Senior Game Programmer

Cloud Imperium is looking for a talented and experienced Senior Game Programmer to join the team.

Responsibilities

• Engineer code that achieves desired gameplay as specified by game designs
• Assist in designing and creating gameplay tools that facilitates developer workflow and alleviates bottlenecks
• Share your knowledge of transforming code into fun by instilling those values and skills in other engineers
• Work with an interdisciplinary agile team of artists, designers, and programmers to design, prototype, and implement new gameplay features
• Design and implement well-engineered, reliable, maintainable, and bug-free code
• Develop and test code, fix bugs, and profile and optimize code as directed
• Follow best practices, development processes, and coding standards
• Document and peer review technical designs with other software engineers
• Work with QA, providing information needed to fully test developed code
• Provide support to internal customers for developed software
• Keep up to date on state-of-the-art software engineering methods, practices, and technologies
• Communicate with other team members, internal customers, and when required external customers to determine requirements
• Work well with other team members in a cooperative, cross-disciplinary team environment
• Identify technical and developmental risks/obstacles and generate solutions to overcome identified risks
• Mentor other engineers as needed to increase their capabilities and productivity
• Provide technical leadership within areas of expertise to the engineering team
• Design efficient, high quality systems and create technical designs that can be implemented by other engineers
• Function well with limited supervision

Requirements

• Passion for video games, science-fiction, and space simulations
• C / C++ programming skills
• A minimum of 3 years' game programming experience, with at least one shipped AAA title
• Mathematics skills, including proficiency with trigonometry and linear algebra
• Experience in the design and implementation of various game systems, including game object management, gameplay scripting, FX, database management, or online networking
• Speaks "Designer" fluently
• Experience with code optimization
• Comfortable contributing to an established engine
• Able to work in a collaborative environment with a team of highly skilled programmers
• Self-motivated and self-directing, knowledgeable about and willing to pitch in on many areas of development
• High comfort level working within, and analyzing and improving, an established code base
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
• International travel may be required as part of the role

Pluses

• Computer science or related degree.
• Expertise working within CryEngine/Lumberyard.
• Experience with multithreaded code.
• Knowledge of engineering for online games.
• Experience creating and supporting tools used in game development.
• Experience with multiplayer architecture.

This position is offered at our Frankfurt Office by Cloud Imperium Games Ltd.

Please submit your application in English