Careers

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Hidden Path is in development on a AAA, third-person, open-world fantasy RPG that will be taking place inside the Dungeons & Dragons franchise.

Open Positions: 

• Principal Graphics Engineer

• Principal Gameplay Engineer

• Senior Lead Designer – Gameplay Systems

• Senior Technical Narrative Designer

• Lead Encounter Designer

• Lead Combat Designer

• Senior Accountant

Hidden Path’s Benefits:

• • Robust health insurance options
  • 401(k) with company contribution
  • Paid parental leave
  • Employee profit sharing
  • Life insurance
  • Vacation time plus paid holidays
  • Unlimited sick leave
  • Paid time off for professional conferences
  • Volunteer PTO day
  • Non-profit company matching
  • No crunch policy

To apply, please email us at jobs@hiddenpath.com.

We thank you for your interest in employment with Hidden Path Entertainment.

Principal Graphics Engineer

Hidden Path Entertainment is seeking a Principal Graphics Software Engineer.

You will be responsible for leading a small team of graphics engineers for a AAA, third-person, open-world fantasy RPG that will take place inside the Dungeons & Dragons franchise using Unreal Engine 5. The graphics team is responsible for the technologies behind visual effects, lighting, and simulations, and for maintaining performance. You will be working closely with directors and leads to achieve the project’s graphics goals.

As a Principal Graphics Engineer, you will be responsible for day to day task management, task and feature estimations, contributing your advice on the architecture for new features, and code reviews for your team. You will also be responsible for leading the effort to profile and optimize the game to reach our target frame rates on multiple platforms and resolutions with assistance from your team. You will also document the features you create so that others can use them and understand them. This is both a lead and hands on position. This role reports to the studio’s Director of Technology.

Hidden Path is an inclusive, collaborative environment. You will be working with artists, designers, engineers, and other disciplines from all walks of life who have a variety of different perspectives. Being able to navigate and thrive in this kind of environment will be key to your success.

You Should:

• • • Have 8+ years in the game industry
    • Have shipped at least one game title
    • Have experience leading a small team of engineers, including task management, prioritization of tasks and goals, architecture and API advice, and code reviews
    • Have excellent knowledge on ways to profile and optimize code and content for the CPU and GPU in a multithreaded game engine
    • Have strong knowledge of 3D mathematics and rendering pipelines
    • Have excellent knowledge of C++
    • Have excellent coding design skills
    • Be self-motivated and self-directed
    • Have excellent verbal and written communication skills
    • Have strongly cultivated soft skills

Nice to Have:

• • • B.S.in computer science or computer engineering
    • Experience with Unreal Engine 4 or 5
    • Solid debugging skills
    • Experience working with a console
    • An artistic eye for what makes good visuals

Principal Gameplay Engineer

Hidden Path Entertainment is seeking a Principal Gameplay Software Engineer for a AAA, third-person, open-world fantasy RPG that will take place in the Dungeons & Dragons franchise. As a Principal Gameplay Engineer, you will be responsible for leading and mentoring a team of gameplay programmers.

The ideal candidate will have prior experience leading a team of gameplay programmers, be a gamer, have the ability to work closely with designers on evaluating the quality of gameplay, and be able to discuss the impact new gameplay features would have on existing systems. This role reports to the studio’s Director of Technology.

Hidden Path is an inclusive, collaborative environment. You will be working with artists, designers, programmers, and other disciplines from all walks of life who have a variety of different perspectives. Being able to navigate and thrive in this kind of environment will be key to your success.

Responsibilities:

• • • Lead a team of gameplay programmers
    • Work closely with other discipline leads to guide development of gameplay systems and features, and communicate with other engineers when features span multiple areas
    • Scope, prioritize, and delegate tasks
    • Be able to represent your team and communicate the state of their tasks to the production team
    • Be a resource to others for information about gameplay systems
    • Create and maintain technical design documents
    • Take on your own feature development, as needed
    • Assist with bug fixing and polish

Requirements:

• • • 6+ years in the game industry with at least one shipped title
    • Led a team of programmers on at least one shipped title
    • Passion for games and ability to think critically about gameplay
    • Excellent knowledge of C++
    • Excellent debugging skills
    • Self-motivated and self-directed
    • Enjoy problem solving and iterating
    • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to communicate across disciplines, explaining options and trade-offs

Nice to Have:

• • • B.S.in computer science or computer engineering
    • (Strongly Preferred) Experience with Unreal Engine 4 or 5 and blueprints
    • Experience with Unreal Engine’s Gameplay Ability System
    • Experience working with a console
    • Interest in RPGs and/or action games

Senior Lead Designer – Gameplay Systems

Hidden Path Entertainment is seeking a Senior Lead Designer (Gameplay Systems) for a AAA, third-person, open-world fantasy RPG that will take place in the Dungeons & Dragons franchise.

