Programmeur.euse avancé.e, jouabilité / Advanced Gameplay Programmer
Warner Bros. Discovery1 day ago
Montréal, CanadaSenior
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, maintain, and debug performant gameplay architecture and player-experience systems for console and PC.
- Design, develop, maintain, and debug game AI systems including NPC behaviors, navigation, decision-making, and encounter integration.
- Analyze and optimize gameplay and AI performance through profiling, CPU and memory budgeting, time-slicing, and behavioral level of detail where appropriate.
- Collaborate with level design, game design, art, VFX, programming, QA, and production on requirements, feasibility, scope, design completeness, and technical risks.
- Iterate with design using data-driven tuning, in-game debugging tools, and validation, while proposing maintainable solutions for live production.
- Identify cross-team dependencies, align disciplines, calibrate quality to project phase and milestones, and incorporate QA and playtest feedback.
- Participate in code reviews, provide technical validation, mentor teammates, and create technical design and architecture documentation.
- Track developments in the engine and gameplay and AI practices and contribute to continuous improvement of high-performance software.
Requirements
- At least 8 years of C++ programming experience in the video game industry.
- Contributed to at least two AAA titles, including at least one shipped console/PC game; open-world, action-adventure, or narrative experience is strongly valued.
- Strong command of C++ object-oriented design, data structures, algorithms, templates, and multithreaded programming.
- Strong experience with gameplay and AI software architecture, including interactive systems, gameplay features, behaviors, pathfinding, navigation, decision systems, encounters, and maintainability at scale.
- Experience with large-scale programming for consoles and PC across prototyping, production, delivery, and post-launch work such as DLC and title updates.
- Skills in optimization and debugging on PC and consoles, including performance analysis and improvement recommendations.
- Strong 3D mathematics knowledge, including linear algebra, trigonometry, vectors, matrices, and quaternions, plus understanding of animation constraints.
- Proficiency with Unreal Engine 5 for gameplay and AI integration, including gameplay framework, State Trees, EQS, navigation, and gameplay feature integration.
- Knowledge of Perforce, JIRA, and bug-tracking tools.
- Clear written and verbal communication, strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills, initiative, teamwork, professional rigor, and the ability to work autonomously.
- Ability to prioritize work with production, calibrate deliverable quality to context, advance ambiguous technical topics, and guide less experienced team members.
Benefits
- Warner Bros. Discovery describes career-defining opportunities, curated benefits, and tools for professional growth.
- The employer promotes an inclusive equal-opportunity workplace and provides an accommodation process for candidates who need adjustments during application or recruitment.
Tech Stack
Categories
Gaming
About Warner Bros. Discovery
Warner Bros. Discovery is a global media company that produces and distributes film, television, streaming, sports, news, and games for consumers and distribution partners. Its portfolio includes Warner Bros. Pictures, HBO and Max, CNN, Discovery Channel, HGTV, and DC, with revenue from subscriptions, advertising, licensing, and theatrical releases. Formed in 2022 through the merger of WarnerMedia and Discovery, it is headquartered in New York City and trades on Nasdaq as WBD.