Gameplay Engineer

Position Type: Permanent
Compensation: Commensurate w/experience
Location: Denver, CO

We are looking for a Gameplay Engineer who enjoys collaborating with game designers and software engineers to bring the rules, features, gameplay tools, and AI to life for a variety of turn-based games. The ideal candidate would be passionate about strategy gaming, experienced in flexible approaches to game logic creation, and familiar with a variety of applied AI solutions.

This position is located at our Denver studio. Must be willing to relocate.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Design department to build fun and engaging gameplay
• Script game entities
• Extend gameplay features
• Write automated tests for game features
• Work with QA to test and debug game play

Required Qualities

• Minimum of two (2) years as an engineer in an applicable industry
• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate with teammates
• Experience with finite state machines
• Experience with Java, Linux, and at least one (1) scripting language
• Ability to work accurately under tight deadlines
• Ability to learn new skills and programming languages quickly
• Ability to mentor other engineers
• A passion for gaming and building great games

Pluses

• Game industry experience
• Knowledge of Scala
• Experience with Git
• Experience with AI development