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Design and implement avatar movement, sandbox systems, customization and progression, and 3C (Character, Camera, Controls). Prototype and iterate with cross-disciplinary teams, integrate audio/animation/effects, create NPCs, and own social/cooperative gameplay systems to foster player expression and community.

Design, architect, and implement production-quality player progression and investment systems in C++ on Unreal Engine 5. Build workflows, tools, and networked systems for long-term player engagement, provide technical guidance, and collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams from pre-production to live operations.

Hands-on principal designer owning progression and economy systems for a live-service multiplayer action game. Design onboarding, rewards, achievements, seasonal content, and ethical motivational loops; collaborate with product, combat, social, and UX leads to iterate based on KPIs and community feedback.

Design, prototype, and implement AI enemies, combat systems, and player items for a multiplayer action game. Collaborate with cross-discipline teams to ensure readable, balanced, and compelling gameplay; establish design processes; review and iterate content with art, audio, QA, and engineering to uphold IP quality and sandbox design principles.

Design, build, and maintain production-quality gameplay systems, workflows, and designer/artist-facing tools in C++ on Unreal Engine 5. Provide technical guidance to teammates to integrate with simulation and networking, and collaborate daily with content creators and the engine team to enable efficient content creation.

Senior graphics engineer responsible for building and maintaining production-quality C++ gameplay systems in Unreal Engine 5, evolving rendering systems (lighting, materials, particles, post-process, shadows), collaborating with artists to implement stylized rendering and shaders, optimizing CPU/GPU/memory performance, and diagnosing/fixing graphics and pipeline issues.

Lead the Technical Art discipline: design and deliver character rigs, pipelines, and tools; manage and mentor tech artists; optimize performance across PC and consoles; build workflows, documentation, and cross-team collaboration to support production and prototyping.

Design, build, and maintain production backend orchestration services for containerized game servers. Collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams on interfaces to matchmaking and developer experience, write technical documentation, participate in on-call incident response, and scale systems for global deployment.

Design, build, and maintain production backend game services (sessions, matchmaking, progression). Collaborate cross-discipline, write clear technical docs, diagnose failures with logging/metrics, and participate in post-launch on-call rotations.

Lead and manage engineers to design, build, and maintain production backend game services (sessions, matchmaking, progression). Diagnose incidents, participate in on-call, collaborate with cross-discipline teams, and produce clear technical documentation.