Gameplay Systems Engineer - Frontline Dev Support

Keywords Studios Plc; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Keywords Studios Asia in Singapore is seeking enthusiastic Software Engineers to join our Singapore-based team on an exciting, unannounced AAA project. This generalist role focuses on frontline technical support, debugging, and unblocking developers across disciplines to deliver high-quality game features.

We are hiring across mid and senior levels, with responsibilities calibrated by experience. Contract employment and collaboration with distributed teams across APAC are key aspects of this

Qualifications

• Professional software engineering experience in games or real-time interactive development.
• Strong proficiency in C++ and C# knowledge.
• Good familiarity with large C++ game codebases.
• Experience working with Perforce or similar source-control systems.
• Experience with Unreal Engine and/or Unity.
• Strong debugging, investigation, and problem-solving skills.
• Comfortable analysing unfamiliar technical issues and helping developers find practical ways to continue working.
• Experience contributing to at least one shipped game in a professional capacity.

Responsibilities

• Investigate technical issues reported by developers and perform initial analysis to identify the likely cause.
• Apply corrective measures where appropriate, including fixing or rolling back broken compilation or build issues.
• Provide operational guidance to developers to help unblock their work, for example directing them to a stable or usable build.
• Escalate and route issues or JIRAs to the appropriate system owners when further specialist investigation is required.
• Work closely with engineers, designers, artists, and other disciplines to support development and maintain a high-quality product.
• Test, debug, and refine systems and features throughout the development cycle.
• Estimate own tasks and deliver high-quality code according to agreed schedules.
• Participate in code reviews to maintain code quality and development standards.

Skills

C++

C#

Debugging

Distributed teams

Shipped title experience

Tools

Unreal Engine

Unity

Perforce

Job description

Keywords Studios Asia in Singapore is seeking enthusiastic Software Engineers to join our Singapore-based team on an exciting, unannounced AAA project. This generalist role focuses on frontline technical support, debugging, and unblocking developers across disciplines to deliver high-quality game features.

We are hiring across mid and senior levels, with responsibilities calibrated by experience. Contract employment and collaboration with distributed teams across APAC are key aspects of this