Generalist Programmer-Console Games

Job Title Generalist Programmer-Console Games
Job Category Programming
Skills Required Tools, Gameplay, Graphics / Engine
Location North East, UK & Europe
Job Description
Job Reference: 16044
Short Skills:
Start Date/Length: Immediate/ Permanent
Salary: Competitive
Location: North East
Country: UK
Description:

Our Client, a leading developer is seeking a Generalist Programmer to join them. The successful candidate will work within a collaborative multidiscipline environment implementing game features that meet the requirements of the project’s Lead Designer and Lead Programmer.

Requirements:
• Excellent C/C++ programming skills, with good knowledge of object oriented development.
• Experience with commonly used development tools such as Visual Studio and perforce.
• Self-motivated and pro-active with a strong work ethic.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant subject or equivalent industry experience.
• 3 years of commercial software development experience with significant involvement in 1 published game.
• Knowledge of common algorithms, data structures and patterns, and the ability to apply them to problems while keeping constraints and performance in mind.
• Able to analyse unfamiliar code of a reasonable complexity to understand and extend the functionality of an existing module.
• Has knowledge of different software development methods such as Test Driven Development, Unit Testing, Agile etc
• Proven ability to learn and be productive using unfamiliar APIs quickly.
• Experience with CPU and GPU profiling, and optimization of code and shaders.

Responsibilities:
• Implement practical and timely solutions that meet the game design and technical requirements.
• Implement code that is modular, self-contained, and defensive and observes the technical constraints on the system.
• Work as a key part of an agile development team, taking responsibility for organising and planning their own work.
• Ensure coding standards are followed, and help to enforce good programming practices within the engineering team.
• Maintain technical documentation for the engineering team as well as other disciplines.
• Optimise code and data for memory usage and performance as required. • Write debugging tools for programmers, level designers and artists.

Please contact David Delve on 0208 944 7777 or david.delve@interactiveselection.com if you are interested in this position. Please forward your CV in a Word format. View Many More Interactive Selection Jobs
Salary Competitive
Date posted 25/03/2013
Recruiter This job is advertised on behalf of Interactive Selection using their internal reference 16044.
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