Senior Unity Game Engineer - Seismic Squirrel

Senior Unity Game Engineer (Remote)

Seismic Squirrel LLC

Job Title: Senior Unity Game Engineer

Our Games: Narrative-centric RPG videogames set in an alternate history 1930s New York.

Role: Unity programming and game architecture, Engineering leadership.

Experience: Senior Level, 8+ years of professional Unity videogame engineering experience developing for PC / console. Must have successfully shipped game titles in the senior

engineering role.

Location: USA or Canada (Remote) – Must reside within the UTC-4 to UTC-8 timezones.

Company Size: 24

Pay: $62 - $75 USD per hour – Depends on skills and experience.

Job Type: Contract-to-Hire (see below)

Overview

We are looking for a creative and resourceful Senior Gameplay Engineer with effective leadership skills, a clear understanding of Unity programming, experience developing combat AI systems, a logical and systemic thinker, with an iterative approach to development, a collaborative spirit, excellent communication skills, and an enthusiasm for RPG and turn-based videogames. The ideal candidate enjoys working with talented engineers, designers, writers, artists, and management, with a drive to create a fun and cohesive gameplay experience, able to empathize with both new players and with experts of the genre.

The ideal candidate communicates effectively in a small cross-functional remote team environment, clearly presenting their ideas to stakeholders for signoff. They bring a passion for working within an iterative development environment, having a collaborative spirit and an enthusiasm for videogames.

This is a remote position which requires regular team collaboration online during our company's core work hours (9:30 AM – 4:30 PM Pacific), attending relevant meetings (e.g. daily scrum, retrospective, sprint planning, and design meetings). Occasional evening calls should be expected for collaboration with overseas vendors. The option to convert to full-time employee may be available to ideal candidates, depending on their location, skills, fit, project needs and schedule, and timing. H-1B transfers and sponsorships are not available at this time.

Quests

• Narrative: Integration with authoring, dialog, localization, and voiceover tools and content.
• Combat: Vehicle physics, damage states, targeting, firing arcs, line of sight, area of effect.
• Maps and Scenes: Travel, POI availability and interactions, encounters.
• Backend: Save file system, achievements, DLC support.
• Tools: Level design, unit and stats configuration, map editor, narrative editor.
• Lead assigned engineering efforts, mentoring, effectively coordinating and delegating engineering duties.
• Prototype new gameplay ideas and mechanics.
• Creatively apply