Lead Developer, Tools

2K
Quebec
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Software EngineeringSkills: ["Communication","Mentoring","Technical leadership","Proactive leadership","Risk reporting"]

Own and extend Unreal Engine’s Gauntlet-based test automation, ensuring green build results truly reflect build quality. Build harnesses, telemetry, reporting, and scalable test infrastructure (input simulation, AI-driven test agents, and performance telemetry). Lead a small team from the front while partnering with TDs and studio leads to align roadmaps, communicate risks and tradeoffs, and proactively pay down technical debt.

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Lead Developer, Tools

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Job Summary

Own and extend Unreal Engine’s Gauntlet-based test automation, ensuring green build results truly reflect build quality. Build harnesses, telemetry, reporting, and scalable test infrastructure (input simulation, AI-driven test agents, and performance telemetry). Lead a small team from the front while partnering with TDs and studio leads to align roadmaps, communicate risks and tradeoffs, and proactively pay down technical debt.
Location: Quebec
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Deliver high-quality automation features with a small team of engineers.
  • •Extend Unreal’s Gauntlet framework by building harnesses, telemetry, and reporting.
  • •Build test infrastructure including input simulation, AI-driven test agents, and performance telemetry at scale.
  • •Translate technical complexity into clear guidance for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • •Partner with TDs and studio leads to define the future of test automation and communicate progress, risks, and tradeoffs.

Key Requirements

  • •Deep expertise in Unreal Engine and C++ with 5+ years hands-on experience across engine versions.
  • •Direct experience with Unreal’s Gauntlet automation framework and/or Unreal Functional Testing (or comparable engine-level test automation).
  • •Proven experience leading a small engineering team, including code review and mentoring engineers on deep engine-level systems.
  • •Strong ability to communicate complex technical solutions across technical and non-technical audiences.
  • •Experience building telemetry, instrumentation, or reporting systems for software.
Experience:Game developmentTest automationUnreal EngineUnreal Engine internals
Skills:CommunicationMentoringTechnical leadershipProactive leadershipRisk reporting
Languages:EnglishFrench
Tech Stack:Unreal EngineC++GauntletUnreal Functional TestingGitPerforceTelemetryTest harnessesReporting systemsReinforcement learningAI

Company Brief

2K
2K is a video game publisher and developer known for sports, action, and strategy franchises such as NBA 2K, WWE 2K, Borderlands, and Sid Meier’s Civilization. It operates as a major label within Take-Two Interactive.
Industry: Gaming
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Growth: Established Company
Headquarters: Novato, United States
Founded: 2005
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