Principal Gameplay Engineer

Playground Games is looking for a Principal Gameplay Engineer to join our Fable team.

About us:

As a first-party Xbox Game Studio, we are passionate about making genre-defining games that are accessible, beautiful, and, most of all, fun. We are excited to be rebooting the much-loved Fable franchise and are expanding our diverse team to create a new classic in the action RPG genre.

About the role:

As a Principal Gameplay Engineer, you will work with subset of the gameplay engineering team to foster a highly technical and collaborative group. You will be responsible for setting team goals, ensuring delivery of work and helping shape our technology. You will work with stakeholders and customer teams to understand engineering requirements and timelines.

Our ideal candidate is a proven gameplay engineer who is passionate about their craft, experienced in leading a small group of developers, and thrives off working with others.

This is a permanent role based at our state-of-the-art facilities in Royal Leamington Spa. We have a hybrid work model in place with a minimum of 3 days a week in studio. Relocation assistance is available if required. 

What you’ll do:

•    Work with stakeholder groups to identify gameplay features and core technology requirements.
•    Manage goals and ensure delivery of work for a team of engineers.
•    Work with multi-discipline to understand and prioritise dependencies.
•    Champion ideas and features for your team
•    Planning and driving future features and seeing them to completion.

What you’ll bring:

•    6+ years of engineering experience
•    At least 1 year in a Principal or Lead level position
•    Experience mentoring a team of engineers.
•    High level of proficiency with C++.
•    Keen collaboration and delivery mindset.
•    Experience with custom, proprietary engines in a plus.
•    History with single player Open World and/or RPG experiences
•    Full feature ownership from planning to implementation 
•    A genuine passion for video games.

This is a fantastic opportunity to make world-class game with an established, talented, and collaborative team at one of the industry’s most exciting first-party game studios.  

Playground Games is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, we believe that diversity and inclusion fuels creativity.  We are dedicated to creating a safe, comfortable and welcoming working environment.   

We strive to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports and celebrates the diverse voices of our team members.  It drives our innovation and connects us closer to our players.  We are committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion across age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.  

At Playground Games we recognise the importance of self-development, career progression, well-being and retention of our colleagues. We celebrate difference and welcome everyone to join us and to be themselves at work. 

If you require any reasonable adjustments to apply for this position, please contact us on recruitment@playground-games.com