ProbablyMonsters Careers

Description

About ProbablyMonsters’ Cauldron Team

At Cauldron, we’re passionate about empowering gamers to become the hero of their own adventures. We believe that a great story unites a global community, and we’re assembling the best creative talent in gaming to bring these stories – players’ stories – to life.

Our team is working on an original, industry-defining adventure game and seeks those who want to push the boundaries of not just their craft but player experiences and the industry as a whole.

Cauldron is proud to be part of ProbablyMonsters, which secured the largest Series A raise in gaming history at $250 million, providing our team with the resources and creative freedom needed to foster stable, rewarding, and life-long careers.

THE ROLE:

We are seeking a Senior Gameplay Engineer who is experienced in building robust gameplay systems. Being able to support the creation, communication and execution of technical plans through all stages of a games production including post release while demonstrating a full understanding of area of specialization. This includes participation in the development of technical design specifications and software. Additionally, this role will play a critical role in driving future gameplay features between gameplay programmers, designers, and artists.

The salary range for this position is $147,800 – $221,700. This range represents the salary for the position commensurate with experience, knowledge, and demonstrated success in the field.

WHO YOU ARE:

• You are an effective communicator and collaborator across multiple disciplines.
• You possess strong engineering fundamentals and C++ knowledge.
• You possess a breadth of experience across multiple facets of gameplay development with focused experience in at least one specific area.
• You are able to strike an appropriate balance between up-front design and iterative development for the task at hand.
• You strive to build systems that exemplify ease-of-use, robustness, maintainability, and extensibility.
• You are results oriented.

• Works on problems of diverse scope where analysis of information requires evaluation of identifiable factors.
• Devises solutions based on limited information and precedent and adapts existing approaches to resolve issues.
• Uses evaluation, judgment, and interpretation to select right course of action.
• Work is done independently and is reviewed for critical points.
• Full end-to-end ownership of a domain level large system or technology - Examples are Stat System, Game Modes Tech, Player Movement, Publishing Tool, Weapons, Timelines, Lobby Service, Spatial Audio etc.
• Will drive technical decisions required to make actionable tasks alongside multiple stakeholders.
• Work closely with designers, artists, and animators to gather requirements and own feature development.
• Debugging features of the system reducing engineering dependencies when the system is used by non-technical team members.
• Build, improve, and maintain game systems.
• Implement a big system so it can be used iteratively by the stakeholders.
• Actively guide and mentor the team through code reviews for the owned domain and provides technical feedback on design decisions and specs.
• Proactively identifies and anticipates technical issues, edge cases and performance related aspects (and works to provide knowledge and tools to measure those aspects).
• Can operate in the interest of the game and find tasks to work on that may have long term impact on the game.
• Will work side by side with designers and other disciplines using Unreal throughout the full cycle of development to ship a game.
• Will help gauge and understand performance costs of game systems to help diagnose, debug, and optimize.
• Work with leaders and engineers across the company to understand need and align priorities.
• Assists with maintaining/porting or owning a specific target platform of the given project - example, PC, PS5, Xbox, Switch etc.

• Extensive knowledge and full understanding of area of specialization, principles and practices
• within a professional discipline.
• Ability to enhance relationships and network with senior internal/external partners who are not familiar with the subject matter often requiring persuasion.
• Preferred experience writing gameplay code for shipped games.
• Experience owning large discipline (or craft) level aspect of game technology – preferably in at least one of the following areas; Gameplay, AI, Graphics, Online Services, Animation, UI or Audio Engineering.
• Proficient in one or more of the following platforms: UE or a proprietary game engine.
• Strong programming and software architecture skills; preferably in C++.
• Experience working with large, cross-discipline teams within Video Games.
• Strong understanding of 3D Math; Preferably Vector Math, Animation Transforms, Physics etc.

• A people-first culture founded on respect, trust, approachability, and accountability.
• A stable home that values your potential, deeply cares about your work-life balance, and is committed to investing in your craft and long-term career.
• Competitive benefits package, including a sign-on bonus; annual stock option grants; health coverage (medical, dental, vision) paid at 100% for the employee and subsidized by the Company for dependents; Flexible Spending Account eligibility; life, accidental death, and disability insurance coverage; annual 401K contribution by the Company; Employee Assistance Program; and extensive paid time off plus holiday closures.