Lead Game Engineer

About us:

At Amber, we're always on the hunt for the most talented individuals in the industry to join our team. We're dedicated to delivering top-notch service to our customers and know that our employees are key to making that happen. We offer attractive compensation packages and plenty of chances to grow with us, and we're always on the lookout for ways to do things better. Our team works together towards common goals and we value each member's contributions to our mission of continuous improvement and innovation. 

About the role:

Amber is seeking a highly skilled Lead Engineer to join our team. You will work collaboratively with a cross-functional team, and you will be involved in various stages of the game development lifecycle, ensuring the production of a high-quality game.  

You will collaborate with development teams in several locations but will primarily work with a development teams located in Montreal, Mexico, and Romania.

The Quest: 

• Interface with other engineers and project stakeholders to establish a development roadmap for both frontend and backend development.
• Be accountable for project-wide engineering task estimations and work with the production team to address changes in planning, project scope, etc.
• Participate in customer-facing meetings to gather technical requirements and details.
• Evaluate technical documentation or software.
• Develop technical proposals, including task breakdown, and delivery timeline.
• Review and provide guidance on engineering architecture.
• Develop core features/components.
• Debug code and perform bug fixes to ensure high-quality and stable software.
• Oversee backend development and guide backend team on functional requirements and integrations between frontend and backend functionality.
• Coordinate production pipeline requirements and tasks with internal and external CI/CD and QA teams.
• Review and support project performance monitoring and improvement.

The Skills: 

• 7+ years of experience in the creation and delivery of Game/Engine Technology and games
• You'll need to understand the high-level basics of online architecture and integration with frontend.
• Solid technical knowledge across multiple areas, most importantly implementing games using Unreal.
• Experience with using generative AI for conversational games, mainly using with In-World API and agents but Bedrock or similar tools.
• Expert knowledge of C++, good knowledge of C# and engine-level AI tools within Unreal Engine. Knowledge in Character and animations setup, including real-time Lip-sync solutions and Metahuman
• General LLM knowledge - LLM text analysis and response generation, Text-to-speech output using a voice clone, Guardrails filtering, speech recognition by using Whisper or other similar LLMs
• Excellent soft skills and communication abilities, both verbal and written.
• Strong proficiency in English.
• Experience in developing technical architecture and implementing design principles and patterns.
• Experience interfacing with and guiding frontend and backend teams in producing gameplay features.
• Experience using Jenkins or other CI/CD toolchains.
• Experience using Perforce.

Nice to have:

• Online development expertise (preferably using GCP or AWS).
• Strong debugging experience using Unreal profiling tools.
• Knowledge about Proton.

The Reward: 

• Competitive project-based compensation
• Opportunity to work on exciting and diverse projects
• Clear communication and support throughout the project duration.
• Flexibility in project timelines and deadlines.
• Potential for long-term collaboration on future projects.
• Transparent and fair evaluation of your work.