Staff Gameplay Engineer: Systems & Performance

PlayStation; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 172,000 - 259,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Wellness program

Employee discounts

Job summary

Sony Interactive Entertainment in the United States is seeking a Staff Gameplay Engineer – Systems & Performance to shape foundational gameplay systems on Unreal Engine 5 and drive performance optimization across the title. You will define architecture and shared systems for gameplay engineers and content creators, while collaborating across disciplines to turn creative ideas into a new franchise.

The role emphasizes hands-on coding, system design, and performance discipline, with a flexible

Qualifications

• Strong C++ skills and ability to design, implement, debug, profile, and maintain production-quality systems in a large codebase.
• Demonstrated experience architecting and evolving large-scale gameplay systems, frameworks, or shared gameplay infrastructure.
• Deep experience profiling and optimizing real-time games, including CPU/memory/networking bottlenecks.
• Experience developing with Unreal Engine and collaborating across disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain production-quality foundational gameplay systems, frameworks, workflows, and tools in C++ on Unreal Engine 5
• Provide technical direction for shared gameplay systems,Working closely with engineers and content creators to evolve architecture and ensure scalability
• Own game performance and optimization: profile, identify bottlenecks, set priorities, and implement code optimizations
• Establish performance practices, budgets, profiling workflows, and tools for runtime cost awareness and optimization

Skills

C++

Unreal Engine

Systems design

Profiling

Performance optimization

Communication

Tools

Unreal Engine

Job description

Sony Interactive Entertainment in the United States is seeking a Staff Gameplay Engineer – Systems & Performance to shape foundational gameplay systems on Unreal Engine 5 and drive performance optimization across the title. You will define architecture and shared systems for gameplay engineers and content creators, while collaborating across disciplines to turn creative ideas into a new franchise.

The role emphasizes hands-on coding, system design, and performance discipline, with a flexible