Lead Programmer Role – Console AAA Titles.

Job Specification

WOULD YOU ENJOY:

• Helping to create beautiful games.
• Working on our own and other multi-platform game engines, with a diverse range of titles and codebases.
• Having the creative freedom to put your keen interests in games into practice.
• Joining a development team with over 10 years of average experience that has remained unchanged for the past 4 years.

If so, you may be interested in becoming a Lead Programmer at this studio!

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Take control of a project and work with an established team to tackle a wide variety of coding tasks, including graphics rendering pipelines, physics, networking, gameplay, UI, AI and optimisation.
• Manage the project code team, assign out tasks and track their progress.
• Assist and mentor junior programmers, oversee the quality of their work.
• Work closely with other departments to create or improve art asset creation and workflow.
• Share knowledge with other members of the programming team.
• The ability to work with more established graphics engines and update them regarding the use of modern rendering techniques.
• Work as part of a small but perfectly formed close-knit team, where your opinion and efforts really count.

KEY SKILLS REQUIRED:

• Ability to manage a small team of programmers.
• Enthusiasm for programming, technologies and methods and a desire to keep up to date.
• Expert knowledge of the development process and the tools used.
• Excellent C/C++ programming knowledge.
• Excellent math skills.
• An interest in games.
• A keen eye for detail.

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Two or more years of industry experience in a lead or senior programmer role.
• At least two shipped console or PC titles.
• Detailed knowledge and experience of at least one core discipline (Graphics, Physics, Networking, gameplay/AI).
• Experience in profiling and optimization techniques.
• Experience with multi-threaded programming.

SKILLS OR INTERESTS CONSIDERED A BONUS:

• Knowledge and experience of other game engines such as Unity, UE4.
• Knowledge and experience of the Universal Windows Platform.
• Knowledge in a variety of special FX techniques.
• Knowledge of graphics pipelines and hardware.
• Knowledge of other programming languages such as C#, LUA, Python etc.
• Knowledge of project management software (such as Hansoft or Jira).

QUALIFICATIONS:

• All relevant qualifications considered

Benefits;