Unreal Engine Lead – Co-Development & Studio Leadership

Pipeworks; Eugene (OR); Hybrid; USD 122,000 - 146,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision

401K with employer match

Paid Time Off

Relocation

Parental Leave

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Pipeworks Studios is seeking an experienced Lead Engineer to support a AAA development partner on an Unreal Engine project. This client-facing leadership role focuses on organizing work across external studios, aligning delivery with partner priorities and technical standards.

You’ll collaborate with partner engineers, translate priorities into scoped tasks, and guide distributed teams through ambiguous challenges while maintaining the architecture and production cadence.

Qualifications

• Clear, direct, professional communication for client-facing discussions.
• Experience leading engineering on complex game projects.
• Collaborative approach working with a development partner and external studios.
• Hands-on Unreal Engine experience and strong C++ in large production codebases.
• Strong debugging, code-review, and technical judgment.
• Ability to understand new projects quickly and extract questions.

Responsibilities

• Build strong relationships with partner engineers and leadership.
• Translate partner priorities into scoped tasks and coordinate estimates.
• Keep partner and external studios aligned across time zones with clear docs.
• Review designs, code, and gameplay results for correctness and performance.
• Lead cross-studio technical discussions and decision making.
• Manage progress, blockers, and delivery risks with production.
• Coordinate with design, animation, QA to ensure integration.

Skills

Unreal Engine

C++ proficiency

Engineering leadership

Client-facing communication

Coordination across time zones

Gameplay programming knowledge

Education

Degree in computer science or related field

Tools

Git

Perforce

Visual Studio

Job description

Pipeworks Studios is seeking an experienced Lead Engineer to support a AAA development partner on an Unreal Engine project. This client-facing leadership role focuses on organizing work across external studios, aligning delivery with partner priorities and technical standards.

You’ll collaborate with partner engineers, translate priorities into scoped tasks, and guide distributed teams through ambiguous challenges while maintaining the architecture and production cadence.