Incubation Lead Gameplay Engineer

Are you excited to help build a brand-new 3rd-person action game – expanding Bungie’s best-in-class gameplay into a new genre? Do you enjoy working directly on the game while also serving as a core leader of your teams? 

As a Lead Gameplay Engineer on a tiger engine project, you will work closely with creatives and engineers to plan and execute technical paths to unlock new player experiences and empowering workflows. In the early project phases, you will work directly on the game’s prototypes, standing up our key features in collaboration with other disciplines. As the project grows, you will manage and lead 2-4 other gameplay engineers.  Lastly, as part of a diverse company that prizes creativity, technical excellence, and work-life balance, you will work with a fun and inspirational team motivated to create the best games in the world.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Build and maintain networked gameplay systems, workflows, and tools in Bungie’s Tiger engine
• Directly manage and lead several engineers, providing support, technical mentorship, constructive feedback, and career development coaching
• Collaborate daily with a cross-disciplinary team to build amazing new experiences
• Effectively write technical documentation and communication, with the ability to summarize complex topics and achieve alignment across multiple teams

REQUIRED SKILLS

• Senior-engineer-level ability to navigate activities gameplay, bugs, and workflows in Bungie’s Tiger engine
• Communicate with customers of different technical and non-technical backgrounds to help them navigate technology and achieve their goals
• Experience leading (direct management, mentoring, or guiding) engineers
• Communicate with fellow engineers to jointly plan, craft, and review code by building team consensus and alignment
• Willingness and flexibility to learn new systems, step outside your tech comfort zone, and be highly versatile on a small prototyping team

NICE-TO-HAVE SKILLS

• Experience working on mobile platforms
• 3rd-person combat experience