Gameplay Engineer

Written By Supersocial Admin

Capacity: Full-Time

Location: North America, WFA (work from anywhere)

We are Supersocial

Founded in 2020, Supersocial operates a cutting-edge studio and a next-generation agency, developing, producing and publishing world-class games, experiences and brand worlds on Roblox, Web3 and other emerging platforms. Our mission is to create and empower digital communities to play, explore, socialize and meaningfully express themselves in the next era of the Internet.

Supersocial was founded by Yonatan Raz-Fridman “Yon" (CEO), Pedro Romi (CFO), Luiza Justus (Head of Creative) and Tatiana Wlasek (Chief Operations Officer), together bringing demonstrable track record in building and scaling consumer tech companies and brands. Our CEO Yon is recognized as a trailblazer and thought leader in the metaverse space both for his work with Supersocial and his podcast Into The Metaverse.

Our special sauce is combining creator talent who grew up on the Roblox platform with creatives and operators with decades of experience building consumer brands and telling stories in creative ways. The Supersocial team combines deep Roblox expertise with AAA experience and creative storytellers who, together, design cutting edge experiences that feels authentic to metaverse communities.

How you’ll make an impact

We are looking for exceptional Gameplay Programmers who are curious, bold, creative and relentless about quality, to join us in this incredible journey of pushing the boundaries of the Roblox platform. You will work across multiple projects. You will collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team, including other native Roblox developers, to create cutting-edge brand experiences on the platform. You will design and build complex systems ranging from secure authoritative backend systems to some front end gameplay and UI work. The systems you make must effectively scale to support the experience's gameplay in a way that delights our players.

You’ll enjoy this role if you can…

  • Create complex game systems that are easy to maintain and scale

  • Write clean and maintainable Lua code for cross-platform games, specifically for PC and mobile

  • Work effectively with other developers and cross functional teammates to deliver a high quality and deeply immersive experience

  • Constantly seek to iterate and improve the experience in pursuit of an engaging gameplay

  • Collaborate and take part in discussions, providing valuable input as well as taking constructive feedback

  • Deliver tools and tasks assigned in the timeframe required in order to meet project deliverables

Qualifications

Must Have

  • 5+ years of experience with a proven track-record in similar role and have full proficiency of all aspects of programming on Roblox

  • Be passionate about developing complex game systems

  • Effective Communication: You communicate frequently, directly and clearly. You are great at giving feedback and receiving feedback.

  • Demonstrable track-record of working on a successful game from launch to scale

  • Ability to deliver all tasks assigned at the level of quality required, in the timeframe assigned, in order to meet the project deliverables

  • Entrepreneurial mindset: ability to operate in ambiguity and roll up your sleeves

  • Experience working with Github and Rojo

Nice to Have

  • Experience working with a distributed / remote team

  • Worked on a full project life cycle involving multiple disciplines

Why you’ll enjoy being part of Supersocial

Work from home or from anywhere! Our supersquad works closely together with transparency, empathy and trust. We value our team members and believe each one plays an instrumental role in creating a unique, magical experience for our players. We have a warm and welcoming company culture: we love what we do and we love working together. You’ll love it too!

Benefits

  • Competitive salary & bonus scheme

  • Health insurance, vision and dental

  • Access to a 401(k) plan

  • Unlimited Vacation, Paid Sick Days & Holidays

  • Paid parental leave

  • Generous home office stipend

  • Company-sponsored meetups & travel perks

Supersocial is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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