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title: 'Game Engineer at Spawn'
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# Game Engineer at Spawn

- **Company:** Spawn
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2025-08-27
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-05
- **Apply:** https://jobs.gem.com/spawn/am9icG9zdDpVY19lTulCMag0WtF9VV8j

## Job description

Spawn /spɔːn/, verb. the act of creating something from nothing.

Make AI-generated worlds feel alive.

We need someone who gets excited about the chaos of making games that didn't exist 30 seconds ago feel great to play for thousands of players.

As a Game Engineer at Spawn, you'll be the bridge between what AI imagines and what humans actually want to play.

- One week you might be building a physics engine that adapts to whatever wild mechanics an AI just invented.
- The next, you're optimizing WebGL rendering for 10,000 on-screen particles because the AI decided this puzzle game needs epic visual effects.
- You won't be handed game designs – you'll figure out how to make anything an AI generates feel magical.

We expect experience with:

- Real-time multiplayer features (even small-scale)
- Graphics programming (WebGL, Three.js, shaders)
- Making games feel good (physics, animations, responsiveness)

## About Spawn

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Spawn is an AI-native multiplayer game creation platform where users describe games in natural language and an AI companion named Savi builds them in real time, ready for instant publication and play.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Early-stage startup)
- **Headquarters**: New York, New York, United States
- **Founded**: 2024
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Gaming / Game Development Tools / AI-powered Creation
- **Target customers**: Game creators of all skill levels (B2C); also players who become creators
- **Mission**: To make multiplayer game creation as simple as having a conversation, removing all technical barriers.

## Products & Services
- **Spawn Platform**: A multiplayer-first game engine and publishing platform where users build entire games by talking to Savi. Supports 2D, 3D, top-down, side-scrolling, and MMO genres. No editor or canvas – creation happens through natural language conversation.
- **Savi (AI Companion)**: An AI game designer that generates terrain, models, game logic, NPCs with voice, music, sound effects, UI, and monetization systems. She lives inside the world and collaborates with the user in real time.
- **Spoins (In-Game Currency)**: A monetization system allowing creators to earn revenue through pay-to-play, subscriptions, cosmetics, battle passes, tips, etc. Revenue is split 50/50 between creator and Spawn.
- **Mod/Tool System**: Creators can build custom tools (e.g., cutscene editors, wave composers) with Savi and publish them as mods for others to build upon.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: 5 full-time employees (LinkedIn estimate) + 20% headcount growth year-over-year
- **Notable Investors / Partners**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Growth Signals**: Small team but actively hiring across engineering, game design, and executive roles; weekly game jams (Spawnjam); growing creator community on Discord.

## Competitive Advantages
- **AI-native creation**: No separate editor or canvas – everything happens in a shared multiplayer world through natural language.
- **Multiplayer by default**: Every game is multiplayer from the first message, including instancing for large audiences without server management.
- **In-house renderer**: Custom engine that runs on a fraction of the GPU while delivering consistent visuals and low latency.
- **Creator economy**: Simple 50/50 revenue split, built-in monetization tools, and no requirement to export games elsewhere.

## Strategic Focus
- Scaling the platform’s AI capabilities and stability
- Growing the creator community and onboarding more game types
- Expanding the tool ecosystem through user-generated mods
- Hiring key engineering and operational talent to accelerate product development

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Small, fast-moving startup where every employee has outsized impact. Emphasis on building with AI and redefining game creation.
- **Remote/hybrid policy**: Multiple open roles are listed as “Remote or Hybrid” with in-office options in San Francisco; HQ in New York with distributed team across the US, Georgia, and Germany.
- **Perks & Benefits**: Employee stock purchase plan, healthcare benefits, and an office in Anchorage, Alaska (per Built In) plus Denver, Colorado.
- **Engineering focus**: Engineers work end-to-end on AI, real-time engines, and game feel without rigid specs – ideal for those who thrive on autonomy.

## Sources
1. [Spawn Careers (Gem)](https://jobs.gem.com/spawn)
2. [Spawn About Page](https://www.spawn.co/about)
3. [Spawn LinkedIn Profile](https://linkedin.com/company/spawnco)
4. [Spawn on Built In](https://builtin.com/company/spawn-co)

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- [Game UX Engineer](https://feeny.ai/job/game-ux-engineer-spawn-san-francisco-1x94z82vwtge) — San Francisco, CA
- [Fullstack AI Engineer](https://feeny.ai/job/fullstack-ai-engineer-spawn-san-francisco-e5hc232d9fj0) — San Francisco, CA
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