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# Remote Senior Gameplay Engineer - RuneScape: Dragonwilds

- **Company:** Jagex Ltd.
- **Location:** Scunthorpe, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Franchise
- **Skills:** C Sharp (Programming Language), C++ (Programming Language), Software Debugging, Python (Programming Language), Perforce, Unreal Engine, Programming Languages
- **Published:** June 24, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.gradsouthwest.com/jobs/remote-senior-gameplay-engineer-runescape-dragonwilds-scunthorpe-lincolnshire/2837746614-2/

## About the Role

+ Experience working in UE4 or UE5 C++ in a professional setting.
 + Expertise in designing and implementing complex gameplay features for a multiplayer game.
 + Strong understanding of game design and a player-focused mindset.
 + In-depth knowledge of C++ with an ability to apply this experience with other programming languages (c#, python, etc).
 + Proven experience working closely with non-engineering stakeholders and communicating technical solutions in an easy-to-understand manner.
 + Knowledgeable in profiling and optimising code.
 + Proven ability to design complex systems using appropriate patterns, solving architectural and system-level problems.
 + Good knowledge of source code repository usage (Perforce or similar).
 + Demonstrable ability to mentor others and contributing to the team's continuous improvement by sharing and refining best practices.
 + At ease with independence and ownership, allowing yourself to co-organise your own strike team and allocate resources intelligently.

## Description

Location: Cambridge, UK - (Remote available within the UK with team onsite days in the Cambridge office approx. 4 times per year)
Are you an experienced Gameplay Programmer with professional experience using the Unreal engine who enjoys collaborating with designers, animators and the wider team to help build a rich immersive world on a brand-new game with a hugely popular IP?
As a Senior Gameplay Programmer on RuneScape Dragonwilds, our new open world survival crafting game, currently in early access and being developed in UE5; You will utilise your expertise with C++/Unreal to help your team to create and implement complex gameplay features for this new multiplayer experience in the RuneScape universe.
This is a hugely impactful role within the team where you will work closely with peers and the wider production and development team to innovate and create a deeply connected and exciting gameplay experience.
What you'll be doing:

 + Create, maintain and update a wide variety of gameplay features.
 + Select the best technical solutions, architectures and pipelines for each task.
 + Collaborate with designers and artists to form strike teams with strong outputs.
 + Test, debug, profile and optimise the title to deliver polished games.
 + Identify risks and opportunities presented during the development of the game, providing solutions to resolve potentially complex problems.
 + Support, mentor and share best practice with more junior engineers and your peers.


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