5 hours ago
Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamStaff+
Responsibilities
- Monitor the technical health of multiple concurrent live-service and co-development projects and address risks and bottlenecks.
- Define and enforce studio-wide coding standards, architectural patterns, engineering workflows, and Unreal toolchain practices.
- Lead high-impact R&D initiatives, especially applied AI for game development, from exploration through production integration.
- Provide hands-on technical guidance, mentoring, competency assessment, and development planning for senior programmers and technical contributors.
- Act as the primary technical counterpart for co-development partner studios on architecture, tooling, style guides, and shared pipelines.
- Collaborate with Game Design, Art, Production, studio leadership, and partner technical leaders to align technical direction and improve delivery quality.
- Support strategic resource planning and project allocation across a programming department of approximately 35–40 people.
Requirements
- Proven hands-on game development expertise across multiple genres and mobile, PC, and console platforms.
- Deep architectural command of Unreal Engine 5.
- Experience designing and leading large-scale systems involving 3D rendering, AI gameplay systems, online and network scalability, and cloud infrastructure.
- Proficiency in C++ and at least one additional language such as C# or Python.
- Practical production experience deploying AI and LLM-based tools, including AI coding assistants in active development pipelines.
- Track record of leading R&D from exploration through production integration and delivering whitepapers, technical specifications, or mature prototypes.
- Experience leading multidisciplinary programming teams, identifying skill gaps, building contributor development plans, and improving department-wide output quality.
- Ability to communicate technical direction to senior leadership, partner studios, and non-technical collaborators and influence strategic decisions.
- Professional fluency in English for technical documentation, meetings, and international collaboration.
Benefits
- Hybrid working model with two days working from home each week.
- Well-being programs and policies supporting physical, mental, and emotional health.
- Internal training, training sponsorship, and access to iLearn, Udemy, and O'Reilly learning platforms.
- Opportunities to collaborate with and train alongside Gameloft experts worldwide.
- Monthly salary, Tet and other performance bonuses, and at least 12 days of paid annual leave plus additional leave types.
- Coverage of mandatory insurance and private healthcare insurance.
- Monthly lunch and work-from-home electricity and internet allowances.
- Relocation support for international candidates joining from overseas.
- Open-space office with a canteen, recreational tables, gaming room, and multiple gaming devices.
About Gameloft
Gameloft develops and publishes free-to-play mobile and cross-platform games for global audiences, including franchises like Asphalt, Modern Combat, and Dungeon Hunter. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Paris, it monetizes through in-app purchases and advertising, and licenses well-known entertainment brands. The company also runs Gameloft for brands and Gameloft Business Solutions, creating advergames and subscription gaming services for marketers and mobile carriers.