Software Engineer - Gameplay

Job Description

Our game teams are the creators and builders of the exhilarating experiences behind our titles and an exciting opportunity has opened in our Southam studio for a software engineer to join the team behind the Dirt Rally games, focusing on gameplay. We have secured the WRC licence from 2023 onwards and are hard at work developing this incredible title.

This opportunity will see you working with accomplished programmers, designers and production staff to build exciting game features. In this diverse environment, you are encouraged to evolve past your standard tasks and to share your ideas. We offer a super social and collaborative working environment, which is important to us, and this allows us to continue pushing the boundaries on what can be achieved. Reporting to a Lead Programmer, you can expect to work on many aspects of the game, which will include end-to-end-user experience, game features, system design and user interfaces to name a few. With these wide-ranging opportunities, we're looking for someone who embraces a challenge and holds a desire to give something new a try.

In time, you will take ownership of a large area of game code, for example you could become a UI specialist or you may prefer to be more of a generalist and help look after several features such as cameras, replays and game modes. We encourage ownership of code so that you can be the go-to person for the team. As a team we are very open to using the latest technology and encourage open discussion about programming and the latest developments.

Responsibilities:
• Design and implement gameplay code
• Agree timescales with the team and testing your work and fixing bugs
• Complete work within agreed timescales
• Work within a cross-discipline team to write code, provide features and contribute to game systems
• Participate in sprint reviews, sharing your work and providing feedback to help your team be more efficient

Qualifications and skills:
• Good modern C++ programming experience
• Previously worked in the games industry in any code discipline
• A conscientiousness approach and have an awareness of the bigger picture of the project and the impact your actions have on its development
• Be enthusiastic about modern development techniques and keen to apply them to games

Nice to have:
• Experience in Unreal Engine 4
• Knowledge of multiple programming languages
• One or more shipped game titles
• UI/UX experience

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gkq7qp-18-222-119-148-42 in your application.