Senior 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 a Senior Gameplay Engineer, you will develop high-quality gameplay systems that are responsive, scalable, and maintainable. You will work closely with design, animation, AI, and QA teams to create polished player experiences across cooperative multiplayer, combat, progression, survival, crafting, building, and exploration systems.
Responsibilities:
- Gameplay Systems Development:
- Design, implement, and maintain complex gameplay systems using C++, Blueprints, and appropriate software design patterns.
- Develop features that support player progression, combat, survival, crafting, building, exploration, and other core player experiences.
- AI, Animation, and Multiplayer Integration:
- Integrate gameplay features with AI, animation, player controls, replication, and other core game systems.
- Work closely with relevant disciplines to ensure gameplay interactions are responsive, reliable, and suitable for cooperative multiplayer experiences.
- Technical Quality and Problem Solving:
- Investigate, debug, and resolve complex gameplay issues, ensuring solutions are performant, maintainable, and appropriately tested.
- Contribute to code reviews, technical discussions, and gameplay architecture decisions, applying strong engineering patterns and best practices.
- Team Contribution and Delivery:
- Collaborate with production, design, art, QA, and engineering to plan gameplay work, communicate technical risks, and support predictable delivery.
- Mentor and support other engineers, sharing practical knowledge of gameplay development and effective engineering practices.
Essential:
- Strong hands-on experience developing gameplay systems in C++ and modern game-development environments.
- Advanced knowledge of Blueprint-based workflows, gameplay architecture, and software design patterns.
- Experience integrating gameplay features with AI, animation, multiplayer replication, and core game systems.
- Familiarity with cooperative multiplayer, open-world, survival, crafting, building, or progression-based gameplay systems.
- Strong debugging, optimisation, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to mentor engineers and communicate technical decisions clearly across multidisciplinary teams.
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.
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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.
