Gameplay Programmer

Job Description

Job Description
Ubisoft Milan is looking for a Gameplay Programmer who will be involved in the development of gameplay elements, collaborating closely with game designers and other departments to define and improve features and interactions between player and game.
Main responsibilities:
• translate the game design into concrete gameplay features;
• analyze and understand the game design requests in order to define the needed features and game systems that must be developed in the engine;
• establish the technical feasibility of the different gameplay features, make estimations, understand technical constrains;
• validate and verify if the newly developed systems meet project intentions and are coherent with the existing code;
• implement and optimize the interaction controls and systems with game designers to ensure fluid playability;
• use prototyping techniques to demonstrate the validity/invalidity of a gameplay idea;
• work with QC team to analyze and fix gameplay bugs in the most reliable way possible.
Qualifications
• Significant experience as a gameplay programmer (have worked and delivered at least 1 videogame project);
• proficiency in C++ language is mandatory;
• ability to optimize and debug;
• knowledge of game development related topics such as AI, animations, 3d math;
• knowledge of multithreading and parallel programming;
• knowledge of Network programming and online game development topics;
• ability to write clear and well-structured C++ code while bearing in mind performance, maintenance and compatibility requirements;
• ability to work on other people's code and to write code that is easy for other people to work on;
• ability to fix bugs flagged by Quality Control and team members;
• fluent in English.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-mk6zym-18-117-90-244-42 in your application.