Lead Engineer

Pipeworks Studios is seeking an experienced Lead Engineer to support a AAA development partner on an Unreal Engine project. Working alongside our project engineering lead, you’ll collaborate directly with the partner’s engineering team and coordinate work across external studios, extending the partner’s development capacity while keeping delivery aligned with their priorities and technical standards. This is a client-facing co-development leadership role, rather than a position centered on hands-on feature development. Your primary contribution will be helping distributed teams work effectively together: understanding the partner’s needs, organizing work, resolving ambiguity, and ensuring implementations meet expectations. Deep Unreal Engine experience and strong technical judgment are essential for evaluating work, guiding engineers, and helping teams overcome technical challenges. This is a full-time temporary role with the possibility of extension or conversion to regular full-time employment after six months. Our studio is based in Eugene, Oregon, and the role may be performed remotely, in a hybrid arrangement, or in the office.