Senior Gameplay Engineer – XDefiant

Company Description

We are looking for a highly talented, motivated, and experienced person to work with us on XDefiant, a new multiplatform online multiplayer action game based in our San Francisco studio. 

This is a Hybrid role with occasional onsite at our SF Studio and requires location based in the Bay Area. 

XDefiant is a free-to-play, fast-paced arena shooter that combines intense gunplay with personalized loadouts and specialized factions, as teams of gunfighters battle for domination.

Job Description

We are looking for a highly talented, motivated, and experienced person to work with us on XDefiant, a new multiplatform online multiplayer action game based in our San Francisco studio. XDefiant is a free-to-play, fast-paced arena shooter that combines intense combat with personalized loadouts and specialized factions, as teams of battle for domination.

As a Senior Gameplay Engineer, you’ll focus on designing and building the game systems that are the foundation of our game. You will also be optimizing, expanding, and adding core features to our engine technology in areas such as AI, navigation, online play, and audio. 

As a dependable member of a cohesive online game team, you will participate in the design, coding, testing, integration, and debugging of the game’s features and content with creators from multiple disciplines.

You’ll also be part of the diverse Ubisoft San Francisco team. We embrace a variety of work situations based on what is best for the team, and we welcome people working in our SF office, remotely within the continental US, or some combination of the two. We put a priority on supporting our team members and what makes them happiest and most productive.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Analyze feature requests for viability, design completeness, risks
• Design and implement gameplay systems that fit into the overall lifecycle of the project
• Optimize and extend the game engine to create low-latency, highly responsive game systems
• Collaborate with the design team to build engine features
• Maintain and extend documentation on gameplay features and systems
• Self-manage programming task schedule updates and coordinate with production team
• Work with design team to ensure that gameplay systems are used properly
• Mentor junior engineers, participate in code reviews, and provide design guidance on new features to ensure they deliver high quality and maintainable systems.
• Guide the development testers to ensure good testing, both automated and by hand

Qualifications

WHAT YOU'LL BRING

• Strong C/C++ development skills
• Several shipped titles as Gameplay Engineer
• Experienced in developing and implementing key gameplay systems
• Work well with designers and artists to implement the vision of the game
• Autonomous, problem-solving, and open-minded attitude
• Knowledge of performance/memory constraints of game software required
• Debugging and mathematical skills

Learn more about XDefiant here - https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/xdefiant
Learn more about the Snowdrop engine here - https://www.ubisoft.com/snowdrop

Additional Information

WHAT YOU'LL GET

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Employer HSA contribution to fully cover your deductible (with enrollment in a HSA eligible medical plan)
• 401k match
• Paid vacation, holiday and wellness time
• Fitness, physical challenge, and eSports competition reimbursements
• Ginger emotional support app for you and your adult dependents with up to 10 sessions per year of video-based therapy and psychiatry services
• Membership to One Medical
• Rocket Lawyer online legal service membership
• Paid parental leave
• Paid time off to volunteer
• Pawternity – paid time off to bond with a newly adopted pet
• Sabbatical leave available after 5 years of employment
• Access to all of the latest Ubisoft games for PC
• Generous discount on new Ubisoft games

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guideline

MORE ABOUT US

Ubisoft is composed of over 21,000 talented people located in 45+ development studios and offices across the globe. With more than 80% of our teams dedicated to creation, Ubisoft is the biggest in-house creative force in the industry.

Ubisoft’s worldwide network of video game development studios and business offices work hand-in-hand each day to deliver rich and innovative gaming experiences that reflect the creativity and diversity of their teams. This cross-studio collaboration model means every team member ha