Principal Software Engineer, Gameplay - Teamfight Tactics

About the position

As a Principal Software Engineer (Gameplay / Gameplay Tools) in the Teamfight Tactics team, you will create new gameplay mechanics, develop tools and workflows that make it easier for designers and artists to create awesome experiences for our players, and ensure that we can ship our game across all platforms every two weeks while maintaining quality. You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team consisting of artists, designers, engineers, producers, and QA. You will report to an Engineering manager on the Teamfight Tactics team.

Responsibilities

• Build in-game features, including new functionality for champions, traits, and set mechanics in TFT that cannot be executed on by design alone
• Make it easier for developers to create awesome experiences by improving their tools and workflows
• Build foundational capabilities for integrating gameplay with art, audio, and UI
• Collaborate on technical/architectural discussions
• Contribute to architecture requirements, technical design, and implementation for relevant systems
• Ensure exceptional code quality by adhering to engineering excellence which includes: code maintainability, quality, monitoring, code reviews, and documentation
• Provide mentorship to engineers, tech artists, and tech designers.

Requirements

• 6+ years of game development experience
• 4+ years of professional experience in C++
• Significant experience with client/server architectures and server authoritative games
• Strong knowledge of common game and software design patterns
• Proficiency using game engines (ex. Unity, Unreal Engine)
• Experience with profiling and addressing performance problems in a real time graphical application
• Experience with building game content tools and pipelines
• Experience with software development, including shipping one or more products on large code bases that span a range of platforms and tools.
• Experience collaborating across departments to create solutions
• Product sense, pragmatism, and player empathy in making tech decisions
• BS in Computer Science, or proven understanding of Computer Science fundamentals

Nice-to-haves

• Familiarity with Teamfight Tactics
• Experience with Python, Lua, HTML/CSS, or Javascript.
• Familiarity with digital content creation tools such as Maya, PhotoShop, 3D Studio Max, Wwise etc.

Benefits

• Open paid time off policy
• Flexible work schedules
• Medical, dental, and life insurance
• Parental leave for you, your spouse/domestic partner, and children
• 401k with company match