Gameplay Engineer - Game Modes

1 Day ago • All levels • $165,000 PA - $240,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Gameplay Engineer focused on Game Modes, you will be responsible for delivering new ways to play in Gym Class. This includes shipping structured game modes for new sports, improving existing modes, and designing entirely new ones based on community behavior. This role offers an excellent opportunity for someone with experience in shipping multiplayer game modes in Unity and a strong understanding of architecture and modular, reusable systems. You will work in a fast-paced startup environment, collaborating with a hungry community and contributing to a product with direct impact. Your responsibilities involve developing and shipping quality game modes, building modular systems for scalability, focusing on quick iteration cycles, and enhancing the overall player experience through collaboration and accessibility.
Must have:
  • Proficiency in Unity
  • Knowledge of C#
  • Experience in modular systems engineering
  • Good game optimization skills
  • Team collaboration and problem-solving abilities
Perks:
  • Equity
  • Medical, dental, and vision benefits
  • Retirement matching

Job Details

**SUMMARY** Gym Class is the top rated game on the Meta Quest platform (58K ratings, 4.9 stars). Millions of players globally have downloaded GC to make friends, explore social worlds, and compete to become a star. Our community formed around social basketball, and is now rapidly expanding interests and gameplay - including football, baseball, and much more. As a Gameplay Engineer focused on Game Modes, you’ll deliver new ways to play in Gym Class. Ship structured game modes for new sports, improve existing modes, and design entirely new ones based on community behavior — it’s all on the table. This role is an excellent growth opportunity for someone that’s shipped a variety of multiplayer game modes in Unity, and has an eye for architecture and modular, reusable systems. Note - **VR experience not required and this is not a prototyping role.** The company is backed by top technology and sports investors, including Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Y Combinator, National Basketball Association (NBA), the Golden State Warriors, and top player-investors like Kevin Durant, Danny Green, Zaza Pachulia, Andre Iguodala, and Lonzo Ball. Join Gym Class if you'd like to work at the frontier of social gaming, love to ship great work that has a direct impact on a product and company, enjoy fast feedback cycles from a hungry community, and want to build your career with a fast-growing startup. **WHAT YOU'LL DO** * Develop and Ship Quality Game Modes: Implement new ways to play structured games in Gym Class across various sports and activities in a real-time multiplayer environment. * Build Modular: You take a modular approach to building systems for scale and reusability. * Bias Towards Shipping: Work with an eye toward quick iteration cycles to release content to a hungry player base. * Audience Engagement: You develop for end users and utilize close feedback loops to deliver new and enhanced experiences. * Collaborate on Accessibility & User-Friendliness: Work with cross-disciplinary teams to enhance the overall player experience. **QUALIFICATIONS** * Proficiency in Unity: Experience creating and shipping games in Unity. VR experience not required. We want to see shipped work, less so prototypes. * Knowledge of C#: Demonstrated proficiency in C# programming. * Systems Engineering: Experience implementing modular systems for long-term use and scalability. * Optimization Skills: Good at game optimization to yield the highest performance; experience with mobile game development in Unity is a plus. * Team Collaboration & Problem-Solving Abilities: Capability to communicate effectively across various disciplines and creatively address challenges. **PAY AND BENEFITS** Salary ranges may be inclusive of several career levels and will be narrowed during the interview process based on a number of factors, including the candidate’s experience, qualifications, and location. Additional benefits for this role include: equity; medical, dental, and vision benefits; and retirement matching.

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