Director of Engineering

Remote or Boston-based · Full-time · Reports to CEO & Co-Founder

Chaotic Great is the indie tabletop company behind Gudnak, a fast-playing tactical card game set in a dying fantasy universe. 

With a die-hard fanbase, awesome art, and wildly fun gameplay, we’re growing fast in the tabletop world - and now we’re going digital.

We’re looking for a Director of Engineering to lead the charge in bringing Gudnak Digital to life.

Mission

Take our current Godot-based alpha and turn it into a production ready game that captures the speed, fun, and tactical brilliance of the physical game.

What You'll Do

  • Lead development of Gudnak Digital from alpha to launch and beyond

  • Help shape core design decisions in collaboration with the CEO and design team

  • Hire and manage contractors and/or a small dev team as needed (programmers, QA, etc.)

  • Build and refine gameplay systems and networking in a way that respects and expands on the tabletop experience

  • Develop for Steam, iOS, and Android

  • Collaborate with the marketing to support playtests, trailers, updates, and Kickstarter tie-ins

  • Implement our standard for quality, performance, and player experience

What We're Looking For

  • Experience leading game development teams, ideally for digital card, tactics, or strategy games

  • Strong design instincts and the ability to balance gameplay depth with broad accessibility

  • Hands-on ability to prototype, iterate, and solve tough technical and design problems

  • A passion for indie games, community-driven development, and the tabletop world

  • Experience shipping high quality multiplayer, deck-building games, or live service digital games

  • Familiarity with AWS, Azure or similar


Bonus Abilities

  • Familiarity with Godot

  • A love for fantasy IP

  • Ability and willingness to travel to conventions for playtesting and marketing (PAX, GenCon, GAMA etc)

Why Chaotic Great?

  • We’re building the wildest, most creative card games in the industry and we’re going big

  • We’re indie, scrappy, and serious about making fun games

  • We are human-first and mission-driven

  • Competitive pay, participation in profit sharing and flexible work hours

Apply now