As a Senior Lead Designer, you will be responsible for leading and mentoring a team of senior, principal, and lead designers. This role would help set the vision and oversee the design of most of the non-combat systems of the game (UI/UX, Progression, Items, Crafting, and more). Initially, this role will be split between hands-on design and management work, transitioning to more management and coordination as the project grows.

The ideal candidate will have prior experience leading a team, as well as working as a system designer for an open-world RPG. You will have the ability to work with broad cross-discipline leadership in a collaborative way, mentor your team, manage the design and implementation of systems, and work with the production team to make high level plans for the project.

This role will report to the Creative Director.

You should:

• • • Be an experienced manager with a developed management skillset that promotes team and individuals’ growth, removes blockers, and facilitates clear communication while fostering an environment of authenticity and trust
    • Have experience working at a lead design level on a shipped AAA RPG
    • Have a proven track record of designing meaningful, well received gameplay systems that deliver strong player stories
    • Have the ability to integrate a large number of systems into a cohesive whole
    • Be self-motivated and proactive
    • Be passionate about gameplay in general and RPGs specifically
    • Be knowledgeable about current games and industry trends
    • Have excellent verbal and written communication skills, with an ability to communicate your ideas in a concise way to set direction for a team

Nice to Have:

• • • Experience with Unreal 4 or 5
    • Blueprint experience in Unreal Engine
    • Experience with JIRA, Confluence, and Perforce

Senior Technical Narrative Designer

Hidden Path Entertainment is seeking a Senior Technical Narrative Designer for a AAA, third-person, open-world fantasy RPG that will take place in the Dungeons & Dragons franchise. As a Senior Technical Narrative Designer, you will be responsible for developing and implementing narrative systems. This position reports to the Project Narrative Director.

The ideal candidate will have prior experience developing narrative systems for character-driven AAA titles, and experience with dialogue and localization pipelines.

Hidden Path is an inclusive, collaborative environment. You will be working with artists, designers, programmers, and other disciplines from all walks of life who have a variety of different perspectives. Being able to navigate and thrive in this kind of environment will be key to your success.

Responsibilities:

• • • Design, prototype, and script narrative gameplay systems and content
    • Collaborate with the Narrative team in developing the game’s story, structure, characters, tone, pacing, and world-building with a focus on creating tools and systems to ensure the seamless integration of narrative with other aspects of gameplay
    • Act as a champion of thematic coherence and narrative stakes across departments
    • Create and maintain technical documentation related to narrative tools, workflows, and pipelines; ensure best practices are maintained throughout the game’s development
    • Debug technical issues related to the implementation of narrative systems and content
    • Support the narrative needs of other departments as required

Requirements:

• • • Have excellent narrative design skills
    • Knowledge and experience with scripting languages or visual scripting tools
    • A good sense of timing, pacing and flow
    • Be able to make and iterate on narrative system prototypes
    • Experience creating clear, understandable design and technical documentation
    • Understanding of narrative, game design and visual/cinematic storytelling techniques
    • Be able to appropriately scope and estimate development timelines for deliverables
    • Have excellent interpersonal skills
    • Be self-motivated and self-directed

Nice to Have:

• • • Experience with Unreal Engine 4 or 5
    • Interest in RPGs that feature character-driven parties and romance
    • Experience writing voiced dialogue
    • Experience with programming languages (C#, C++ etc.)

Required for Submission:

• • • Resume
    • Cover letter
    • Design portfolio, either as a set of files or available on a website

Lead Encounter Designer

Hidden Path Entertainment is seeking a Lead Encounter Designer for a AAA, third-person, open-world fantasy RPG that will take place in the Dungeons & Dragons franchise.

As Lead Encounter Designer, you will be responsible for leading and mentoring a team of encounter designers and implementers. This role is responsible for exploring and defining the gameplay potential for a wide variety of encounters including: combat encounters, dynamic events, themed gameplay, navigation gameplay, and interaction gameplay. As Lead Encounter Designer, you will also help create the plan to make it all happen. Initially, this role will be split between hands-on design and management work and then transitioning to more management and coordination as the project grows.

The ideal candidate will have prior experience as a senior or lead designer, with demonstrable knowledge of encounter design, content design, level design, scripting, or other related skills. You will have the ability to work with broad cross-discipline leadership in a collaborative way, mentor your team, manage the design and implementation of content, and work with the production team to make high level plans for the project.

