Location: Cambridge, UK – Remote available within the UK with team onsite days in the Cambridge office approx. 4 times per year.
Are you an experienced Gameplay Programmer with professional experience using the Unreal engine who enjoys collaborating with designers, animators and the wider team to help build a rich immersive world on a brand‑new game with a hugely popular IP? As a Senior Gameplay Programmer on RuneScape Dragonwilds, our new open‑world survival crafting game, currently in early access and being developed in UE5, you will utilise your expertise with C++/Unreal to help your team create and implement complex gameplay features for this new multiplayer experience in the RuneScape universe.
This is a hugely impactful role within the team where you will work closely with peers and the wider production and development team to innovate and create a deeply connected and exciting gameplay experience.
What you’ll be doing
Create, maintain and update a wide variety of gameplay features.
Select the best technical solutions, architectures and pipelines for each task.
Collaborate with designers and artists to form strike teams with strong outputs.
Test, debug, profile and optimise the title to deliver polished games.
Identify risks and opportunities presented during the development of the game, providing solutions to resolve potentially complex problems.
Support, mentor and share best practice with more junior engineers and your peers.
What we’re looking for
Experience working in UE4 or UE5 C++ in a professional setting.
Expertise in designing and implementing complex gameplay features for a multiplayer game.
Strong understanding of game design and a player‑focused mindset.
In‑depth knowledge of C++ with an ability to apply this experience with other programming languages (C#, Python, etc.).
Proven experience working closely with non‑engineering stakeholders and communicating technical solutions in an easy‑to‑understand manner.
Knowledgeable in profiling and optimising code.
Proven ability to design complex systems using appropriate patterns, solving architectural and system‑level problems.
Good knowledge of source‑code repository usage (Perforce or similar).
Demonstrable ability to mentor others and contribute to the team’s continuous improvement by sharing and refining best practices.
At ease with independence and ownership, allowing yourself to co‑organise your own strike team and allocate resources intelligently.
What we offer
Private Healthcare, including Dental Plan.
Minimum 6% Pension contributions.
Employee Assistance Programme & onsite Counselling.
Life Insurance.
Discretionary annual performance bonus.
Enhanced family leave policies from day 1.
Flexible working hours.
25 days annual leave +
Are you an experienced Gameplay Programmer with professional experience using the Unreal engine who enjoys collaborating with designers, animators and the wider team to help build a rich immersive world on a brand‑new game with a hugely popular IP? As a Senior Gameplay Programmer on RuneScape Dragonwilds, our new open‑world survival crafting game, currently in early access and being developed in UE5, you will utilise your expertise with C++/Unreal to help your team create and implement complex gameplay features for this new multiplayer experience in the RuneScape universe.
This is a hugely impactful role within the team where you will work closely with peers and the wider production and development team to innovate and create a deeply connected and exciting gameplay experience.
What you’ll be doing
Create, maintain and update a wide variety of gameplay features.
Select the best technical solutions, architectures and pipelines for each task.
Collaborate with designers and artists to form strike teams with strong outputs.
Test, debug, profile and optimise the title to deliver polished games.
Identify risks and opportunities presented during the development of the game, providing solutions to resolve potentially complex problems.
Support, mentor and share best practice with more junior engineers and your peers.
What we’re looking for
Experience working in UE4 or UE5 C++ in a professional setting.
Expertise in designing and implementing complex gameplay features for a multiplayer game.
Strong understanding of game design and a player‑focused mindset.
In‑depth knowledge of C++ with an ability to apply this experience with other programming languages (C#, Python, etc.).
Proven experience working closely with non‑engineering stakeholders and communicating technical solutions in an easy‑to‑understand manner.
Knowledgeable in profiling and optimising code.
Proven ability to design complex systems using appropriate patterns, solving architectural and system‑level problems.
Good knowledge of source‑code repository usage (Perforce or similar).
Demonstrable ability to mentor others and contribute to the team’s continuous improvement by sharing and refining best practices.
At ease with independence and ownership, allowing yourself to co‑organise your own strike team and allocate resources intelligently.
What we offer
Private Healthcare, including Dental Plan.
Minimum 6% Pension contributions.
Employee Assistance Programme & onsite Counselling.
Life Insurance.
Discretionary annual performance bonus.
Enhanced family leave policies from day 1.
Flexible working hours.
25 days annual leave +
Senior Gameplay Engineer - RuneScape: Dragonwilds in Cambridge employer: Jagex
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