Lead or Senior Software Engineer - Unreal Engine 5 Tools Support- Australia Remote - generous salary & bonuses

Conkerberry Pty Ltd; Sydney; Remote; AUD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Open PTO and parental leave

Flexible work schedules

Medical insurance for you & dependents

Gaming area

Relocation to Sydney provided

Job summary

Conkerberry Pty Ltd is seeking a Lead or Senior Software Engineer specialized in Unreal Engine 5 tools. The role is Australia-based with remote Sydney time-zone work hours and quarterly studio visits.

You will drive platform tooling, editor integration, and cross-team engineering solutions while mentoring engineers across disciplines. The position offers a generous salary with bonuses and relocation support to Sydney.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of professional software development experience.
• 6+ years of hands-on Unreal Engine & C++ experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and maintenance of shared libraries, plugins, and tools used by multiple game teams.
• Drive technical roadmapping for platform capabilities and align with long-term architectural vision.
• Mentor engineers across disciplines and drive code reviews, testing, and best practices.
• Communicate technical details clearly across teams and stakeholders.

Skills

Unreal Engine

C++

Leadership

Cross-functional

Communication

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Unreal Engine plugin development

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Lead or Senior Software Engineer - Unreal Engine 5 Tools Support- Australia Remote - generous salary & bonuses

SYDNEY or AUSTRALIA REMOTE - ( relocation provided but must have AU work rights – Australian citizens, permanent residents or work visa holders or NZ citizens)

Established Studio with overseas headquaters & global studios

Famous AAA games development, support, R&D and core tech teams.

• Work/Life balance – open paid time off, parental leave, flexible work schedules
• Medical insurance for you & dependents
• Gaming area
• Relocation to Sydney provided (if overseas or interstate)

Senior or Lead Software Engineer, Unreal Engine specialist

Autralia-Based REMOTE Sydney time zone work hours/visit Sydney studio for one week per quarter

Generouse salary + super + bonuses

Requires deep knowledge of Unreal Engine 5 to support other programming teams.

They teamcovers supporting a wide array of topics, including runtime performance, tooling, CI/CD, engine, driving the technical direction & strategy, engineering vision and creative solutions to technical problems that empower game teams across the studio.

Collaborate globally with partner studios worldwide to contributing to a stronger, more efficient Unreal development environment. You'll lead the breakdown of complex, cross-team technical challenges - from build systems to editor tooling to runtime infrastructure to develop solutions that empower the developers who depend on your work.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the design, development, and maintenance of shared libraries, plugins, and tools used by multiple game teams - driving platform-wide consistency and maintainability while balancing individual team needs.
• Drive technical roadmapping for platform capabilities, setting direction that balances immediate game team needs with long-term architectural vision.
• Champion technical designs in alignment with game teams and partners, navigating tradeoffs and building consensus across diverse stakeholders.
• Lead and participate in the technical planning process, breaking down multi-month work efforts and sequencing delivery across the team.
• Uphold a high standard of engineering excellence. Lead code reviews, drive testing strategy, and contribute to continuous improvement of team and cross-team practices.
• Write clear documentation and communicate technical details across teams and disciplines.
• Lead and participate in the on-call rotation; resolve live incidents, drive RCAs, and champion systemic fixes to reduce future impact.
• Mentor engineers on the team in both technical and soft skills; help level up developers across disciplines.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or a comparable field, or equivalent experience.
• 12+ years experience in professional software development.
• 6+ years of professional experience and proficiency with hands on Unreal Engine & C++.
• Strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, concurrency, etc.).
• Demonstrated experience leading technical work that impacts multiple teams.
• Experience driving technical direction, designing solutions, and reviewing the designs of others.
• Experience building software used by other engineering teams and navigating cross-team dependencies, rather than deep single-team, single-feature ownership.
• Experience mentoring and growing other engineers.
• Experience working in cross-functional teams and collaborating across disciplines.
• Strong communication within and across teams, with the ability to clearly articulate tradeoffs and build alignment.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience with a modern game engines and experience building games in a larger studio environment.
• Experience with Unreal Engine specifically - particularly C++ plugin development, editor tooling, or build systems.
• Experience building developer tools, CI/CD pipelines, or internal platform infrastructure.
• Experience supporting or consulting with multiple product teams or multiple games as a platform or tools engineer.
• Familiarity with game development workflows and pain points (understanding the domain helps you build better tools).