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Chef d'équipe de programmation - Quêtes
Contract type
Ongoing
Work mode
Hybrid · Canada
Experience
Senior · 7+ years
Job description
Lead the quest programming team for Cyberpunk 2, bridging creative narrative vision and technical execution while managing engineers and developing quest systems and tools.
At a glance
- Employment
- Full-time · Employee (employment agreement)
- Work mode
- Hybrid · Canada
- Languages
- English
- Pay
- CAD 180,100 – 247,600 / year
- Apply before
- December 15, 2026
What you'll do
- Manage direct team members and support their professional development and career ambitions
- Conduct regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and manage recruitment and promotion plans
- Guide and mentor the engineering team on code quality, workflow efficiency and technical execution
- Work with quest designers and directors to translate creative requirements into clear technical needs
- Collaborate with lead architects and leads of the shared quest system on feature requests and integration
- Lead development, integration and evolution of quest features for the project
- Ensure quest tools work efficiently without compromising runtime performance
- Maintain and optimize narrative and quest features for smooth integration with other game components
- Foster collaborative, proven workflows with teams sharing technologies across multiple projects
- Write high-quality, clean, optimized and maintainable C++ code
- Research, diagnose and fix bugs in quest features and authoring tools
- Collaborate with cinematics, narrative and core gameplay teams for seamless quest system integration
What we're looking for
- At least 7 years of professional programming experience in the AAA video game industry
- At least 1 year of technical leadership, people management or leading an engineering team
- Excellent command of C++ programming
- Demonstrable experience developing custom quest systems, custom narrative tools or node-based editor workflows
- Demonstrable experience in a highly collaborative shared-technology environment across teams or projects
- Ability to grasp the needs of creative team members and translate their vision into clear technical requirements
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills for multicultural, multi-timezone environments
Nice to have
- Knowledge of Unreal Engine architecture
- Understanding of multiplayer network architecture and client-server synchronization for game state and quests
- Participation in developing and launching at least one AAA game using custom narrative or quest tools
- Knowledge of Unreal Engine UI tools or editor scripting for custom content tools
Your team
Quest Programming team
Team responsible for Cyberpunk 2, the sequel to Cyberpunk 2077, developed under the direction of the North American team based in Boston.
Benefits
- Employer-paid health insurance including dental, vision and mental health
- Free mental health support including counseling, psychiatric care and wellness webinars
- Paid leave: 26 vacation days, 10 sick days and 12 holidays per year
- Group RRSP with employer matching contribution
- Lifestyle spending account of $100 CAD per month
- Menstrual leave: one additional day off for menstrual pain
- RED Parents network supporting working parents
- Flexible working hours
- Trainings, seminars and courses including internal workshops and e-learning
- Welcome kit filled with gifts
- Truly international work environment
- No dress code
- Discretionary stock option eligibility
Apply
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About CD PROJEKT RED
Our mission: create revolutionary narrative role-playing games that speak to players' hearts.
CD PROJEKT RED is developing Cyberpunk 2, the sequel to Cyberpunk 2077, under the direction of its North American team based in Boston.
Mission
Create revolutionary narrative role-playing games that speak to players' hearts.
Key facts
- Cyberpunk 2 is developed under the direction of the North American team based in Boston
- The position is a replacement role
What they value
- Truly international work environment with people from around the world
- Casual atmosphere with no dress code