Senior Expert Gameplay Engineer — AAA FPS

Activision Blizzard; Town of Middleton (WI); On-site; USD 149,000 - 276,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

401(k) with company match

Job summary

Raven Software in Middleton, WI is seeking a Senior Expert Gameplay Engineer to create highly cinematic, player-first experiences. This onsite role (four days/week) blends creativity and advanced engineering to drive engaging in-game moments across the competitive AAA FPS space.

The team collaborates across art, design, audio, animation, QA, and other studios, delivering high-quality code, performance improvements, and memorable player experiences.

Qualifications

• Shipped at least one game title.
• 13+ years of experience in software engineering.
• Experience in gameplay related fields like AI, physics, animation, weapons, scripting, networking.
• Background in working in multi-threaded code.
• Extensive experience working with C/C++ programming.

Responsibilities

• Develop, modify, and debug gameplay and related engine C/C++ code.
• Develop, modify, and debug gameplay code in proprietary scripting language.
• Deploy, evaluate performance, optimize and test software on PC client and server platforms.
• Collaborate with other internal departments (art, design, audio, animation, QA, etc.).
• Co-develop and collaborate with other Activision studios.
• Document software and features for internal and external engineering teams.
• Participate in the scheduling, design, performance and code review process.

Skills

Collaboration

3D math

OOP

Job description

Raven Software in Middleton, WI is seeking a Senior Expert Gameplay Engineer to create highly cinematic, player-first experiences. This onsite role (four days/week) blends creativity and advanced engineering to drive engaging in-game moments across the competitive AAA FPS space.

The team collaborates across art, design, audio, animation, QA, and other studios, delivering high-quality code, performance improvements, and memorable player experiences.