Job Overview
Location
Remote - US
Job Type
Full-time
Category
Software Engineering
Date Posted
July 9, 2026
Full Job Description
📋 Description
- • We are a small studio dedicated to crafting unique and high-quality interactive experiences, and we are looking for a talented designer-programmer hybrid who will collaborate with both the engineering and design teams.
- • The goal in this role is to drive the creation and improvement of core gameplay and technical systems and tools highly tuned for the level of rich feedback and player immersion that helped define our games.
- • An example week for this person might be: Attend a design meeting and discover the need for a new camera feature to support a new content release. Program the camera feature and jump into the level editor to test and refine its implementation. Then, improve the level editor’s toolset to enable the rest of the design team to make full use of your new feature in future levels.
- • Crafting technical systems that enable gameplay (either alone or with a small team)
- • Create fluid user interactions with rich feedback and polished game feel
- • Enjoys enabling team members by improving the creative pipeline
- • Is comfortable with cross-disciplinary work and collaboration
🎯 Requirements
- • Proficient in C++ (preferred), C, C# for quickly prototyping 3D gameplay
- • Visual scripting
- • Multiplayer game development
- • Online operation of a live game
- • Maya or 3D game engines
- • Portfolio of your work
- • Ok to take a test as part of our process
🏖️ Benefits
- • Paid Time Off, Holidays and Two Weeks Winter Break
- • Employees and their dependents get medical, dental, and vision coverage, regardless of their level, tenure, or position within the company.
- • Pet Insurance for those who need it too.
- • Compassionate leave for employees who needs to take care of their family members
- • Pre-tax wellness stipend
- • Pre-tax work from home stipend
- • Access our savings plan (401K program) with company match
- • Mental health resources including Headspace membership and Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- • Discount portal for everyday goods and services
- • Employee inclusive and diversity initiatives such as Grow Together
- • Support for personal professional development
Skills & Technologies
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About Thatgamecompany, Inc.
Thatgamecompany, Inc. is an independent game studio founded in 2006 by Jenova Chen and Kellee Santiago. Based in Santa Monica, California, it develops emotionally driven, artful interactive experiences. The studio is best known for Journey, Flower, Sky: Children of the Light, and Flow, titles that emphasize exploration, cooperation, and non-verbal storytelling over traditional competitive mechanics. Games are published across PlayStation, iOS, Android, and Nintendo Switch platforms, frequently receiving critical acclaim for innovative design and evocative music. Thatgamecompany self-publishes and retains ownership of its intellectual properties, aiming to expand global reach while preserving artistic vision.
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