Staff Gameplay Engineer: Systems, Performance & Tools

Teamlfg; Seattle (WA); Remote; USD 172,000 - 259,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Wellness program

Employee discounts

Job summary

Sony Interactive Entertainment is seeking a Staff Gameplay Engineer – Systems & Performance for the LFG team to drive the architecture and performance of core gameplay systems.

You will design and optimize C++ systems in Unreal Engine 5, collaborating with content creators to scale simulations and networked gameplay. This flexible, remote-friendly role offers Seattle-based considerations and a strong benefits package.

Qualifications

• Strong C++ skills to design, implement, and maintain production quality systems.
• Experience architecting large-scale gameplay systems beyond single features.
• Deep experience profiling and optimizing real-time games (CPU, memory, networking).

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 across engineers and content creators
• Own game performance and optimization: profile, identify bottlenecks, and implement in codebase
• Establish performance practices, metrics, budgets, profiling workflows, and tools for runtime cost understanding and optimization

Skills

C++

Unreal Engine

Performance profiling

Large-scale systems

Communication

Tools

Unreal Engine

Job description

Sony Interactive Entertainment is seeking a Staff Gameplay Engineer – Systems & Performance for the LFG team to drive the architecture and performance of core gameplay systems.

You will design and optimize C++ systems in Unreal Engine 5, collaborating with content creators to scale simulations and networked gameplay. This flexible, remote-friendly role offers Seattle-based considerations and a strong benefits package.