This vacancy may offer a work-from-home start until it’s safe to work in-house or relocate to the location.

As a Console Programmer you will be working on an exciting new multiplayer shooter. You will be working within a dedicated console team to bring their titles to the current and next gen consoles. .

The team is a small, tightly knit group of developers who strive to build impressive multiplayer games. Their programmers tend to be multi-disciplinary developers who push the boundaries to deliver that goal.

Responsibilities:

• Bringing titles to current and next gen consoles.
• Optimising the games performance using various profiling tools.
• Implement changes for the console-specific experience.
• Solve problems encountered along the way.
• Write extensible, stable, efficient code.
• Improve as an individual.
• Help others.

Required:

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or other relevant experience.
• 2+ years of industry experience.
• 2+ years of Unreal Engine 4 experience
• Shipped a UE4 title on a platform other than PC, ideally Xbox/PS4
• Have a strong grasp of C++, software design, programming and debugging.
• Have a strong grasp of 3D maths for games.
• A good understanding of the unique requirements of a competitive first person shooter.
• A desire to craft multiplayer games.
• A familiarity of multiplayer game programming.
• Ability to communicate with a multidisciplinary team.
• A strong desire to overcome difficult hurdles.
• A strong desire to learn new skills.
• A methodical mind and the ability to think outside the box.
• A strong work ethic with a willingness to learn and constantly improve
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Strong communicator with the ability to articulate systems and ideas effectively

Preferred:

• Have developed a specialism: networking, physics, AI, systems, databases, animation, etc.
• Unreal Engine 4 experience in a professional environment.
• Experience programming multiplayer games in Unreal Engine 4.
• Shipped a commercial multiplayer game.
• Experience writing game code with tight performance constraints.
• Experience writing optimised code in Unreal Engine 4.
• An understanding of game design.
• Have the ability to drive and contribute to all aspects of a game. 

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