Gameplay Programmer — Remote & Flexible Hours

StarCruiser Studio; United States; Remote; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first role

Flexible working hours

Home office equipment support

Professional development budget

Health, dental and vision coverage

Job summary

StarCruiser Studio is seeking a Gameplay Programmer to build and refine the player-facing experiences for upcoming projects. You will focus on movement, combat, abilities, interactions, camera behavior, feedback systems, and gameplay polish.

This role is open on a part-time or full-time basis depending on experience, availability, and project fit. Responsibilities include implementing and polishing movement, controls, camera systems, and combat; building abilities, weapons, feedback systems;

Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional gameplay programming experience on commercial game projects.
• Strong C# programming skills and solid gameplay architecture judgment.
• Deep experience implementing responsive player controls, combat systems, and interactions in Unity.
• Strong understanding of game feel, timing, input responsiveness, and moment-to-moment polish.
• Experience shipping at least one commercial action, shooter, or mechanics-heavy game.
• Strong debugging, profiling, and performance optimization skills.
• Availability for reasonable overlap with U.S. working hours.

Responsibilities

• Implement and polish player movement, controls, camera systems, and combat interactions
• Build gameplay features such as abilities, weapons, feedback systems, and core player mechanics
• Collaborate with design to prototype, evaluate, and iterate on gameplay concepts
• Support enemy interactions, encounter logic, and systems that affect the player experience
• Tune and refine responsiveness, pacing, and moment-to-moment gameplay quality
• Identify and resolve bugs, edge cases, and implementation issues affecting gameplay stability
• Optimize gameplay code for smooth performance across target platforms
• Help establish maintainable patterns and standards for gameplay implementation

Skills

C# programming

Gameplay architecture

Player controls design

English communication

Collaboration with designers

Tools

Unity

Job description

StarCruiser Studio is seeking a Gameplay Programmer to build and refine the player-facing experiences for upcoming projects. You will focus on movement, combat, abilities, interactions, camera behavior, feedback systems, and gameplay polish.

This role is open on a part-time or full-time basis depending on experience, availability, and project fit. Responsibilities include implementing and polishing movement, controls, camera systems, and combat; building abilities, weapons, feedback systems;