Jobs at Blackbird Interactive

• Design, prototype and implement complex gameplay systems and tools, in collaboration with the other Designers, Artists and Programmers
• Provide team-facing documentation to inform and guide the work of downstream groups

• Work across disciplines to build, refactor and maintain a variety of robust, flexible, and well-architected AI features.
• Work with the design team to prototype and implement AI behaviors that empower the fun.

• Build gameplay systems, including narrative, exploration and inventory.
• Support artists and animators with the Metahuman pipeline.

• Be the first engineer on the project - establish pipelines and workflows for engineering and art, pick which technologies to use and help guide artists and designers to achieve project goals.
• Lead the technical direction and implementation of core gameplay and runtime systems in the engine.

• Own and evolve platform systems in proprietary engines across PC and consoles, with an emphasis on performance and reliability.
• Implement and optimize memory systems (allocators, pools, paging/streaming heaps, fragmentation mitigation, lifetime tracking, OOM safety).

Blackbird Interactive is a creative-fueled, future-driven, independent game studio where the best talent in the industry can find long-term careers to help grow their abilities while working on a wide range of projects across multiple genres and platforms.

We’re looking for a senior software eng...

• Lead the technical direction and implementation of core gameplay and runtime systems for a third person tactical shooter in Unreal Engine 5.
• Own the architecture and long-term health of gameplay-adjacent systems including AI support, combat frameworks, traversal, movement, navigation, encounter scripting support, and systemic runtime features.

• Handle the complete workflow from asset creation to implementation; which includes 3D modelling, sculpting, retopo, creating clean UV-Layouts, baking-maps, texturing, basic skinning and finally exporting and implementing the asset in engine.
• Work under the direction of Art Leadership to maintain strict adherence to artistic direction, ...

• Collaborate with system designer and UI engineer to plan and execute on UI features
• Create high quality vector art under the direction of an Art Director

• Gameplay Systems Ownership – Lead the development of player-facing mechanics such as traversal, combat, interaction, and abilities in C++ and Blueprints.

• Technical Architecture – Define modular, scalable gameplay frameworks that empower content creators, support networked play, and scale across PC and console SKUs.

• Collaborate with design, engineering, and production to adapt existing UI systems for new platforms, resolutions, and input methods while preserving established gameplay workflows.
• Design, adjust, and implement UI layouts that scale effectively across a wide range of screen sizes, aspect ratios, and viewing distances.

• Own and evolve rendering features and performance for a UE5 project across PC and consoles.
• Drive visual quality and scalability using UE5’s modern rendering stack, including Nanite, Lumen, virtual shadow maps, and temporal upscaling.

• Platform Support – Integrate and maintain UE5 features across console platforms, including Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, and Nintendo Switch.
• Build and Release Engineering – Own automated packaging, deployment, and validation of builds for multiple platforms.