Gameplay Programmer

If you’re looking to make the best co-op games in the world, you’ve come to the right place. We're proud to have some of the best game makers and collaborators in the industry under our four walls. What's more, we're a fun bunch of game developers, who love to indulge in our passion for video games together. Our games are not for everyone. Are they for you?We are now looking for a Gameplay Programmer!

We are looking for a talented Gameplay Programmer to join one of our future game teams who will collaborate with the product leadership team in guiding, structuring and crafting the beginnings of the game development team’s features and systems. Supporting the game through prototype and pre-production, and eventually through to launch, the Gameplay Programmer will need to help identify and solve for feature and system requirements and relating this to the best way to implement in Unreal 5 and structure the game’s architecture of interactive systems and components.

Who you are:

Your role is positioned to develop these features and systems and ‘find the fun’ day to day. You will consider how we build components in a sustainable way that makes clear how other developers should craft their features and content within Unreal blueprints or code. The Gameplay Programmer on future projects is required to be highly experienced in development of game features and systems, and possess a broad understanding of all gameplay, content and systems areas for game development in the types of titles we will develop.

This role will work within the multidisciplinary game team in discovering and delivering on the best possible player experience while keeping a close eye on what is scalable, sustainable and viable to ship. The Gameplay Programmer will also partner closely with members of the Tech Foundation to keep an eye on tech debt, and also how to generalize components into the shared codebase. We want you to have:

Excellent C/C++ skills

5+ years hands on experience development multiplayer game features and systems

Ability to create dynamic systems that interact in an overlapping, emergent way

Familiarity with broad aspects of game development including gameplay, content creation, and systems

Familiarity with physics, animation, AI, and systems used to create emergent gameplay

Solid 3D math foundation in linear algebra, vectors, and matrices

You have shipped a similar title to the original HellDivers or other top-down action games

Experience with, or have shipped titles, on Unreal 4 or greater

Preproduction or Prototyping project phase experience

What you'll do;

Collaborate with Game Leadership and the development team to translate player experience goals and design into gameplay systems, features and components

Define and develop game features and systems, setting best practice and standards for how components should be built and used within Unreal 5

Building optimized solutions with memory, performance, extensibility, and network stability taken into account

Prototyping ideas and testing viability or identifying technical possibilities and obstacles

Providing guidance or assistance in creation of the game architecture

How to apply
If you think that this position matches your background and skills, we would love to hear from you. Please submit your CV in English as soon as possible. We interview candidates continuously and hire when we find a good fit.

Practical information
Scope: Full-time: 40 hours per week with initial 6 month probation period.
Location: Office first, hybrid solution possible. You need to be eligible to work in Sweden.

What we offer
Arrowhead Game Studios is a growing team of about 100+ people, best known for our co-op titles. Despite our size, we remain a friendly and down to earth bunch, who love to indulge in our passion for video games together.

Located in our newly built, custom-tailored offices on the Hammarby Kaj waterfront, we enjoy everything Stockholm has to offer. A thriving game dev scene, along with all types of activities are immediately available on our doorstep.

Our talented developers are crucial to our success, therefore we put a lot of emphasis in creating and maintaining a prosperous culture. We’re committed to open and transparent communication. Your ideas are welcomed, valued, appreciated - the ceiling for creative discussions is high.

We also have numerous work benefits for all our employees. You can read about them here! (https://jobs.arrowheadgamestudios.com/pages/perks-benefits)