Lead Developer, Tools

<div>&nbsp;</div> <div> <h3>What We Need</h3> <p>A specialist Lead Developer who extends Unreal Engine's Gauntlet framework and makes sure a green result actually means the build is good. You're deeply fluent in Unreal Engine internals and plugin architecture, leading a small team from the front, coding alongside them, not reviewing from a distance.</p> <h3>What You'll Do</h3> <ul> <li>Deliver high quality automation features with a small team of engineers behind you.</li> <li>Extend Unreal's Gauntlet framework: build the harnesses, telemetry, and reporting.</li> <li>Build test infrastructure that works: input simulation, AI-driven test agents, performance telemetry at scale.</li> <li>Turn technical complexity into clarity for whoever needs to act on it, technical or not.</li> <li>Partner with TDs and leads across studios to define the future of test automation.</li> <li>Stay ahead of leadership asks: progress, risks, tradeoffs.</li> <li>Own the platform's long-term health. Pay down technical debt proactively.</li> </ul> <h3>What Will Make You A Great Fit</h3> <p>Required Skills</p> <ul> <li>Deep expertise in Unreal Engine and C++, with 5+ years of hands-on experience across engine versions.</li> <li>Direct experience with Unreal's Gauntlet automation framework, Unreal's Functional Testing framework, or a comparable engine-level test automation system.</li> <li>Proven experience leading a small engineering team, including code review, mentoring engineers as they ramp up on deep engine-level systems, and delivering value against a roadmap.</li> <li>Strong communication of complex technical solutions across audiences.</li> <li>Proactive leadership and reporting of engineering progress, risks, and tradeoffs.</li> <li>Experience building telemetry, instrumentation, or reporting systems for software.</li> <li>Experience navigating a partner studio's own priorities and roadmap alongside 2K's, balancing both without either side losing confidence.</li> </ul> <p>Bonus Points</p> <ul> <li>Experience with reinforcement-learning-driven or AI-based test agents (e.g., Unreal's Learning Agents).</li> <li>Experience scaling a testing framework across multiple concurrent game projects.</li> <li>Experience working embedded within or alongside an external studio/partner team.</li> <li>Familiarity with version control strategy across Git/Perforce in a multi-team environment.</li> <li>Contributions to or deep familiarity with Unreal Engine's own automation/testing source.</li> </ul> </div> <p>&nbsp;</p> <div>&nbsp;</div> <h2>Déve