Principal Gameplay Programmer

ZeniMax Media-posted 3 months ago
$145,000 - $275,000/Yr
Full-time • Senior
Dallas, TX
251-500 employees
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
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Come join Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning development team behind Starfield, The Elder Scrolls and Fallout. Bethesda Game Studios strives to offer its employees a well-balanced home and work life by providing competitive salaries, a generous benefits program, and offices located in some of North America's best cities. With a goal of creating a culture as fun and diverse as our games and our players, we welcome applicants with unique skillsets, experience levels and backgrounds. If you are passionate about making a meaningful contribution to some of the most significant games in the industry we'd love to hear from you! We will consider candidates for any of our four Bethesda Game Studios office locations: Rockville, MD; Montreal, Quebec; Austin, TX; Dallas, TX.

  • Design, implement, and maintain gameplay systems for Fallout 76.
  • Guide and implement marquee and complex gameplay features for Fallout 76.
  • Become familiar with the game systems in the client/server engine.
  • Work closely with designers, artists, and other programmers to iterate on gameplay features.
  • Take ownership of and help shape the overall game experience.
  • Own at least one major technology and/or game system in Fallout 76.
  • Solve difficult bugs, problems, architectural dilemmas, or optimization issues.
  • Shape programming policies and explore new technologies and processes.
  • Guide the direction of gameplay features and suggest improvements.
  • Code review and mentor junior team members.
  • Manage time effectively with little to no guidance and prioritize work based on ROI and risk.
  • 10+ years' experience programming, primarily in AAA games and gameplay programming in C++.
  • B.S. (or higher) in Computer Science, or equivalent work experience.
  • Expert experience in networking game features and complexities of networked gameplay.
  • Experience owning major systems and features such as combat, movement, camera, player progression, crafting/building, player stats, quests, and UI.
  • Expertise in programming game systems in an asynchronous environment.
  • Experience creating and launching a AAA title from beginning to end.
  • Significant experience with service-based games.
  • Experience in securing multiplayer systems and detecting bad actors.
  • Significant experience working in a Linux based environment.
  • Familiarity with Cloud Architecture in AWS and Azure and DevOps principles.
  • Expert computer science fundamentals including design patterns, algorithms, and memory management.
  • Expert understanding of OO principles and SOLID principles as applied to game systems.
  • Expertise in async programming principles and networked applications.
  • Ability to work with a legacy engine and make major changes while maintaining stability.
  • Solid understanding of traditional gameplay systems within a game loop.
  • Expertise with the three C's (Character, Camera, Controls).
  • Expertise in NPC AI and combat systems.
  • Expertise in hiding latency and producing smooth gameplay in a networked environment.
  • Expertise in game state validation techniques.
  • Ability to diagnose performance and connectivity issues across platforms.
  • Expertise in profiling and debugging across multiple platforms.
  • Healthcare benefits.
  • 401(k) plan and company match.
  • Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
  • Basic life insurance.
  • Wellbeing benefits.
  • Paid vacation time.
  • Paid sick and mental health time.
  • Several paid holidays.
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