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Lead Engineer, Game Engine - Central Tech

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Are you ready to lead the team upgrading Bungie’s proprietary game engine to maximize the impact and efficiency of our development team? Are you excited to help build alignment with diverse customers across multiple game projects on the best investments to make? Do you enjoy improving game engine code and building powerful and expressive tools that let others realize their vision more effectively? Would you like to work on worlds that bring people together at a company that values your work-life balance and is invested in creating an inclusive workplace for every employee?

As lead engineer of a new core engine team at Bungie, you will help develop new technologies and workflow upgrades for our award-winning proprietary “Tiger Engine”. Your team will build new frameworks for continuous integration, automated testing, code integration and engine customization that allow us to share engine upgrades more easily between different game projects. You will align with customers across various game projects on the priority and delivery schedule of engine upgrades. Finally, you will lead and mentor engineers in the engineering culture, technology, and best practices that enable us to empower content creators across Bungie to do their best work and ultimately improve our ability to create great games more effectively.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Manage engineers, providing support, mentorship, constructive feedback, and career development guidance
Work with Central Technology leadership to define the future of our proprietary game engine
Represent the game engine team to key stakeholders, balancing and prioritizing requests against the team’s roadmap
Design, build, test, and maintain game engine improvements
Be a key contributor in architecture reviews for game engine frameworks

REQUIRED SKILLS

Willingness to be part of a “we” culture. You work well with others to reach common goals— team fit and culture are especially important to us
Experience leading teams developing complex products with high cross-team dependencies
Ability to manage or mentor other engineers
Understanding of game engine development practices and ability to write C++ engine code
Ability to communicate with customers of different technical and non-technical backgrounds to help them navigate technology and achieve their goals

NICE-TO-HAVE SKILLS

Experience with a proprietary game engine shared between multiple projects
Familiar with agile software development (e.g., scrum, kanban, etc.)

Listed below is this role's base pay range. When a role is to be filled by candidates at multiple levels, more than one pay range will be shown. In other locations that Bungie has approved for remote work, this pay range may be adjusted up to +/- 10% and some roles may be classified as non-exempt (hourly).

This range is determined by an array of factors, including training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs, and market demands. Additionally, it is subject to change and may be modified in the future.

In the journey to make incredible worlds, Bungie employees don't simply do meaningful work - they receive meaningful support. Competitive salaries and discretionary bonus opportunities are just the start. We offer comprehensive healthcare coverage, generous 401(k) matching, flexible time off policies, paid parental leave, social clubs, and so much more. Check out our benefits page: Benefits - Bungie Careers to see all the perks that come with joining Bungie.

Washington State Pay Range

$200,000—$235,000 USD

Bungie employees in the U.S. also receive:

20 days of accrued time-off in the form of PTO and sabbatical days, depending on the level of the position
10 paid Floating Days annually, prorated in the first year of employment based on start date
10 paid Bungie-observed holidays annually
One hour of Paid Sick Time (PST) for every 30 hours worked

So you don't meet every requirement listed in this job description? Do you think your experience level is not where it needs to be? Studies show that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they believe they meet every single qualification. Bungie is focused on building a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace. If you're interested in this position but your past experience doesn't line up perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we want you to apply anyway. The right role for you may be right around the corner!

Most Bungie full-time employees will adopt a digital first approach allowing remote work in Bungie approved locations (outside of positions identified as 100% onsite in Bellevue/Seattle, or individuals preferring a hybrid/flex environment). Prospective full-time employees located outside of CA, CO, DC, FL, GA, IL, MA, MD, MN, NC, NJ, NY, OR, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, or WI will need to establish residency in one of the states we are compliant in within 45 days of a start date. Contractors will follow a digital first approach adhering to the location guidelines agreed upon by our third-party employer/vendor and Bungie. Bungie’s remote policy is subject to change at the company’s discretion.

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