Founded in 2023, 2K Sports Lab is the newest stand alone studio at 2K looking to push game development boundaries to bring 2K's next groundbreaking sports franchise to life. We're building a world-class team at our new Vancouver, BC location where our goal is to deliver an exceptional experience through bold ideas, technical excellence, and creative collaboration. We're seeking passionate and driven professionals across all areas of game development to help shape this ambitious vision. If you’re interested in tackling unique challenges and think you have what it takes to level up our team, we encourage you to apply!What We Need We are seeking a passionateC++ Gameplay Systems Software Engineerto help build the runtime systems that drive crowds, pedestrians, background NPCs, and other non‑player actors at scale. This is an important role responsible for contributing to the foundational systems that bring dense, believable, and performant worlds to life. The ideal candidate has strong modern C++ fundamentals, hands‑onUnreal Engine (UE5)experience, and an interest in building performant real‑time simulation systems. Experience with crowd systems, NPC behavior, animation runtime systems, or large‑scale actor optimization is highly valuable. We are looking for engineers with strong C++ fundamentals, production Unreal experience, and the ability to reason about performance‑sensitive runtime systems.What You’ll DoDesign and implementC++ runtime systems for large‑scale crowd, NPC, and pedestrian simulation.Collaboratewith AI, Animation, and design to translate behavior goals into maintainable, performant gameplay systems.Buildscalable LOD , significance, visibility, and culling systems for thousands of active or semi‑active agents.ProfileCPU, memory, and animation costs using Unreal Insights and platform tools.Contribute to ourcharacter pipelineand runtime.What Will Make You A Great Fit3+ yearsof professional game development or relevant real-time simulation experience.Strong modern C++ skills , including memory, performance, debugging, and data‑oriented design fundamentals.Production experience withUnreal Engine 4 or 5 .Experience building gameplay, AI, animation, character, or simulation systems.Comfortableprofiling and optimizing runtime systemsunder CPU, memory, and frame‑time constraints.Strong communication skillsand ability to collaborate across engineering, design, animation, and art.Beneficial QualificationsExperience withUE5 MassEntity , StateTree, ZoneGraph, Smart Objects, or similarECS/agent‑behavior systems .Experience with large crowds, NPC populations, pedestrian systems, or background‑life simulation.Familiarity with procedural generation or machine‑learning‑assisted approaches for agent behavior, population, or animation selection.Previous experience shipping a AAA title developed on Unreal Engine.The pay range for this position in British Columbia at the start of employment is expected to be between $71,400 and $105,660 per year. Base pay offered may vary based on location and candidate factors such as knowledge, skills, experience, and other objective business considerations. Total compensation may include bonuses, equity, and a full range of medical, financial, and other benefits.As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to ensuring that individuals with disabilities are provided suitable accommodations to enjoy equal employment opportunities, including the ability to participate in the job application or interview process. Please contact us if you need an accommodation as part of your application process or otherwise have questions about the company’s accommodation policy and review process.#J-18808-Ljbffr