TL;DR

Senior Game Development Engineer (Game Development): Improving and sustaining the game's development process by engineering solutions and ensuring fast, stable, and confident development. Focus on architecting scalable solutions that support continuous integration, build health, and long-term maintainability.

Company

Escape Velocity is a team of passionate, talented developers working at a studio that offers excellent benefits, on what they believe is a once-in-a-career project with a committed publisher.

What you will do

Collaborate with gameplay engineers, designers, artists, debug engineering, QA, and build/release teams to identify and resolve workflow inefficiencies.
Design, implement, and maintain automated testing and validation frameworks within Unreal to ensure reliability and consistent build quality.
Architect scalable solutions that support continuous integration, build health, and long-term maintainability.
Guide the continuous evolution of development health systems — from early architecture to refinement and expansion.
Champion a test-driven development mindset and other sustainable engineering practices that improve confidence and quality.
Support feature and gameplay teams in integrating stable workflows, testing infrastructure, and validation practices.

Requirements

5+ years of professional experience in Games.
Strong test-driven development mindset.
Proven track record contributing to automation, build, or validation systems on shipped or live products.
Familiarity with Unreal’s automation frameworks (functional tests, automation specs, or custom solutions).
Strong C++ programming foundations with experience building and maintaining large codebases; familiarity with other relevant languages or scripting (Python, UE Blueprint, or build scripting) as needed for automation and integration tasks.
Strong understanding of CI/CD workflows, version control, build validation, and reporting pipelines.

Culture & Benefits

Fully Remote - team members are supported nearly anywhere in the world.
Prioritize honesty, autonomy, and a culture of play.
Generous PTO allowance.
Private Medical & Dental Healthcare, and a Private Mental Health scheme.
A generous annual Health & Wellbeing allowance and Discretionary Studio Bonus.
Top range tech for your home set up.