Senior Gameplay Systems Engineer

Who We Are

Founded in 2023, 2K Sports Lab is the newest stand alone studio at 2K looking to push game development boundaries to bring 2K's next groundbreaking sports franchise to life. We're building a world-class team at our new Vancouver, BC location where our goal is to deliver an exceptional experience through bold ideas, technical excellence, and creative collaboration. We're seeking passionate and driven professionals across all areas of game development to help shape this ambitious vision. If you’re interested in tackling unique challenges and think you have what it takes to level up our team, we encourage you to apply!

What We Need

Our studio is looking for an experienced Gameplay Systems Engineer who values efficiency, productivity and the satisfaction that comes from helping a team do their best work.  We’re seeking someone who has a passion for solving complex problems, a deep understanding of Systems, Tools and Pipeline engineering, a high level understanding of Animation, and AI Engineering, and the drive to improve workflows, optimize code, and engineer solutions to achieve results that enable the game and team to reach their full potential.

In this role, you will be working closely with the Technical Director, as well as collaborating with the AI and Animation Engineering teams, Animators and Designers to help develop the workflows, architecture and tools that will enable the Gameplay team to do its best work.

What You’ll Do

• Provide software and tools support to Engineers, Production and Artists.

• Develop tools that enable rapid iteration, efficient and accurate diagnosis of issues, automate tests and workflow, or data management for assets.

• Communicate cross-discipline and provide innovative solutions to pipeline and testbed issues.

• Troubleshoot technical issues and provide user support for the team.

• Debug and/or triage low level issues like Crashes, Hangs and Desynchs.

• Own and run performance profiling for both cycles and memory, and devise and execute plans for optimizations.

• Develop comprehensive knowledge of architecture and gameplay subsystems to enable you to manage the efficiency of the gameplay frame with respect to parallelization and multithreading.

• Manage Branching strategies and integrations between branches.

• Contribute to the development and evolution of standards and conventions.

• Mentor other systems team members.

• Write and maintain documentation.

What Will Make You A Great Fit

• 7+ years of experience in a similar position.

• Experience developing multi-platform projects.

• Expertise with the C++ programming language along with strong coding architectural design principles

• Experience researching, piloting, and rolling out new techniques.

• Experience in designing and creating systems, tools and assets for projects.

• Experience with version control system (Perforce), and animation management systems.

• Excellent problem-solving skills.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

Beneficial Qualifications

• Experience developing multi-platform projects.

• Online/Networking experience for synchronized sports games.

• Experience in Unreal Engine is a big plus.

• Experience creating GUIs for tools.

• Passion for video games (not just ours)

The pay range for this position in British Columbia at the start of employment is expected to be between CAD $114,300 and CAD $169,140 per Year. However, base pay offered is based on market location, and may vary further depending on individualized factors for job candidates, such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and other objective business considerations.Subject to those same considerations, the total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a bonus and/or equity awards and eligibility to participate in our 401(K) plan and Employee Stock Purchase Program.

Regular, full-time employees are also eligible for a range of benefits at the Company, including: medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance coverage; 14 paid holidays per calendar year; paid vacation time per calendar year (ranging from 15 to 25 days) or eligibility to participate in the Company’s discretionary time off program; up to 10 paid sick days per calendar year; paid parental and compassionate leave; wellbeing programs for mental health and other wellness support; family planning support through Maven; commuter benefits; and reimbursements for fitness-related expenses.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to ensuring that individuals with disabilities are provided  suitable accommodations to enjoy equal employment opportunities, including the ability to participate in the job application or interview process,. Please contact us if you need an accommodation as part of your application process or otherwise have questions about the Company’s accommodation policy and review process.

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