Senior Gameplay Engineer

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Jagex

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Jagex is a leading British video game developer based in Cambridge, United Kingdom. The company is best known for its flagship game, RuneScape, which has been enjoyed by millions of players worldwide. Jagex specializes in massively multiplayer online games and has established a strong community-driven approach to game development. The company is also actively recruiting new talent to expand its teams and continue creating fantastic realms and legendary quests. Jagex is dedicated to enhancing player experiences and fostering vibrant gaming communities.

Online gaming • Internet technology • MMOs • Casual gaming

201 - 500 employees

Founded 2001

🎮 Gaming

📱 Media

👥 B2C

💰 Private Equity Round on 2011-02

📋 Description

•Are you an experienced Gameplay Programmer who enjoys collaborating with designers, animators and the wider team to help build a rich immersive experience on a brand-new game with a hugely popular IP? •As a Senior Gameplay Engineer on this unannounced project being developed in UE5, you will utilise your expertise with C++ to help your team to create and implement complex gameplay features for this new multiplayer experience in the RuneScape universe. •This is a hugely impactful role within the team where you will work closely with peers and the wider production and development team to innovate and create a deeply connected and exciting gameplay experience. •What you’ll be doing: •Create, maintain and update a wide variety of gameplay features. •Select the best technical solutions, architectures and pipelines for each task. •Collaborate with designers and artists to form strike teams with strong outputs. •Test, debug, profile and optimise the title to deliver polished games. •Identify risks and opportunities presented during the development of the game, providing solutions to resolve complex problems. •Support, mentor and share best practice with more junior engineers and your peers. •What we’re looking for:

🎯 Requirements

•Expertise in designing and implementing complex gameplay features for a multiplayer game. •Strong understanding of game design and a player-focused mindset. •In-depth knowledge of C++ with an ability to apply this experience with other programming languages (c#, python, etc). •Proven experience working closely with non-engineering stakeholders and communicating technical solutions in an easy-to-understand manner. •Knowledgeable in profiling and optimising code. •Proven ability to design complex systems using appropriate patterns, solving architectural and system-level problems. •Good knowledge of source code repository usage (Perforce or similar). •Demonstrable ability to mentor others and contributing to the team’s continuous improvement by sharing and refining best practices. •At ease with independence and ownership, allowing yourself to co-organise your own strike team and allocate resources intelligently. •Experience working in UE4 or UE5 C++.

🏖️ Benefits

•Private Healthcare, including Dental Plan. •Minimum 6% Pension contributions. •Employee Assistance Programme & onsite Counselling. •Life Insurance. •Discretionary annual performance bonus. •Enhanced family leave policies from day 1. •Flexible working hours. •25 days annual leave + Bank holidays & the option to buy/sell holidays + so much more!