Top Remote Game Developer Jobs

Develop and ship gameplay features, UI, and systems for the open-source Threadbare game using an existing codebase. Responsibilities include debugging, performance and stability improvements, testing, code reviews, planning, tooling, documentation, and collaboration with design and art. The role also involves reviewing learner code, providing written mentorship, supporting educational tooling, and participating in occasional community events.

Owns the implementation, hardening, and polish of AI behaviors and systems for a narrative-driven AAA game. Collaborates with design and animation teams to create believable enemy behaviors, ensure critical AI systems are stable and reliable, and deliver a shipping-ready player experience. Requires extensive Unreal Engine experience, strong C++ skills, modern game AI architecture knowledge, animation expertise, and at least one shipped game focused on AI.

Develop Florida CTE-aligned game design curriculum for high school students. Create Endstar activities, lessons, assessments, teacher guides, Unity bridge lessons, and screen-capture tutorials. Collaborate with the CTE product lead and platform team to communicate educator and student needs. The role is a remote independent contract requiring 15–20 hours weekly through November 2026, with paid onboarding and potential continuation into spring 2027.

Build AI-augmented gameplay and interactive storytelling systems using generative AI. Integrate LLMs and diffusion models with game engines, behavior trees, narrative systems, and world-building tools. Develop guardrails for safe, balanced, on-theme content; create tools that accelerate prototyping and playtesting; and troubleshoot AI interactions with deterministic game logic. Partner closely with designers to deliver fun, high-quality player experiences with low-latency performance.

Build and maintain production-quality gameplay systems, workflows, and tools in C++ using Unreal Engine 5. Provide technical guidance on simulation and networking, and collaborate with designers, artists, content creators, and engine teams to develop game-building systems and tools for an unannounced PlayStation project from pre-production through release.

Develop and maintain engine-level systems, game modding tools, and editor extensions. Implement and optimize rendering pipelines and shaders using DirectX/Vulkan/OpenGL/Metal. Profile and optimize CPU/GPU/memory and multithreaded workloads, debug complex graphics issues, and collaborate with engineers, artists, and designers to deliver high-quality, maintainable C++ engine code.

Develop and implement mobile games using Unity for iOS and Android. Collaborate with teams on gameplay features and optimization, ensuring quality code and user experience.

As a Senior Software Engineer for Game Systems, you will develop and optimize game engine features across multiple platforms, focusing on performance, code quality, and collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Build end-to-end live streaming and game features across frontend and backend for a high-scale, bursty consumer product. Ship reliable, performant real-time systems using AI-assisted development, and own features from development through production and monitoring.

Develop and implement HTML5 casino slot games from GDDs using TypeScript, PixiJS/Phaser and Spine. Create JIRA tickets, commit to GitLab, optimize performance, maintain tests and CI, collaborate with art, QA and producers, and deliver production-ready builds.

As a Game UX Engineer at Spawn, you'll create emotional connections through AI-driven character designs, reward systems, and onboarding experiences while ensuring they feel cohesive.

As a Game Engineer, you'll create engaging gameplay experiences by building physics engines and optimizing graphics for AI-generated game mechanics. You'll shape how games feel through features like animations and responsiveness without predefined designs.

Senior graphics engineer responsible for building and maintaining production-quality C++ gameplay systems in Unreal Engine 5, evolving rendering systems (lighting, materials, particles, post-process, shadows), collaborating with artists to implement stylized rendering and shaders, optimizing CPU/GPU/memory performance, and diagnosing/fixing graphics and pipeline issues.