Senior Gameplay Engineer

Description

SENIOR GAMEPLAY ENGINEER

Who We Are: 

A fun, hard-working, and dedicated family of experienced game developers working cross platform, with a current focus on mobile and emerging platforms. We keep our eyes set on broad appeal and an engaging experience for our players. We are always looking for people who want to make the best out of great games.

What We Need: 

Self-driven individuals, who find pride and fulfillment in doing the best work possible.  Folks who take responsibility for not only their work, but for the success of team at large, and for what’s best for the game.  Cat Daddy Games is looking for a Senior Gameplay engineer to join our team, and help us make inventive and fun mobile & tablet games.

Summary:  
Design, develop, write, implement, and debug code for new and upgraded mobile games.

Job Responsibilities Will Include:

• Work with an agile team of artists, designers, and programmers to design, prototype, and implement new gameplay features
• Provide the team with feedback regarding the time allotted to assigned tasks and implementation concerns
• Generate system documentation and test cases for assigned systems
• Collaborate with the QA staff to identify and fix bugs in a timely manner
• Work with proprietary existing software technology and build new technology in order to fulfill the project’s technical requirements and design goals
• Identify technical and developmental risks/obstacles and generate solutions to overcome identified risks

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline
• 5+ years of programming experience
• Experience developing video games, ideally for mobile
• Experience working on core gameplay systems, user interface, and / or AI

Skills:

• Excellent team skills and a positive attitude
• Expertise in C / C++
• Ability to learn and master new technologies and code
• Ability to work independently and efficiently under deadlines
• Prior experience in iOS or Android programming is a big plus

About Cat Daddy:

Rooted in the beautiful Pacific Northwest and just a short drive from Seattle, Cat Daddy has been around for more than two decades and over that time has launched multiple successful PC, console and mobile titles.  Currently we are focusing on Mobile and Tablet games and are working on some exciting upcoming titles.  Sure, we are part of the big and impressive 2K family and we love it, but really we are a small band of talented, artists, programmers and production staff who get the job done and done really well by relying on skill, collaboration, humor and grit.  We pride ourselves on being nimble and tech savvy, having shipped titles of almost every genre and on almost every platform.  Bottom line is, it’s a good time to be a Cat Daddy!