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Senior graphics engineer responsible for building and maintaining production-quality C++ gameplay systems in Unreal Engine 5, evolving rendering systems (lighting, materials, particles, post-process, shadows), collaborating with artists to implement stylized rendering and shaders, optimizing CPU/GPU/memory performance, and diagnosing/fixing graphics and pipeline issues.

Lead the Technical Art discipline: design and deliver character rigs, pipelines, and tools; manage and mentor tech artists; optimize performance across PC and consoles; build workflows, documentation, and cross-team collaboration to support production and prototyping.

Lead and manage engineers to design, build, and maintain production backend game services (sessions, matchmaking, progression). Diagnose incidents, participate in on-call, collaborate with cross-discipline teams, and produce clear technical documentation.

Design, architect, and implement production-quality player progression and investment systems in C++ on Unreal Engine 5. Build workflows, tools, and networked systems for long-term player engagement, provide technical guidance, and collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams from pre-production to live operations.

Improve and maintain automated build systems for a game team. Develop build software (Unreal Engine 5, primarily C#), monitor CI/CD health, provision on‑prem and cloud build resources, troubleshoot build failures, enable internal workflows, and collaborate with release and test teams to publish builds and test results.

Hands-on principal designer owning progression and economy systems for a live-service multiplayer action game. Design onboarding, rewards, achievements, seasonal content, and ethical motivational loops; collaborate with product, combat, social, and UX leads to iterate based on KPIs and community feedback.

Design, build, and maintain production backend game services (sessions, matchmaking, progression). Collaborate cross-discipline, write clear technical docs, diagnose failures with logging/metrics, and participate in post-launch on-call rotations.