Game Play Engineer, Battle Road
About The Position
Onebrief is collaboration and AI-powered workflow software designed specifically for military staffs. By transforming this work, Onebrief makes the staff as a whole superhuman - meaning faster, smarter, and more efficient. We take ownership, seek excellence, and play to win with the seriousness and camaraderie of an Olympic team. Onebrief operates as an all-remote company, though many of our employees work alongside our customers at military commands around the world. Founded in 2019 by a group of experienced planners, today, Onebrief’s team spans veterans from all forces and global organizations, and technologists from leading-edge software companies. We’ve raised $320m+ from top-tier investors, including Battery Ventures, General Catalyst, Sapphire Ventures, Insight Partners, and Human Capital, and today, Onebrief is valued at $2.15B. With this continued growth, Onebrief is able to make an impact where it matters most. Battle Road Digital, part of Onebrief, applies state-of-the-art innovations and experience from the video game industry to build the future of simulations, modeling, and operations with AtomEngine – our proprietary cloud-based game engine that’s making the world playable. We are looking for a Game Play Engineer who loves solving cutting-edge technical challenges to deliver great player experiences. As a Gameplay Engineer, you’ll join a team of experienced game developers building AtomEngine, our scalable cloud-based simulation and modeling platform. In this role, you’ll work with our awesome team, building new gameplay systems and user experiences.
Requirements
- 3+ years of game engine or gameplay engineering experience, with experience both shipping and supporting live service games
- Familiarity with popular game engines (Godot, Unity, Unreal)
- Experience optimizing performance of systems
- A mindset focused on player experience at massive scales
- U.S. Citizenship is mandatory for this position.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate closely with designers to iterate on gameplay concepts and specifications, ensuring features are technically feasible, performant, and deliverable within schedule constraints
- Implement new gameplay systems and player-facing features in AtomEngine using Godot, GDScript, and C++
- Profile, analyze, and optimize gameplay systems to ensure high performance and responsiveness across a range of scenarios and scales
- Design gameplay features with a practical understanding of where logic lives (client vs server), how state is replicated, and how latency and scale impact gameplay behavior and player experience
- Partner with QA and testing teams to validate features, identify edge cases, and iterate on bugs related to gameplay correctness, performance, and user experience
- Write and maintain clear technical documentation describing system behavior, interfaces, dependencies, and constraints to support collaboration and long-term maintainability
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
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