Gameplay Engineer
Company: Owlchemy Labs
Location: Austin
Posted on: February 21, 2021
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Job Description:
We're a 23-person Google-owned experimental VR game company
looking to grow our Owls (employees!) and would love a
detail-oriented and self-motivated person to join us! Owls in this
role prototype, develop, and implement game features and tools,
from concept to launch, with guidance from task
owners.Responsibilities* Create playable prototypes from scratch,
independently (create your own passable models, animations,
effects, etc in addition to programming)* Develop and test code,
fix bugs, and profile; optimize code as directed* Quickly and
effectively iterate on systems, features, and interactions
throughout the course of development at many different levels of
quality (from quick and dirty prototypes to fully polished and
shippable)* Take ownership of tasks and authored systems, ensuring
owned systems can be maintained and providing technical and design
leadership for owned tasks* Collaborate with Project Leads to
ensure tasking is meeting milestones, including providing
estimates, updates on progress, and notice of potential setbacks*
Seek and integrate feedback from a variety of stakeholders -
including playtests* Assist other engineers with their features in
a programming capacity or otherwise* Follow best practices,
development processes, and coding standardsRequirementsRequired
Skills/Abilities * Understanding of gamefeel, affordances, and
feedback* Ability to quickly turn ideas into reality, at minimum
level of effort to evaluate them* Ability to see dependencies,
cascading affordances, and systems-level ramifications of features*
Ability to integrate feedback, throw ideas away, and be flexible
with multiple iterationsRequired Education And Experience* High
School Diploma or Equivalent* Unity programming experiencePreferred
Education And Experience* Developing games solo or near-solo*
History of experimentation with different tech / tools* Rapid
prototyping environment experience* 3 years Unity programming
experience with multiple shipped projects* Appreciation of puns (or
at least the ability to groan at them)Physical Requirements* This
is an office job, so be prepared for prolonged periods of sitting
and working on a computer. However, all Owls are provided with
various ergonomic options.* Owls must be able to use virtual
reality headsets but are not expected to own one.Position
Type/Expected Hours of Work This is a full-time, 40-hours per week
position. Core hours of work are Monday through Friday, 10 00 a.m.
to 5 00 p.m. Although this position is anticipated to be "Work from
Home" through the July of 2021, newly hired Owls will be required
to establish Texas residency within 60 days of hire.Travel No
travel is expected for this position; though we typically encourage
owls to attend a conference annually for personal growth and
development.For Everyone We care about creating "VR for Everyone" -
and that includes creating a welcoming workplace for
everyone.Owlchemy provides equal employment opportunities to all
employees and applicants for employment and prohibits
discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race,
color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status,
genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender
identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by
federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and
conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement,
promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of
absence, compensation and training.Other Skills And
ResponsibilitiesThis job description doesn't cover or contain a
comprehensive listing of everything you might do at Owlchemy. As a
small team of wildly talented individuals, we encourage career
growth, exploration, and the wearing of many hats. As such, roles
and responsibilities are collaborative and may change or evolve
over time based on our needs and your particular skill
set.Benefits* Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)*
Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)* Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary &
AD&D)* Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)* Family
Leave (Maternity, Paternity)* Relocation Assistance
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