Gameplay Engineer (Full-Time)

Uplift Games; United States; Remote; USD 60,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Signing bonus

Four-year vesting cash bonus

Annual studio bonus

Employee benefits

Job summary

Uplift Games in the United States is seeking a role to build and polish gameplay features for a widely played online game, taking ideas from concept through implementation, testing, and release. The role blends software engineering with creative problem solving to deliver high-quality code, intuitive controls, satisfying feedback, and a smooth player experience.

You will write clean Lua/Luau, own features through release, shape responsive controls, integrate assets across UI and effects, and

Qualifications

• Strong Lua/Luau programming ability and care for code quality and performance.
• Creative judgment and attention to game feel and user experience.
• Ability to take ownership, collaborate, and deliver work through release.
• Interest in learning unfamiliar systems and contributing beyond a narrow specialty.
• Must be at least 18 and eligible to work in the US or UK.

Responsibilities

• Write clean, performant Lua/Luau for gameplay, interface, visual effects, and content updates.
• Own features through concept, implementation, polish, testing, and deployment.
• Shape responsive controls, clear feedback, and intuitive user experiences.
• Integrate assets and contribute across UI layout, camera work, particles, and other parts of development.
• Work with cross-disciplinary teammates to turn ideas into finished player-facing features.

Skills

Lua/Luau

Job description

Role overview

Build and polish gameplay features for a widely played online game, taking ideas from early concept through implementation, testing, and release. The role combines software engineering with creative problem-solving: success depends on code quality as well as intuitive controls, satisfying feedback, and a smooth player experience. Engineers work closely with colleagues across disciplines and can have a direct impact on features used by a large player community.

Responsibilities

• Write clean, performant Lua/Luau for gameplay, interface, visual effects, and content updates.


• Own features through concept, implementation, polish, testing, and deployment.


• Shape responsive controls, clear feedback, and intuitive user experiences.


• Integrate assets and contribute across UI layout, camera work, particles, and other parts of development.


• Work with cross-disciplinary teammates to turn ideas into finished player-facing features.

Requirements

• Strong Lua/Luau programming ability and care for code quality and performance.


• Creative judgment and attention to game feel and user experience.


• Ability to take ownership, collaborate, and deliver work through release.


• Interest in learning unfamiliar systems and contributing beyond a narrow specialty.


• Must be at least 18 and eligible to work in the US or UK.

Nice to have

• Depth in one or more areas such as UI/UX, game design, graphics, audio, visual effects, or modeling and texturing.


• Portfolio material such as shipped work, playable projects, videos, or code samples; applicants are encouraged to explain their individual contributions.

Benefits and work setup

• Full-time, 40-hour-per-week remote role for candidates based in the US or UK.


• Compensation varies by location; the source gives example ranges of $60,000-110,000 USD in Dallas and £40,000-65,000 GBP in London. It also describes a signing bonus, a four-year-vested cash bonus, an annual studio bonus, and employee benefits.