Principal Gameplay Engineer

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 7 May 2026
LOCATION
Leamington Spa
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
CATEGORY
Software Engineering
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SKILLS

C++ Gameplay Engineering Team Leadership Mentoring Proprietary Game Engines Open World RPG Collaboration Delivery Management

FULL DESCRIPTION

Principal Gameplay Engineer

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is looking for a Principal Gameplay Engineer to join our Fable team.

Location: Hybrid Remote, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire

Type: Permanent, Full-time

About us

As a first-party Xbox Game Studio, we are passionate about making genre-defining games. We are excited to be rebooting the much-loved Fable franchise.

About the role

As a Principal Gameplay Engineer, you will work with a subset of the gameplay engineering team to foster a highly technical and collaborative group. You will be responsible for setting team goals, ensuring delivery of work and helping shape our technology.

  • Work with stakeholder groups to identify gameplay features and core technology requirements.
  • Manage goals and ensure delivery of work for a team of engineers.
  • Work with multi-discipline to understand and prioritise dependencies.
  • Champion ideas and features for your team.
  • Planning and driving future features and seeing them to completion.

What you’ll bring

  • 6+ years of engineering experience
  • At least 1 year in a Principal or Lead level position
  • Experience mentoring a team of engineers.
  • High level of proficiency with C++.
  • Keen collaboration and delivery mindset.
  • Experience with custom, proprietary engines is a plus.
  • History with single player Open World and/or RPG experiences
  • Full feature ownership from planning to implementation
  • A genuine passion for video games.

This is a fantastic opportunity to make world-class games with an established, talented, and collaborative team at one of the industry’s most exciting first-party game studios. [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

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