Quebec, Canada
Lead Engineer
Posted:
about 11 hours
Programming
Full-Time
Lead / Principal
130000 - 160000
Lead Engineer
About Skymap Games
Skymap is a game developer with studios around the world. . Founded in 2013, Skymap develops its own original titles and partners with other studios to help promising projects realize their full potential.
You can learn more about the studio and portfolio of titles at https://skymap.com
Our Values
- Providing opportunities for employees of Skymap to contribute to our games and culture at any level of the organization.
- Hiring folks with a can-do attitude, excellent communication skills, and strong technical fundamentals. We want to work with people who are kind and helpful.
- Employees are a culture add, not a culture fit. Diversity is strength.
We Provide
- Most positions are fully remote.
- Medical, dental, and vision plans for employees and dependents.
- Short-term disability, long-term disability, and term life insurance.
- RRSP with matching.
- Strong work-life balance and anti-crunch policies.
Job Description
Lead Engineer
Remote (based in Quebec)
Skymap Games is hiring a Lead Engineer to help deliver the highest quality titles across multiple platforms. You will lead the game engineering team and provide direction to the development group. In this key leadership role, you will work closely with other product leaders and technical partners as the technical subject matter expert for the team. The Lead Engineer is responsible for both code quality and our projects’ technical process.
Responsibilities
- Establish technical architecture and process decisions for projects.
- Identify technical requirements and tools to deliver on the game vision.
- Collaborate with production to ensure budget and timeline requirements are met.
- Improve team efficiency through identifying bottlenecks and proposing solutions.
- Identify and manage technical dependencies and risks.
- Review code, enforce coding guidelines, and ensure software is clean and secure.
- Lead and mentor members of the development team.
- Design, develop, and maintain high-quality game software using C++.
- Collaborate closely with art and design to integrate gameplay features.
Qualifications
- 7 years of game industry development experience with at least 1 title shipped as the lead
- Previous experience with 2D platforming gameplay code
- Excellent communication and effective time management skills
- Proactive, enthusiastic, and self-motivated
- Experience shipping across multiple platforms (PC, Console)
- A passion for video games
- Unreal Engine Experience
Pluses
- Experience on a Metroidvania title.
- Experience with pixel animation
- Unreal Engine 5 Experience
- Mobile development experience
Equal Opportunity
Equal Employment Opportunity will always be a fundamental principle at Skymap Games, where employment is based upon personal capabilities and qualifications without discrimination because of race, traits historically associated with race, such as natural and protective hair styles and hair texture, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic as established by local, state and/or federal law.
The Skymap Games Equal Employment Opportunity standard applies to all policies and procedures relating to recruitment and hiring, compensation, benefits, termination and all other terms and conditions of employment.
Skymap is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. Should you need any special accommodations to participate in the application process, such as assistance in completing the application, accommodations for the interview, accommodations for any job-related employment tests, and/or any other needed accommodation, please let us know at the time of application, or at the time an appointment is scheduled. You may send an email to contact@skymap.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.
DEI principles are important to us, and candidates from diverse backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply.
Apply To Job
To apply to this job, Email your application with all required documents to
contact@skymap.com
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About Skymap Games
Skymap Games is a game development studio based in Manchester, NH. Founded in 2013, Skymap develops its own titles and partners with developers to help promising projects realize their full potential.
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