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Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
Salary: £60000 - £65000 per annum
Technology: Microsoft Jobs
Job Type: Permanent
Date Posted: 24th Aug, 2021
Reference: SGP874563JFI
Senior Game Programmer - Dundee or Remote, Dundee City
Up to £65k DOE
My client is an ambitious and growing mobile game studio based in Dundee, Scotland. They have a 15 year legacy of making mobile games for some of the biggest brands on the planet. You will play a pivotal role in development of this world-leading IP, supporting the engineering teams with technical direction, planning and architecture in coordination with other disciplines and stakeholders to deliver a best in class game play experience.
Working with the client teams to plan and review technical solutions to deliver a best in class game play experience
Collaborating with the other disciplines, including artists, designers and server engineers, to design solutions, provide feedback and technical expertise and manage dependencies
Working with production to define and prioritise work to ensure we make the best use of our resources
Helping to shape best practices and processes and ensuring effective roll out among the teams
Proactively communicating challenges, risks and requests to stakeholders
Helping to grow the team technically and culturally through hiring and development
Coordinating knowledge sharing across the teams to help facilitate effective development
Your Skills
Required
• Professional experience leading, managing and developing large engineering teams
• A strong understanding of common game/software development tools including Unity and Git
• Proven track record of architecting and developing mobile games
• Comprehensive understanding of game development on iOS and Android.
• A broad knowledge base that allows for interaction and engagement on a range of topics including game play, graphics, networking, etc.
• A proven ability to communicate with individuals and groups that are a mixture of technical and non-technical
• Demonstrable experience in creating clear and understandable documentation for technical and non-technical audiences
• To be able to provide constructive and helpful feedback
• The ability to diligently and proactively operate on multiple fronts and at varying levels of detail. Balancing short term and long term goals
Desirable
• Overseeing multiple teams totaling 20 engineers
• Experience developing free to play games
• Experience working on a live title providing regular updates
• Delivery of console or PC titles
• Familiarity with Agile development processes
• Understanding of data oriented design and client-server systems
• Have worked with distributed teams in different time zones
• People management experience, providing coaching, mentoring and conducting 1-1's
To apply or for more info contact c.whittle@nigelfrank.com or call 0191 338 6624
