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IFG - International Financial Group

Gameplay Engineer

Hybrid

British columbia, Canada

Freelance

05-03-2026

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Communication C++ Mathematics

Job Specifications

Job Title: Gameplay Engineer 1

Location: Vancouver,BC

Contract on W2

Top IT Firm

Duration: 18 months

We have a great opportunity at The Coalition Studio for a Senior Gameplay Engineer to deliver innovative gameplay in our games. If you are passionate about playing games, making games, and solving hard problems, we encourage you to apply.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Drive multiple complex feature areas from end-to-end

• Collaborate with content creators to design, implement, and maintain new gameplay features

• Work inside of Unreal Engine using a combination of C++, Blueprints and custom tools

• Produce well-engineered, reliable, and maintainable code

• Optimize and debug both code and content across the game as needed

• Participate in code reviews with the engineering team on all new code

• Create documentation and functional tests for features

REQUIREMENTS:

• You are comfortable owning and driving complex features across multiple teams

• You are customer obsessed and have a desire to provide the best experience to our content creators and our players

• You are proficient in C++

• You have experience working in a large code-base

• You understand the data structures, algorithms, and mathematics commonly used in gameplay and computer animation

• You possess excellent communication skills and are excited to work closely with designers and content creators

Additional Questions to help with Supplier Search:

• What are some of the alternative job titles we can search for?

o Gameplay engineer, gameplay programmer

• What are some keywords we can use to source candidates?

o C++, Unreal Engine

• What wide industry talent pools are relevant for this role?

o AAA Games, Console games, Mobile games, PC games,

• What studios/companies are recommended when searching for candidates?

o All local Vancouver Video Game studios

• For this role can we bring in junior talent and help upskill them in role?

o Yes

• What are key skills we are looking for in Demo Reels/Portfolios?

o N/A

• Skills/qualifications that are top priority?

o Unreal Engine, C++

Please let me know if this is something you would love to do, and help me with your updated resume. Feel free to reach out at Harshiv@ifgpr.com if you have any questions.

Thanks

About the Company

IFG is a global professional services firm providing customized human capital solutions on a managed, outsourced, project, project-to-hire, contingent and retained full-time search basis. We began our journey by specializing only in the disciplines of finance, accounting, tax and audit. However, with our exponential growth and driven by client demand, our product offerings have widened and today we also service clients and candidates in the areas or sales, marketing (traditional and digital/social) and information technol... Know more