Intermediate Gameplay Engineer
UK Remote or West Midlands-based / Full-Time Contractor
Please note: We welcome applicants who prefer to work from home; however, we cannot offer visa sponsorship for this opportunity at this time.
Role:
As an Intermediate Gameplay Engineer, you will develop and maintain gameplay systems, technical features, and game content that support a polished player experience. You will work closely with engineers, designers, artists, and QA to deliver reliable solutions, contribute to procedural world and content systems, and support development across relevant game-engine and custom-engine environments.
Responsibilities:
- Gameplay and Systems Development:
- Develop and maintain gameplay features, player movement, and supporting game systems in line with design and technical requirements.
- Investigate and resolve bugs, ensuring fixes are robust, maintainable, and appropriately tested.
- Procedural Content and Technical Research:
- Contribute to procedural world and content-generation systems, supporting flexible, scalable, and performant game content.
- Research and evaluate technical approaches, tools, and implementation options to help resolve project challenges.
- Engine and Technical Development:
- Work across relevant engine and custom-engine environments to implement and maintain technical features.
- Support core technical development, system integrations, and the ongoing improvement of existing game systems.
- Collaboration and Quality:
- Collaborate with design, art, QA, and engineering colleagues to translate requirements into practical and high-quality technical solutions.
- Communicate progress, technical risks, and dependencies clearly, while contributing to effective team development practices.
Essential:
- Experience developing gameplay features, player movement, technical systems, or game content within a game-development environment.
- Strong familiarity with modern game-engine and custom-engine development workflows.
- Understanding of procedural worlds, content generation, and scalable gameplay systems.
- Ability to investigate, debug, and resolve technical issues methodically.
- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to quality, performance, and maintainability.
- Clear communication skills and an effective, collaborative approach to working across disciplines.
What We Offer:
Based just outside Birmingham, Flix is made up of welcoming, passionate, active gamers that support one another in all aspects of development. We offer you to:
- Join a friendly, nurturing work environment with the opportunity to build games as part of an extremely talented, ambitious studio.
- Work on market-leading AAA titles and IP with globally reputable studio and publisher partners.
- Be part of a sustainably growing game developer studio as we consciously expand our team and projects on a case-by-case basis.
- Learn within an independent studio across a wide range of projects and opportunities both internal and external.
Application:
Please send through your portfolio and cover letter. If your examples are from previous works with another studio, please make sure samples are cleared for release by copyright owners. Links to an online portfolio are preferable, otherwise we accept showreels via Dropbox or other secure sharing platforms.
Send your application to – careers@flixinteractive.com
If you love making games and you would like to contribute to a team and project where your drive and skills will be welcomed and encouraged, then we would love to hear from you.
GDPR COMPLIANCE – When applying for this job you’re authorising Flix Interactive to store your application information and distribute it to the appropriate email inboxes of senior team members in order to review your role eligibility.
Your application will be stored on a private cloud based online system for processing. If you would like us to update, delete or refine your application please email info@flixinteractive.com. Your request will be appended within 30 days of receiving your email.
Please note – In compliance with GDPR law your data will be used for recruitment purposes only. We are unable to accept candidates requiring visa sponsorship for this opportunity at this time.
