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Blackbird Interactive is a creative-fueled, future-driven, independent game studio where the best talent in the industry can find long-term careers to help grow their abilities while working on a wide range of projects, which encompass world-class IPs as well as our own creations across multiple genres. Our studio operates as a remote-first workplace, offering flexible work arrangements. At this time, we are only able to hire candidates who are legally eligible to work in Canada and reside within Canada. Were looking for an intermediate gameplay engineer to help craft the core player experience in a proprietary engine. This role is focused on building DLC content for an established AAA universe, with an emphasis on new content and story progression tied to scifi themes. You will implement quest mechanics, gameplay systems, and progression features in close collaboration with designers, artists, and animators, owning work from prototype through ship. This role is remotefriendly in Canada , with Pacific time overlap required. What Youll Tackle Core gameplay features: Design and implement playerfacing systems such as movement, combat, traversal, interactions, and progression using C++ and our inhouse gameplay frameworks and tools. Quest and narrative gameplay: Build and maintain questdriven systems and content flows, including state management, triggers, scripted events, encounters, and progression logic that support story delivery and player choice. System design and architecture: Create modular, datadriven gameplay systems that support rapid iteration, reliable save/load behavior, and scale across PC and console platforms. Crossdisciplinary collaboration: Work closely with design, animation, and audio teams to prototype mechanics, tune feel, and refine experiences through playtesting and rapid content iteration in editor tools. Performance and stability: Profile and optimize gameplay systems to meet performance and memory budgets, and contribute to stability through testing, debugging, and fixing live content edge cases. Continuous improvement: Stay current with modern gameplay and engine patterns, propose tooling or workflow improvements, and help drive internal knowledge sharing. Youll Thrive Here If You Have 3+ years of professional experience using C++ with a strong focus on gameplay systems (experience working in a proprietary engine environment is a plus). Hold a BSc in Computer Science or a college diploma in software engineering, game programming, or a closely related field. Have shipped at least one commercial game, DLC, or major postlaunch update featuring your gameplay contributions. Are comfortable working in contentheavy codebases, supporting designerauthored data, and troubleshooting complex quest and progression bugs. Are passionate about prototyping, polish, and tight player control and feedback loops. Communicate clearly and value crossfunctional collaboration. Are comfortable with Perforce, Git, or similar version control systems and modern profiling and debugging tools. Bonus Experience Experience building or extending gameplay frameworks (abilities, animation and gameplay integration, physicsdriven interactions, data pipelines). Familiarity with AI systems for reactive enemy or companion behaviors (state machines, behavior trees, utility AI, navigation). #J-18808-Ljbffr