Senior engineer

Job Description:

Job Description:

Elsewhere Entertainment is looking for a SeniorGameplay Engineer to join the development of a new IP. 

Feed your creativity while collaborating with our team of highly-skilled developers to build something innovative, exhilarating, and expansively entertaining!

As a member of the Engineering department, you’llwork closely with content teams to push our gameplay systems to new heights of fun and visual fidelity, creating new systems and leverage existing ones to realize AAA-quality gameplay.

You’ll help take the studio and our game from great to even better—with a focus on inclusivity, mutual respect (for ourselves and our players), thoughtfulness, empathy, professionalism, and collaboration.

You’ll help us by…

Design, write, debug and refine gameplay systems, features, tools and infrastructure.

Work with designers and other engineers to prototype, develop, and refine features.

Create complex software systems that usher in the next generation of award-winning game development

Architect, design, implement, debug, optimize and test these systems in C++ and other languages

Discover or invent leading edge game industry technologies, practices, tools and systems. Continually raise the bar.

You’re awesome because you have…

3+ years of experience in the game industry or other relevant experience

Strong object-oriented design and knowledge of C/C++

Experience with multiplatform development (Xbox, PlayStation, PC)

Proficiency in two or more game development technologies such as performance and optimization, graphics, 3D math, physics, collision detection, vehicles, 3C or AI

The ability to collaborate and thrive as part of a creative team

Creativity in problem solving and a positive, respectful team-first attitude

Organization methods and the capability to meet deadlines

Comfort with self-critique and accepting outside feedback

A habit of regularly playing and understanding modern video games

Bonus Points for…

Modern animation techniques and blend trees.

Networked game logic.

Rigid body kinematics.

Extending an established code base.

Enjoyment of playing a variety of video game genres and titles

Our World

At Activision, we strive to create the most iconic brands in gaming and entertainment. We’re driven by our mission to deliver unrivaled gaming experiences for the world to enjoy, together. We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises including Call of Duty®, Crash Bandicoot™, Tony Hawk’s™ Pro Skater™, and Guitar Hero®. As a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and products, our “press start” is simple: delight hundreds of millions of players around the world with innovative, fun, thrilling, and engaging entertainment experiences.

We’re not just looking back at our decades-long legacy; we’re forging ahead to keep advancing gameplay with some of the most popular titles and sophisticated technology in the world. We have bold ambitions to create the most inclusive company as we know our success comes from the passionate, creative, and diverse teams within our organization.

We’re in the business of delivering fun and unforgettable entertainment for our player community to enjoy. And our future opportunities have never been greater — this could be your opportunity to level up. 

Ready to Activate Your Future?

#elsewhere

Job Description:

Elsewhere Entertainment is looking for a SeniorGameplay Engineer to join the development of a new IP. 

Feed your creativity while collaborating with our team of highly-skilled developers to build something innovative, exhilarating, and expansively entertaining!

As a member of the Engineering department, you’llwork closely with content teams to push our gameplay systems to new heights of fun and visual fidelity, creating new systems and leverage existing ones to realize AAA-quality gameplay.

You’ll help take the studio and our game from great to even better—with a focus on inclusivity, mutual respect (for ourselves and our players), thoughtfulness, empathy, professionalism, and collaboration.

You’ll help us by…

Design, write, debug and refine gameplay systems, features, tools and infrastructure.

Work with designers and other engineers to prototype, develop, and refine features.

Create complex software systems that usher in the next generation of award-winning game development

Architect, design, implement, debug, optimize and test these systems in C++ and other languages

Discover or invent leading edge game industry technologies, practices, tools and systems. Continually raise the bar.

You’re awesome because you have…

3+ years of experience in the game industry or other relevant experience

Strong object-oriented design and knowledge of C/C++

Experience with multiplatform development (Xbox, PlayStation, PC)

Proficiency in two or more game development technologies such as performance and optimization, graphics, 3D math, physics, collision detection, vehicles, 3C or AI

The ability to collaborate and thrive as part of a creative team

Creativity in problem solving and a positive, respectful team-first attitude

Organization methods and the capability to meet deadlines

Comfort with self-critique and accepting outside feedback

A habit of regularly playing and understanding modern video games

Bonus Points for…

Modern animation techniques and blend trees.

Networked game logic.

Rigid body kinematics.

Extending an established code base.

Enjoyment of playing a variety of video game genres and titles

Our World

At Activision, we strive to create the most iconic brands in gaming and entertainment. We’re driven by our mission to deliver unrivaled gaming experiences for the world to enjoy, together. We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises including Call of Duty®, Crash Bandicoot™, Tony Hawk’s™ Pro Skater™, and Guitar Hero®. As a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and products, our “press start” is simple: delight hundreds of millions of players around the world with innovative, fun, thrilling, and engaging entertainment experiences.

We’re not just looking back at our decades-long legacy; we’re forging ahead to keep advancing gameplay with some of the most popular titles and sophisticated technology in the world. We have bold ambitions to create the most inclusive company as we know our success comes from the passionate, creative, and diverse teams within our organization.

We’re in the business of delivering fun and unforgettable entertainment for our player community to enjoy. And our future opportunities have never been greater — this could be your opportunity to level up. 

Ready to Activate Your Future?

#elsewhere

Tagged as: Collaboration, Content, Creative, Creativity, Empathy, Engineering, Forging, game development, Infrastructure, Kinematics, Leverage, Multiplatform, Physics, Problem Solving, Professionalism, Software Systems