Engineering Manager (Unreal Engine/Game Development)

Location: Remote, based in Massachusetts, USA

Salary: $185,100–$210,000 per year at the start of employment, with potential bonus and equity awards.

Company

hirify.global is a self-publishing game development studio creating narrative-driven experiences through immersive world building, dynamic gameplay, and interactive storytelling.

What you will do

• Lead the finalization, hardening, and optimization of dynamic gameplay and narrative systems for Judas.
• Own major game subsystems, including development, maintenance, documentation, advocacy, and change management.
• Build technical roadmaps and schedules for post-launch content and shipping-quality development.
• Manage console porting, performance, and optimization efforts with external vendors.
• Manage and mentor programmers, contractors, and outsourcing partners working on assigned systems.
• Collaborate with studio disciplines to ensure systems meet content creators’ needs.

Requirements

• 10+ years of game industry experience, including at least three shipped AAA titles.
• Extensive Unreal Engine 4/5 and strong C++ experience.
• Experience managing engineering teams and supporting all stages of the game development lifecycle.
• Knowledge of streaming, serialization, entity systems, core game engine technologies, and procedural content generation.
• Experience shipping cross-platform titles, preferably for PC, Xbox Series X|S, and PlayStation 5.
• Strong skills in code quality, testing, documentation, source control, performance analysis, and optimization.

Nice to have

• Experience with action, first-person shooter, or immersive sim games.
• Experience implementing AI tools for QA, build automation, or analytics backend development.
• C# or Python experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Hands-on work in a high-pressure, creative game development environment.
• Opportunity to contribute to a game built around dynamic systems and a distinctive narrative vision.
• Regular employees may receive bonus, equity awards, and medical, financial, and other benefits.
• Employment is at will, with compensation and benefit programs subject to modification based on business and market factors.