Senior Gameplay Engineer - RuneScape: Dragonwilds

Location: Cambridge, UK – (This position can accommodate flexible working options. However, candidates must be based (or be willing to relocate) within a comfortable commuting distance of our Cambridge office to be able to attend onsite as required)

Are you an experienced Gameplay Programmer with professional experience using the Unreal engine who enjoys collaborating with designers, animators and the wider team to help build a rich immersive world on a brand-new game with a hugely popular IP?

As a Senior Gameplay Programmer on RuneScape Dragonwilds, our new open world survival crafting game, currently in early access and being developed in UE5; You will utilise your expertise with C++/Unreal to help your team to create and implement complex gameplay features for this new multiplayer experience in the RuneScape universe.

This is a hugely impactful role within the team where you will work closely with peers and the wider production and development team to innovate and create a deeply connected and exciting gameplay experience.

What you’ll be doing:

• Create, maintain and update a wide variety of gameplay features.
• Select the best technical solutions, architectures and pipelines for each task.
• Collaborate with designers and artists to form strike teams with strong outputs.
• Test, debug, profile and optimise the title to deliver polished games.
• Identify risks and opportunities presented during the development of the game, providing solutions to resolve potentially complex problems.
• Support, mentor and share best practice with more junior engineers and your peers.

What we’re looking for:

• Experience working in UE4 or UE5 C++ in a professional setting.
• Expertise in designing and implementing complex gameplay features for a multiplayer game.
• Strong understanding of game design and a player-focused mindset.
• In-depth knowledge of C++ with an ability to apply this experience with other programming languages (c#, python, etc).
• Proven experience working closely with non-engineering stakeholders and communicating technical solutions in an easy-to-understand manner.
• Knowledgeable in profiling and optimising code.
• Proven ability to design complex systems using appropriate patterns, solving architectural and system-level problems.
• Good knowledge of source code repository usage (Perforce or similar).
• Demonstrable ability to mentor others and contributing to the team’s continuous improvement by sharing and refining best practices.
• At ease with independence and ownership, allowing yourself to co-organise your own strike team and allocate resources intelligently.
  

What we offer:

When you join Jagex you can look forward to a generous Perks & Benefits package including:

• Private Healthcare, including Dental Plan.
• Minimum 6% Pension contributions.
• Employee Assistance Programme & onsite Counselling.
• Life Insurance.
• Discretionary annual performance bonus.
• Enhanced family leave policies from day 1.
• Flexible working hours.
• 25 days annual leave + Bank holidays & the option to buy/sell holidays + so much more!

About Jagex: 

We are Jagex: The RuneScape Company- home to one of gaming’s most enduring success stories. We create deep, community-powered games with worlds that evolve, inspire, and endure. Our flagship MMORPG franchise, RuneScape has welcomed over 300 million player accounts, inspiring generations of players across PC and mobile for 25 years.

As we begin our 26th year, we are accelerating our strategy to expand RuneScape into a broader ecosystem of forever games and connected experiences, grounded in a renewed commitment to integrity and fair play. This includes the reduction of monetisation mechanics, as well as the launch of RuneScape: DragonWilds into Steam Early Access in 2025 representing a major step in building a multi-genre future for the RuneScape universe. We remain focused on building enduring worlds, empowering player-led innovation, and laying the foundations for the boldest era in RuneScape’s history. For more information, visit www.jagex.com.

Headquartered in Cambridge, United Kingdom, We are  home to passionate creators, storytellers, engineers, and even a few dreamers, all united by a single mission- to shape the future of online worlds and empower players to make them their own. We’re looking for people to join us who share our ambitions & values - We foster an inclusive workplace built on trust, autonomy, and a shared passion for creating experiences which inspire our communities. Our values guide everything we do: We Embrace Fellowship by collaborating and sharing openly. We Hone our Craft by always learning and improving; We Honour our Vows by being honest and transparent; We are our Customers’ Heroes by striving to understand our team & player needs, and We Seize The Day by making the most of every opportunity.

Join us. The next era of RuneScape - and the next chapter of Jagex: The RuneScape Company - starts now.