CD PROJEKT SA

Lead Programming Team – Quests

CD PROJEKT SA
Posted 10/21/2026full-timeRemote • CanadaSenior💰 CA$180,100 - CA$247,600 per yearWebsite
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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in leading engineering teams within the AAA video game industry, with a strong focus on C++ programming and the development of custom narrative and quest systems. Proven ability to translate creative requirements into technical specifications while fostering collaboration across multiple teams.

Highest-signal resume keywords
C++ ProgrammingTechnical LeadershipCustom Quest Systems DevelopmentCollaboration in Shared Technology EnvironmentsCommunication Skills

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
FluxNode.jsUnreal EngineC++

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Lead the engineering team focused on narrative technologies for Cyberpunk 2
  • Manage direct reports and support their professional development and career ambitions
  • Conduct one-on-one meetings, performance reviews, recruitment, and promotion planning
  • Guide the team on code quality, collaborative workflow efficiency, and technical execution
  • Translate creative and narrative requirements into clear technical needs in collaboration with quest designers and directors
  • Collaborate with lead architects and maintainers of the shared quest system
  • Lead the development, integration, and evolution of quest features
  • Ensure quest tools perform well and support smooth iterative workflows
  • Maintain and optimize narrative and quest features
  • Foster collaborative workflows with shared technology teams
  • Write high-quality, clean, optimized, and maintainable C++ code
  • Investigate, diagnose, and resolve bugs in quest features and authoring tools
  • Collaborate with the cinematics, narrative, and core gameplay teams to integrate quest systems

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • At least 7 years of professional programming experience in the AAA video game industry
  • At least 1 year of experience in technical leadership, people management, or leading an engineering team
  • Excellent proficiency in C++ programming
  • Demonstrated experience developing custom quest systems, custom narrative tools, or workflows for a node-based editor
  • Demonstrated experience working in a highly collaborative shared technology environment spanning multiple teams or projects
  • Ability to identify the needs of more creatively focused, less technical team members and translate their conceptual vision into clear technical requirements
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in multicultural, multi-time-zone environments
  • Knowledge of Unreal Engine architecture (optional)
  • Understanding of multiplayer network architecture and client-server synchronization for game and quest state (optional)
  • Participation in the development and launch of at least one AAA game using custom or bespoke narrative or quest tools (optional)
  • Knowledge of Unreal Engine UI tools or experience creating editor scripts for custom content tools (optional)

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Employer-paid health coverage, including dental, vision, and mental health benefits
  • Free mental health support, including access to counselling services, psychiatric care, and a variety of wellness webinars
  • 26 vacation days, 10 sick days, and 12 public holidays per year
  • Group RRSP with employer matching contributions
  • Lifestyle Spending Account (LSA): CAD 100 per month for fitness, wellness, Internet expenses, remote-work equipment, training, streaming services, and more
  • Menstrual leave: employees who menstruate may take an additional day off in cases of menstrual pain
  • RED Parents Network: support for working parents
  • Flexible working hours
  • Training, seminars, and courses, including internal workshops, knowledge-sharing initiatives, online tutorials, and e-learning courses
  • A welcome kit filled with gifts
  • A truly international work environment
  • No dress code
  • Discretionary stock options

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Hard Skills
C++ ProgrammingCustom Quest Systems DevelopmentNode-Based Editor WorkflowsBug Investigation and ResolutionCode Quality Management
Soft Skills
Excellent CommunicationCollaboration SkillsPeople Management
Tools & Technologies
Unreal Engine ArchitectureUnreal Engine UI ToolsEditor Scripts for Custom Content Tools
Industry Keywords
AAA Video Game IndustryNarrative TechnologiesQuest FeaturesMultiplayer Network ArchitectureClient-Server Synchronization