Senior Gameplay Engineer

Responsibilities

• Play a key part in engineering efforts across core systems, gameplay features, tools, and pipelines
• Partner with design and art leadership to translate creative vision into technical solutions
• Establish and maintain engineering standards, workflows, and best practices
• Provide technical mentorship to engineers, driving code quality and professional growth
• Define performance targets and corresponding benchmarks
• Build scalable systems to support complex gameplay
• Improve engineering practices across the studio to ensure efficiency and sustainability
• Foster a collaborative and high performing engineering culture

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional game development experience
• History of shipping at least one AAA or large-scale AA title in a senior or principal engineering capacity
• Proficiency in C++ or C#
• Experience optimizing performance across platforms (PC and console)
• Background in systems design with ability to build maintainable, scalable solutions
• Experience in mentoring engineers, code review, and setting technical standards
• Excellent cross-discipline collaboration and communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with multiplayer networking and online systems
• Knowledge of ARPGs, action combat systems, or similar
• Experience building for GAAS

About the Company

Eleventh Hour Games is a fast growing studio, focused on a passion for top-down action RPGs. With our breakout title, Last Epoch, we are moving fast into the next round of adventure!