Senior Gameplay Systems Engineer (Unreal Engine)

TL;DR

Senior Gameplay Systems Engineer (Unreal Engine): Architect and build next-generation cinematic and narrative tooling within Unreal Engine 5, focusing on cinematic pipelines, sequencer customization, advanced camera systems, and facial animation integration. Focus on developing high-performance, interactive story moments and optimizing cinematic code for stability and quality.

Location: Hybrid in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Salary: CAD 96,400–142,660 per year

Company

hirify.global Sports Lab is a new studio at hirify.global focused on pushing game development boundaries to create groundbreaking sports franchises.

What you will do

• Develop and optimize cinematic authoring tools and runtime systems for in-game sequences and scripted events.
• Extend and customize Unreal Engine's Sequencer tool for complex narrative needs.
• Create advanced, reusable in-game camera systems for gameplay and cinematic moments.
• Integrate and optimize facial animation and dialog systems for synchronized narrative audio and lip-sync.
• Collaborate with Animation, Narrative, and Level Design teams to improve workflows and tool usability.
• Profile and optimize cinematic and narrative code for high frame rates and stability.

Requirements

• Location: Must be able to work onsite or hybrid in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
• 5+ years professional software engineering experience in game development or interactive media.
• Expert-level modern C++ skills and experience with Unreal Engine 4/5 source code, especially Sequencer and cinematic systems.
• Experience with procedural animation rigs, branching dialogue systems, and localization workflows.
• Strong collaboration skills bridging technical and creative teams.

Nice to have

• Experience with rigging pipelines, skeletal mesh systems, or procedural animation technologies.
• Experience with state machines or behavior trees for scripted events and scene logic.
• Portfolio demonstrating shipped titles or interactive projects with high-fidelity cinematic presentations.