Aardvark Swift is supporting Playground Games in their search for an Associate Lead Gameplay Engineer to join their Fable team.

As a first-party Xbox Game Studio, they are passionate about making genre-defining games that are accessible and beautiful for their players. They are excited to be rebooting the much-loved Fable franchise and are expanding their diverse team to create a new classic in the action RPG genre.

As an Associate Lead Gameplay Engineer, you will work with the gameplay engineering team to foster a highly technical and collaborative group. You will be responsible for setting team goals, ensuring delivery of work, and helping shape the technology. 

Your responsibilities…

• Work with stakeholder groups to identify gameplay features, engineering requirements, and timelines
• Manage goals and ensure delivery of work for a team of engineers.
• Work with multi-discipline to understand and prioritise dependencies

The skills and experience you’ll bring to the role…

• 4 years of engineering experience, with demonstrable work on 1 or more published titles (ideally AAA)
• Experience leading a team of engineers
• High level of proficiency with C++
• Keen collaboration and delivery mindset
• Genuine passion for video games
• Experience with custom, proprietary engines is a plus