Senior Unreal Engine Programmer [Gameplay & Systems]

Praca stała Programowanie

Superkami is a fully remote studio led by industry veterans. In 2021, we set out to create "Sengoku Dynasty," a cross-genre survival-builder set in Feudal Japan. In August 2023 we released the game into Early Access, in November 2024 we reached the 1.0 launch, and in August 2025 the game was released on consoles.

We're currently looking for a Senior Unreal Engine Programmer to join a small, agile team, working on a new historical survival-builder game awaited by a large community of devoted fans. Be there from the start – and help us shape a new classic!

Role

Your will own gameplay systems in a realistic 4-player co-op title built in Unreal Engine 5.

That will usually mean:

Building character and combat mechanics in Gameplay Ability System
Developing NPC behavior in StateTree: daily routines, work schedules, navigation
Profiling and fixing CPU and memory problems in your systems, and keeping large NPC populations cheap (Significance Manager, streaming, soft references)
Maintaining frameworks behind character appearance, progression and equipment
Making sure your systems replicate correctly between host and clients
Working with animators on locomotion and other animation-heavy features
Keeping code in good shape
Suggesting improvements

Key Skills

To thrive in this role, you should be good at:

Independently taking a feature from design doc to working implementation
Spotting cross-system dependencies before they bite
Debugging performance problems in your systems
Reading and adapting other people's code, from marketplace plugins to engine internals
Switching between very different problem domains without losing momentum
Expressing yourself clearly, respectfully and assertively (in written and spoken English)

Requirements

Strong C++ and deep working knowledge of UE5, comfortable moving between native code and Blueprints
At least one shipped UE4/UE5 title or equivalent commercial production experience
Hands-on experience with Gameplay Ability System
Solid understanding of replication and client-server logic
Experience with Unreal's AI tools: StateTree or Behavior Trees, navigation, perception
Familiarity with profiling tools, soft references and async loading

Optional

Working knowledge of the animation pipeline (Anim Blueprints, State Machines, IK)
Experience with runtime mesh generation or character customization systems
Experience with Significance Manager or a similar importance/LOD system
Shipped co-op multiplayer game
Experience working in a remote environment