This job might no longer be available.

Founding Game Engineer (Godot)

Founding Game Engineer (Godot)

San Francisco, CA

Elsewhere is hiring a Founding Engineer to help us break ground on our upcoming co-op multiplayer game. Our game captures the aesthetic and soul of indie games, the replayability and depth of roguelikes, and the ambition to become a forever game that reaches millions of players.

As our Founding Engineer, you’ll play a pivotal role in game engine choice, game architecture, gameplay programming, workflow design, and more. You’ll also have real input on game design.

Note that our team works in-person out of a beautiful converted industrial space in the Mission District here in San Francisco, CA. Relocation assistance is available.

Your Profile

• You’re experienced. You have at least three years of experience as a game developer, and have shipped at least one game.
• You’re knowledgable, having experience with Godot, Unreal, Unity, or another modern game engine, and fluency with C#, C++, TypeScript, or another modern programming language.
• You bring a founder’s mindset to game development. That means you’re comfortable with ambiguity. Being part of a founding team excites you. You’re ready to roll up your sleeves and you’re hungry.
• You love games. You’re well-versed in everything from modern indie and AAA hits to the old school pioneers that inspired them.
• You like to ship. You’re eager to share messy prototypes and half-baked ideas, both internally and with external playtesters.
• You like to multiclass. You’re an eager generalist, capable of switching between gameplay engineering, building tools, and brainstorming with art and design colleagues.
• You’re ambitious. You want to build something with massive reach that players are going to absolutely love. You want to push the envelope of games as a medium.
• You’re collaborative. You’re excited to work closely our founder, game artists, game engineers, our community, and more.

You might also have:

• Experience working on a small team, ideally in a startup environment.
• Experience working on an online multiplayer game.
• Experience with backend engineering, DevOps, and server administration.

About us:

We have a deep bench of talent from diverse backgrounds and have been backed by top Silicon Valley investors. We’re an idealistic team that loves video games and deeply believes in their potential: both as a creative medium and as a way for us to socialize and play together.

Your colleagues would include:

• an alum of Supergiant Games who worked on such titles as Pyre, Transistor, and yes, Hades
• a self-taught immersive artist who bootstrapped built a massive creative business on her own
• a repeat entrepreneur who previously cofounded a billion-dollar startup

We offer:

• Market salary and generous equity compensation.
• Relocation assistance (San Francisco Bay Area).
• Top-tier benefits, including medical, vision, and dental insurance.
• Unlimited PTO (with an enforced minimum).
• A small, tight-knit team of humble and hard-working gaming weirdos. :)

This is a rare opportunity to directly shape a game with massive potential from its earliest stages. If that sounds exciting, we’d absolutely love to hear from you, regardless of whether you meet exact requirements.