Skymap Games is hiring a Senior Unreal Engineer to join our family of studios. Senior Engineers work collaboratively across teams to deliver high-quality projects to industry partners and help develop Skymap’s original titles. This role is ideal for experienced developers who are looking to contribute meaningfully to game features and systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop gameplay systems for a whimsical multiplayer action game.
• Design, implement, and maintain production-quality features with a focus on player experience and long term project sustainability.
• Provide perspective on architectural decisions for complex game features and collaborate with other developers to iterate towards the ‘fun’.
• Mentor and support junior engineers in the development of performant and scalable systems
• Communicate cross-functionally to ensure engineering work aligns with design goals and project needs
• Proactively identify technical risks and work to resolve them efficiently

Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional game industry programming experience
• Deep experience with Unreal Engine 4 or 5
• Strong C/C++ skills with deep understanding of data structures, memory management, and performance optimization
• Proven ability to develop and iterate on complex gameplay systems with real-time interactivity
• Comfortable owning major feature development from initial design through implementation and polish
• Able to clearly communicate technical ideas to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Strong debugging skills and familiarity with performance profiling tools
• A commitment to a safe, respectful, and inclusive work environment
• Excellent collaboration, communication, and mentorship abilities

Pluses

• Experience with Unreal UMG and Blueprints for feature prototyping
• Understanding of networking as it relates to gameplay and replicated gameplay systems
• Background in working with distributed, fully remote teams

Equal Opportunity

Equal Employment Opportunity will always be a fundamental principle at Skymap Games, where employment is based upon personal capabilities and qualifications without discrimination because of race, traits historically associated with race, such as natural and protective hair styles and hair texture, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic as established by local, state and/or federal law.

The Skymap Games Equal Employment Opportunity standard applies to all policies and procedures relating to recruitment and hiring, compensation, benefits, termination and all other terms and conditions of employment.

Skymap is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. Should you need any special accommodations to participate in the application process, such as assistance in completing the application, accommodations for the interview, accommodations for any job-related employment tests, and/or any other needed accommodation, please let us know at the time of application, or at the time an appointment is scheduled. You may send an email to contact@skymap.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

All applicant information will be kept confidential according to state and federal EEO guidelines.

DEI principles are important to us, and candidates from diverse backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply.

Skymap does not offer visa sponsorship at this time.

We are an E-Verify employer.