Lead Engineer

Engineering – Kirkland, Washington

PROJECT LEAD ENGINEER

Harebrained Schemes is looking to hire a Project Lead Engineer to help with continued development of HBS’s turn-based strategy games. This is a full time, on-site position at Harebrained Schemes’ offices in Kirkland, Washington.

What You’ll Do

Lead the tech direction for a new HBS project

Build, manage, and help mentor a team of up to twelve individual engineers

Contribute directly to architecture decisions for your project

Participate in architecture and code reviews to maintain high quality

Oversee and help maintain coding and process standards throughout your project

Develop game specific code as needed

Collaborate with the Core engineering team to address individual project needs

Collaborate with project leads to deliver the highest quality game possible

Required XP

You have long history as a games industry professional.

You have 2 or more years of experience as a manager and have shipped at least one title in an engineering management role.

You have 2 or more years of professional Unity development experience.

You are an excellent C# programmer.

You have a broad knowledge of game technologies and tools.

You have good communication skills and are comfortable working in a highly-collaborative environment.

Bonus XP

You’ve shipped a modern Unity title.

You are passionate about turn-based tactical games, BattleTech experience is a plus!

 

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Tanya DePass is the founder and Director of I Need Diverse Games, a non-profit organization based in Chicago, which is dedicated to better diversification of all aspects of gaming. I Need Diverse Games serves the community by supporting marginalized developers attend the Game Developer Conference by participating in the GDC Scholarship program, helps assist attendance at other industry events, and is seeking partnership with organizations and initiatives. Tanya is a lifelong Chicagoan who loves everything about gaming, #INeedDiverseGames spawn point, and wants to make it better and more inclusive for everyone. She founded and was the EIC of Fresh Out of Tokens podcast where games culture was discussed and viewed through a lense of feminism, intersectionality and diversity. Now she’s a co-host on Spawn on Me Podcast. Along with all of that, she’s the Programming Coordinator for OrcaCon, she often speaks on issues of diversity, feminism, race, intersectionality & other topics at multiple conventions throughout the year. Her writing about games and games critique appears in Uncanny Magazine, Polygon, Wiscon Chronicles, Vice Gaming, Paste Games, Mic, and other publications.