Senior Gameplay Engineer - RuneScape: Dragonwilds

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 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.

What we’re looking for

• 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 contribute 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.

What we offer

• Private Healthcare, including Dental Plan.
• Minimum 6% Pension contributions.
• Employee Assistance Programme & onsite Counselling.
• Life Insurance.
• Discretionary annual performance bonus.
• Enhanced family leave policies from day 1.
• Flexible working hours.
• 25 days annual leave + Bank holidays & the option to buy/sell holidays + so much more!

About Jagex

Jagex is a leader in developing and publishing deep, engaging online games that connect millions of players worldwide. Best known for the RuneScape franchise, which includes two of the world’s longest running and most successful MMORPGs, in Old School RuneScape and RuneScape, and the open‑world survival crafting game, RuneScape: Dragonwilds; we have proven success in delivering immersive Forever Games and fostering strong player communities.

We strive to foster an inclusive workplace built on trust, autonomy, and a shared passion for creating forever games.

Our values guide everything we do: We Embrace Fellowship by collaborating and sharing openly, We Hone our Craft by always learning and improving; we Honour our Vows by being honest and transparent; we are our Customers’ Heroes by striving to understand our team & player needs, and we Seize The Day by making the most of every opportunity.

With over two decades of experience, and over 400 people in our team, we continue to innovate in live game development, leveraging data‑driven insights, and a commitment to player‑first game design. We have a diverse and talented team where creativity, collaboration, and community‑driven game development drives everything we do.

As part of Jagex, you’ll have the opportunity to work on a globally successful franchise, contribute to exciting new projects, and be part of a company that hugely values both our employees and our players.

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