Ghost Story Games
Engineering Manager
Massachusetts - Remote · Contract
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 25 days ago
PythonC#OnboardingUnreal EngineResearchLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationMentoringAdaptabilityOrganizational Skills
About the role
- The Challenge Ghost Story Games is seeking a talented Engineering Manager to join us on Judas, the highly anticipated game led by Ken Levine (System Shock 2, BioShock series).
- Unique in its bold, creative vision, Judas is also built upon novel technology by which the visual world, gameplay, and story unfolds in meaningful, dynamic ways.
- The result is a significant and personal journey adapted to each player's experience and offers a new approach to the art and storytelling of video games.
Responsibilities
- Own hardening our systems to shipping quality.
- Manage the schedule of the console port team (with our vendor) and all performance/optimization efforts.
- Manage and develop teams of programmers for work on assigned systems/domains which includes managing contractors and outsourcing partners.
- The studio's mission is to create narrative-driven experiences rooted in immersive world building and gameplay.
- We are seeking an Engineering Manager with a diverse background in game development to lead the finalization and polish of our dynamic gameplay and narrative systems.
Requirements
- Experience with streaming, serialization, entity systems and core game engine technologies.
- 10+ years' experience in the game industry with at least 3 shipped AAA titles.
- Experience managing teams.
- Strong knowledge of C++.
- Ability to quickly understand existing code and enhance/extend an existing architecture.
- Software engineering skills, including the ability to write maintainable and robust code.
- Experience with source control via Perforce or equivalent.
- In this critical leadership role, you will oversee engineering teams, own major subsystems, take charge of the strategic planning, execution, and optimization required to bring these systems to a "shipping-ready" state.
- Extensive Unreal Engine 4/5 experience.
- Ability to direct the closing down of dynamic systems and develop a change management process for feature maintenance.
- Experience developing in and supporting all stages of the development lifecycle.
- Experience developing games
- preferably action, First Person Shooters and immersive sim games.
- Ability to research, analyze and optimize code to meet performance requirements.
- Experience developing for and shipping cross-platform titles - PC/XSX/PS5 preferred.
- A passion for hands-on game development with a focus on attention to detail.
Skills
- Implementing AI tools to streamline the QA process for a highly systemic game.
- Support build automation processes as needed.
- Support analytics backend development.
- C#/python experience.
Compensation
- The pay range for this position in Massachusetts at the start of employment is expected to be between $185,100 and $210,000 per Year.
Company info
- Ghost Story Games is a self-publishing game development studio founded by Ken Levine (Creative Director of System Shock 2, Bioshock, and Bioshock Infinite) and former Irrational Games developers. The studio's mission is to create narrative-driven experiences rooted in immersive world building and gameplay.
- The Challenge
- Ghost Story Games is seeking a talented Engineering Manager to join us on Judas, the highly anticipated game led by Ken Levine (System Shock 2, BioShock series). Unique in its bold, creative vision, Judas is also built upon novel technology by which the visual world, gameplay, and story unfolds in meaningful, dynamic ways. The result is a significant and personal journey adapted to each player's experience and offers a new approach to the art and storytelling of video games.
- We are seeking an Engineering Manager with a diverse background in game development to lead the finalization and polish of our dynamic gameplay and narrative systems. In this critical leadership role, you will oversee engineering teams, own major subsystems, take charge of the strategic planning, execution, and optimization required to bring these systems to a "shipping-ready" state. Beyond technical oversight, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining technical roadmaps, managing and mentoring engineering personnel, and serving as a key liaison to foster seamless collaboration with other studio disciplines.
- Ghost Story Games is a self-publishing game development studio founded by Ken Levine (Creative Director of System Shock 2, Bioshock, and Bioshock Infinite) and former Irrational Games developers.
- Ghost Story Games is seeking a talented Engineering Manager to join us on Judas, the highly anticipated game led by Ken Levine (System Shock 2, BioShock series).
- Beyond technical oversight, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining technical roadmaps, managing and mentoring engineering personnel, and serving as a key liaison to foster seamless collaboration with other studio disciplines.
- The ideal candidate brings a proven track record of driving complex game systems through to launch, pairing strong technical acumen with the meticulous care and leadership necessary to elevate our games to the next level.
- What You'll Take On:
Equal opportunity
- http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1020434/Narrative
- Please be aware that Ghost Story does not conduct job interviews or make job offers over third-party messaging apps such as Telegram, WhatsApp, or others.
- Ghost Story also does not engage in any financial exchanges during the recruitment or onboarding process, and the Ghost Story will never ask a candidate for their personal or financial information over an app or other unofficial chat channel.
- Any attempt to do so may be the result of a scam or phishing exercise.
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