Responsibilities:

• • • Lead the charge designing and populating great gameplay in an open-world RPG
    • Prototype gameplay concepts to demonstrate the depth and breadth of the player experience
    • Help identify, design, and create tools to improve the content creation pipeline
    • Define and champion the encounter design process
    • Guide, build, and mentor the encounter team
    • Create a plan and establish a pipeline for creating engaging encounter content for a large world
    • Collaborate with team members to bring out the themes and mechanics of existing systems using content
    • Work with team members to ensure content is entertaining, easy to implement, and performant

Requirements:

• • • Demonstrable knowledge of what makes great gameplay experiences
    • Previous experience designing and implementing encounters from concept to ship
    • Previous experience as a Senior or Lead Designer
    • Strong technical design knowledge
    • Up-to-date with open-world RPGs and third person action titles
    • Strong communication skills and soft skills
    • Demonstrate the ability to be a big picture thinker

Nice to Have:

• • • Experience in a leadership role
    • Experience with Unreal Engine, Blueprints, or C++
    • Experience designing levels
    • Experience creating open-world games
    • Knowledgeable about Dungeons & Dragons

Lead Combat Designer

Hidden Path Entertainment is seeking a Lead Combat Designer for a AAA, third-person, open-world fantasy RPG that will take place in the Dungeons & Dragons franchise.

As Lead Combat Designer, you will be responsible for leading and mentoring a team of combat developers. This role establishes the vision and feel of our combat systems, such as class fantasies, player ability kits, and creature designs, as well as create the plan to turn that vision into a satisfying player experience. Initially, this role will be split between hands-on design and management work, transitioning to more management and coordination as the project grows.

The ideal candidate will have prior experience as a senior or lead designer, with demonstrable knowledge of combat design, class design, creature design, or other related skills. You will have the ability to work with broad cross-discipline leadership in a collaborative way, mentor your team, manage the design and implementation of combat features, and work with the production team to make high level plans for the project.

Responsibilities:

• • • Lead the development of our combat systems and combat gameplay
    • Establish core player combat fantasies for a fantasy open-world game
    • Define and champion the combat design process
    • Prototype new combat systems and features that meet our vision goals
    • Guide, build, and mentor the combat team
    • Work with production to define tasks and schedule for the combat design team
    • Collaborate with team members to incorporate themes and mechanics of existing systems into the combat systems and gameplay
    • Work with engineers to ensure combat systems, abilities, and creatures are engaging, easy to implement, and performant

Requirements:

• • • Demonstrable knowledge of what makes great combat experiences
    • Previous experience designing and implementing combat features from concept to ship
    • Previous experience as a Senior or Lead Designer
    • Strong technical design knowledge
    • Up-to-date with open-world RPGs and third person action titles
    • Strong communication skills and soft skills
    • Demonstrate the ability to be a big picture thinker

Nice to Have:

• • • Experience in a leadership role
    • Experience with Unreal Engine, Blueprints, or C++
    • Experience playing games at a competitive level
    • Experience creating open-world games
    • Knowledgeable about Dungeons & Dragons

Senior Accountant

Hidden Path Entertainment seeks a Senior Accountant to join our team.

Reporting to the COO/CFO, this position will be involved with the entire financial function, including but not limited to review of transactions input by staff, preparation of journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, cash management, financial controls, the financial closing and financial reporting processes. This position will also work closely with the Director of Human Resources and will be responsible for payroll and benefits administration.

Hidden Path is an inclusive, collaborative environment. You will be working with video game professionals from all walks of life who have a variety of different perspectives. Being able to navigate and thrive in this kind of environment will be key to your success.

This is a remote position for individuals willing to operate in Pacific Time Zone.

Responsibilities:

• • • Preparation and review of financial statements, including monthly, quarterly and annual statements
    • Process payroll biweekly for hourly and salaried staff members
    • Responsibility for benefits administration as point of contact for employee questions and primary administrative contact with external benefits advisor
    • Prepare/review account analysis as required including summarize and present findings
    • Responsible for preparation and review of journal entries, account reconciliations and other duties as part of the monthly financial close
    • Create and update internal controls related to the financial processes and continually evaluate and improve controls
    • Provide support for external annual tax preparation, prepare and file monthly/quarterly state & local tax returns
    • Assist in project and company budget preparation

Requirements:

• • • 5+ years of progressive experience in financial and accounting roles, including closing process and financial statement preparation
    • Understanding and proficiency with payroll processing and benefits administration
    • Understanding and knowledge of internal control systems
    • Ability to meet deadlines and perform multiple functions
    • Excellent proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, and financial software
    • Undergraduate degree in accounting or finance

Nice to Have:

• • • Experience with Quickbooks
    • CPA or equivalent financial designation
    • Knowledge of/interest in video game industry