Lead Unreal Engine Engineer - Hybrid/Remote, Hands-on Leader

8Bit - Games Industry Recruitment; Województwo mazowieckie; Hybrid; PLN 180,000 - 290,000; Full time

Job summary

8Bit - Games Industry Recruitment is seeking an experienced Lead Engineer in Poland to join a growing AAA game studio. The role blends hands-on C++/Unreal Engine development with mentoring a team of engineers and driving technical execution.

You will oversee architecture, code quality, and collaboration with production to deliver high-quality titles, while balancing technical leadership with hands-on coding. Hybrid Warsaw or remote options available.

Qualifications

• Strong leadership experience managing a 5+ person team in game development.
• Proven skills in C++ programming and Unreal Engine architecture.
• Experience shipping PC/console titles, AAA preferred.
• Ability to balance management with hands-on coding.
• Experience coordinating with production and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of 5+ engineers with regular feedback.
• Oversee technical implementation, ensuring performance and quality.
• Stay hands-on with coding, reviews, debugging, and problem solving.
• Plan tasks with production, estimate workloads, meet milestones.
• Make architectural and engineering decisions, mitigate risks.
• Participate in recruitment and onboarding of engineers.

Skills

C++

Unreal Engine

Team leadership

Code quality

Architecture design

Gameplay programming

Job description

8Bit - Games Industry Recruitment is seeking an experienced Lead Engineer in Poland to join a growing AAA game studio. The role blends hands-on C++/Unreal Engine development with mentoring a team of engineers and driving technical execution.

You will oversee architecture, code quality, and collaboration with production to deliver high-quality titles, while balancing technical leadership with hands-on coding. Hybrid Warsaw or remote options available.