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Job Title: Lead/Senior Programmer

Job Location: Brighton, UK

Job Type: Permanent

Salary: Competitive

Project: AAA Games

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OPM’s client has established a reputation as one of the most creative and exciting studios in the UK. They are internationally recognised as pioneers of storytelling with a flair for creating imaginative games.

They are looking for world-class coders to join pre-production on an exciting and unique project, with an unannounced original IP. The successful candidate will have top notch C++ skills, experience at a senior level of development in UE4, and a passion turning complex code challenges into elegant gameplay experiences.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Excellent code design skills
• Experience as lead on at least one shipped title
• Expert in C/C++
• Strong working knowledge of Unreal Engine 4
• Experience in PC and/or console programming
• Practical experience with 3D math
• Worked on a minimum of at least two successfully shipped games
• Experience working on at least one large scale game project

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead the code team to achieve the highest possible quality product
• Assist with planning and direction of the work of the code team
• Encourage best code design practices within the code team
• Write high quality source code
• Work with designers to implement gameplay and user interface elements to the designers' specifications
• Liaise with Quality Assurance to fix bugs
• Maintain stability of development environment for the entire development team

DESIRED SKILLS:

• Find and fix complex bugs in any area of the project
• Create and own complex systems from start to finish
• Author technical designs and best practices
• Plan work and meet deadlines designated for team projects
• Mentor less experienced team members

COMPANY BENEFITS:

• Superb benefits package
• Generous holidays and flexi-time.
• Out-of-office events
• Regular studio Game Jams

Interested in finding out more about the studio and project? Apply now or call directly today on +44 1206 214 422!

Tagged as: AAA, Senior/Lead Programmer