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Job DescriptionAt CD PROJEKT RED, we’ve built our legacy on rich worlds and storytelling from the epic tales of The Witcher to the dystopian future of Cyberpunk 2077. Now, we’re setting out on the next journey: to create a completely new IP which is Project Hadar. It is shaped by the same passion, quality, and vision that define everything we do.
Project Hadar is still in its early days. This is an exciting opportunity to join a team that’s building a universe from the ground up where your ideas, experience, and creativity can directly shape the project’s vision, identity, and direction.
We’re looking for people eager to bring their experience into something new and still taking form, those unafraid of creative exploration and bold decisions, teammates who want to make a meaningful impact on an emerging world.
If you know Unreal Engine architecture well, are comfortable moving between disciplines, have solid experience in low level C++ and are experienced performance profiler and optimizer, we want to hear from you! As part of the engineering team you will have the opportunity for laying the foundations of a brand new CDPR project. You’ll be taking part in the design, implementation, optimization, and maintenance of game engine systems or pipelines. You’ll work closely with gameplay and quest designers, engineers, and other specialists to build the tech that drives our games and develop innovative features.
Daily Responsibilities
- Taking ownership of related core systems, ensuring scalability, performance, and quality.
- Developing tools and debug utilities to streamline development.
- Collaborating with game designers, animators, writers and other specialists to create a believable world.
- Partnering with design, QA, production, and other teams to define technical scope, timelines, and priorities.
- Debugging, profiling, and resolving technical challenges across large-scale systems.
- Conducting code reviews and maintaining clean, modular, and maintainable code.
- Defining and documenting technical standards.
- Collaborating on rapid prototyping, R&D, and testing new technologies and ideas.
- Min 4 years of programming experience with a strong track record in AA/AAA game projects.
- Experience in successfully shipping at least one game.
- Expertise in C++ coding principles and practices, with experience in Unreal Engine 4 or 5.
- Strong understanding of game engine architecture, algorithms, and multi-threaded systems.
- Solid debugging skills and experience resolving complex technical issues.
- Familiarity with Visual Studio and tools pipelines to enhance developer workflows.
- Willingness to exchange constructive feedback in a respectful environment.
- Demonstrated commitment to ownership, knowledge-sharing, and driving initiatives independently.
- Passion for professional growth and staying updated on industry trends.
- Fluent in English (written and spoken).
- Familiarity with agile ways of working.
- We appreciate curiosity, adaptability, and team spirit!
As a plus:
- Mentoring experience is a plus.
Working mode
- Hybrid: working from our Warsaw.
Relocation Support
- Relocation package — flight ticket, company apartment for your first month, relocating your pet and family, shipping your belongings. It’s all covered.
- Relocation assistance — processing your legalization operations for you and tax settlements — all you need to feel right at home is taken care of.
- Polish lessons for foreign employees — and for your spouse or partner, too.
- Paid Leave — from 20 to 26 days of holiday per year, and paid sick leave.
Health & Well-Being
- Private medical healthcare — a selection of medical plans with dental care and unlimited rehabilitation to choose from, which are also accessible for your partner and relatives.
- Life insurance — comprehensive pension and insurance plans to protect you and your loved ones.
- Annual screenings for cancer prevention covered by the company.
- Psychological and psychiatrist care — free mental health support and various well-being initiatives.
- Sports card — gain access to a wide number of sporting and fitness facilities across the city.
- Menstrual leave — employees who menstruate can take one extra day off when experiencing period pain.
- RED Parents Network — support for working parents, including childcare benefits, and family-friendly events.
- RED Summer Camp for Kids — a fun summer program for children aged 5–12, majoritively paid by the company.
Perks & Professional Growth
- A welcome pack filled with goodies — to help you feel right at home once you join the team.
- Trainings, lectures, and courses — workshops and trainings for each employee, knowledge-sharing initiatives, online tutorials, and e-learning classes are all available. There’s always something to learn!
- REDs have access to the cafeteria platform through which they can receive subscription benefits, additional medical packages or vouchers and codes to shops, cinemas, and public transport reimbursement.
- Gifts for newborn rebels and regular chances to nab some cool swag!
Social Activities & Life in the Office
- Dog-friendly office — dog owner? Bring your pooch with you and look after them while working! There’s always a furry friend or two to meet at the studio.
- Social events — we host regular gatherings at the studio where we can all unwind, play games, and just have some fun together.
- Healthy selections — canteens.
- Truly international working environment — a chance to meet and work with a diverse selection of people from all around the world.
- Sustainability is an ongoing commitment for us, and our campus has electric car charging points, green zones, and much more. Read all about it on our Beyond the Game Blog.
- A designated space for your bicycle, as well as bicycle repair equipment and showers available whenever you need them.
- An onsite, well-equipped gym with a climbing wall, daily Gym Assistant support, and yoga and boxing classes.
- No dress-code — we like to keep it casual.
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What We Do
CD PROJEKT RED is home to over 900 game-making professionals from all over the globe. We speak many different languages, but share one love — video games.
The studio’s portfolio largely comprises The Witcher series of role-playing games, including 2015’s The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, which received over 250 Game of the Year awards. In 2020, the studio released its most recent game: Cyberpunk 2077 — a first-person RPG set in a futuristic, high-tech world. Other notable releases include Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales, and GWENT: The Witcher Card Game — in which players create decks of witcher-world warriors and fight epic card battles with other people around the globe.
Headquartered in Warsaw, Poland, CD PROJEKT RED has offices in Kraków and Wrocław, as well as in Los Angeles and Vancouver.
The studio is part of the larger CD PROJEKT S.A. Capital Group, which also includes Spokko, a mobile-focused developer responsible for The Witcher: Monster Slayer, and The Molasses Flood, a development studio in Boston, which is currently working on a game based on one of CD PROJEKT RED’s IPs.
As the company grows, the overall studio mission remains the same: we strive to create the best RPGs in the world, while always keeping gamers’ needs at the core.
