Senior Gameplay Engineering Lead

Are you on a mission to create games that bond players together into deeply invested communities? Would you like to work on something comedic with lighthearted and whimsical characters? Are you excited to work on joyful PvP combat and action gameplay?

As a Gameplay Engineering Senior Lead, you will build the gameplay architecture and systems that make the game feel amazing – the nexus of animation, gameplay, and networking - using a wide range of technologies. Most importantly, you will work with a fun, dedicated, and passionate cross-discipline team devoted to turning a creative dream into a new franchise at PlayStation.

We look for candidates who value joining a mission-focused team with a diverse set of backgrounds, experiences, interests, and viewpoints.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Build and maintain production-quality gameplay systems, workflows, and tools
• Directly manage and lead several engineers, providing support, technical mentorship, constructive feedback and career development coaching
• Collaborate daily with a cross-disciplinary team to build amazing new experiences
• Effectively write clear, concise, and accurate technical documentation and email communication, with the ability to summarize complex topics and achieve alignment across multiple teams

REQUIRED SKILLS

• Ability to communicate with customers of different technical and non-technical backgrounds to help them navigate technology and achieve their goals
• Experience leading (direct management, mentoring, or guiding) engineers
• Experience building networked real-time action gameplay systems (ex. input layers, prediction and collision models, character controllers, etc.)
• Experience solving game problems rooted in math (ex. physics simulations, animation IK, character controllers)
• Embrace a "we" culture in addition to being an outstanding collaborator and communicator

NICE-TO-HAVE SKILLS

• Experience with development using the Unreal Engine
• Experience with development on a variety of platforms (PC, console, mobile)
• Experience with “games as a service” development