Senior Systems Engineer - Gameplay

Experiment 7 Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Experiment 7 Inc. in New York is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer focused on Gameplay for VR strategy titles.

You will translate high-level gameplay concepts into tangible VR experiences while shaping implementation within an established framework and toolset. The ideal candidate blends a creative eye for game design with deep experience crafting core gameplay and collaborating with designers, engineers, and artists to ship engaging player experiences.

Qualifications

• Significant gameplay engineering experience is required.
• Ability to write performant, optimized code.
• Experience working with an established codebase and architecture.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• A genuine passion for games.

Responsibilities

• Implement, iterate and polish gameplay systems.
• Collaborate with designers to merge systems into features.
• Create development tools to aid gameplay tuning.
• Contribute to engineering culture and best practices.

Skills

Significant gameplay engineering

Experience writing performant code

Proven ability to work with an est.

Excellent communication and teamwork

A deep love of games

Tools

Unity

C#

Job description

Job Description

The Senior Systems Engineer with emphasis on Gameplay works with the game’s Technical Director to drive moment-to-moment gameplay for our VR strategy titles. This individual is comfortable working within an established framework and toolset to translate high level gameplay concepts to tangible VR experiences, while exercising significant creative freedom in the implementation and iteration of these concepts. The ideal candidate combines a creative eye for game design with deep experience crafting compelling core gameplay.

Responsibilities

• Implement, iterate and polish gameplay systems
• Work with designers to combine gameplay systems into features
• Create development tools that aid in development and tuning of gameplay systems
• Contribute to Experiment 7's engineering culture by improving our core architecture, institutional knowledge and gameplay technology best practices.

Qualifications

• Significant gameplay engineering expertise and experience
• Experience writing performant code
• Proven ability to work with an established codebase and architecture
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• A deep love of games

Beneficial Experience

• VR development
• Expert level Unity knowledge
• Expert level C# knowledge
• Gameplay balancing/tuning
• Real-time or turn-based strategy games gameplay
• Board games gameplay
• Writing and maintaining technical design documentation

About Experiment 7

Experiment 7 is a VR games studio based in New York and San Diego. We develop high quality strategy games with broad market appeal. Our staff combines battle-tested game design leadership with unparalleled game data expertise and a dream team of VR, mobile, console and PC veterans. We believe in collaborative creative development, sound quality of life and an uncompromising commitment to product quality.