Senior Narrative Engineer: Build Unreal Dialogue Pipelines

CD Projekt; Warszawa; On-site; PLN 264,000 - 454,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation package

Private medical healthcare

Life insurance

Annual screenings

Gym access

Job summary

CD PROJEKT RED is seeking a Senior Engineer to join our Warsaw studio, building tools, pipelines and workflows to manage hundreds of thousands of lines of dialogue. You will work with Narrative and Localization teams to deliver a robust narration pipeline that powers the game’s storytelling and localization.

The role requires deep Unreal Engine and C++ experience, strong communication skills in English, and a collaborative, agile mindset to thrive in a creative, fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years experience in the game industry.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, mathematics or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Extensive professional experience with Unreal Engine and/or other engines, and strong C++ programming skills.
• Ability to comprehend unfamiliar code and work across many systems in the code base.
• Solid communication skills, with the ability to communicate in English.
• A team player.
• An Agile mindset is a plus.
• Passion for creating games.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Story, Localization, Quest, and Cinematic teams to find solutions that achieve creative and technical goals.
• Write high-quality code that is optimised, scalable, bug-free, and aligned with project goals.
• Build and maintain narrative content tools, systems and pipelines, including: Screenplay Editor and its connection to the Sequencer, Dialogue Player to present subtitles and play voiceovers, Voicesets for open world NPCs, Pipelines that enable seamless synchronization of narrative content between the engine and external tools.

Skills

Unreal Engine

C++

English communication

Team player

Agile mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/Math or related field

Tools

Relational databases

Python

C#

Job description

CD PROJEKT RED is seeking a Senior Engineer to join our Warsaw studio, building tools, pipelines and workflows to manage hundreds of thousands of lines of dialogue. You will work with Narrative and Localization teams to deliver a robust narration pipeline that powers the game’s storytelling and localization.

The role requires deep Unreal Engine and C++ experience, strong communication skills in English, and a collaborative, agile mindset to thrive in a creative, fast-paced environment.