, performance, and stability.
- Prototype or build out gameplay systems directly when the team needs an extra pair of hands.
- Partner closely with game design, art, and production to scope features and keep engineering aligned with the creative vision.
- Partner with the Technical Director to create a realistic technical roadmap.
- Communicate engineering status, risks, and trade-offs clearly to studio leadership.
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