Remote Gameplay Engineer: Craft Responsive Player UX

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

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