Description

At Electric Square, the worlds we create are crucial to our games and making a fantastic experience for our players. The past year has seen our first full releases in Hot Wheels id and Forza Street, with other exciting top-secret projects currently in development and even more about to kick start! Together with four studios, 150 people, five projects (and our studio dogs!) we can offer world-class projects with unique studio culture to make staff feel empowered and inspired.

We can offer you an award-winning working environment with an employee satisfaction rating of 4.8 out of 5 on Glassdoor. At Electric Square, we don't just accept difference — we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products, and our community. Electric Square is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

We are looking for an accomplished, enthusiastic and self-motivated Remote Senior Programmer to join our team working on an exciting, new and unannounced project.

The Remote Senior Programmer is responsible for designing, developing, testing and implementing systems and game code, and is happy to turn their hand to any task required. They are an active member of the code team, setting an example for and mentoring less experienced programmers. The Remote Senior Programmer will be happy to make occasional office visits.

A Remote Senior Programmer At Electric Square

Designs, develops, writes, tests and implements systems and game code.
Works with designers, artists and other personnel involved in the development process as required to create the highest possible quality product.
Helps to develop technical design specifications and is able to implement them.
Tests and refines gameplay features throughout the development cycle of the project.
Estimates own tasks and delivers high quality code to that schedule.
Mentors code team, passing on experience and expertise, and leads by example.
Performs code reviews with the team to ensure code quality.

Requirements

Proficient in C/C++ with a minimum of 4 years experience.
3 years experience working in the video games industry.
2 years experience in console or mobile programming.
Worked on at least 1 shipped game.

Things we would love to see from you

Knowledge of industry standard development practices: source control, asset pipelines, issue tracking, external QA and localisation teams.
Exposure to post-launch on-going product development and delivery.
Continuous integration and build automation experience.
Worked in an Agile development environment.
Experience with art packages and pipeline development.
Experience with low level optimisation, shader programming, physics or mathematics.
Understanding and experience of cloud server and network backend systems.

Benefits

When you join Electric Square, you can expect to enjoy a unique culture. Whether it’s participating and relaxing with one of our wellness benefits or discussing the latest games. The Studio knows that it’s the best people that make the best games and this is what Electric Square invests in. Below you will find all the benefits and perks you can enjoy as an Electric Square team member.

Holidays - 23 days’ annual leave entitlement including studio closure over the Christmas period plus all UK bank holidays
Bonus Anniversary Holidays - An additional day of annual leave for each year’s anniversary working at Electric Square, up to a maximum of 30 days of annual leave entitlement.
Generous Team Project Bonuses
Company Pension Scheme – Employer contribution matching award winning pension scheme provided by NEST under the UK governments automatic enrolment scheme.
Private Medical Insurance Scheme – Full private medical cover provided by BUPA Private Healthcare.
Group Income Protection
Health and Well-being Allowance – £50 per month to spend on your choice of a range of healthy activities, ranging from going to the gym, rock climbing, yoga and a lovely massage. It's on us!
Group Life Insurance
Private Dental Insurance Scheme – Full private dental cover provided under our Dental plan company scheme.
Cycle to Work Scheme – Salary sacrifice cycle purchase scheme with tax savings through Evans Cycles.
Tech Scheme - Over 5,000 products available from to buy over 12 or 24 month payment terms, saving up to 12% on National Insurance.
Free Electric Square Monthly Friday Team Lunch
Eye-care Vouchers – Free eye tests.
Train Travel Season Ticket Loan – Interest free company loan to spread the cost of an annual season ticket.
Personal Trainer Sessions – Free gym sessions with our own Electric Square personal trainer.
Industry Conferences Budget – Many of our employees benefit every year from attending conferences such as GDC in San Francisco, Siggraph, E3, Unite, Unreal Fest Europe and more.
Free Awesome Swag – Amazingly designed Electric Square T-shirts and merch, with the now iconic Electra emblazoned on the front. New ranges out every season.
Dogs with Jobs – Electric Square is a dog friendly employer. Bring doggo when you visit the studio to meet and hang out with the rest of the team any time!
Exhibitions & Days Out – If there is an event happening of interest to us, we’ll happily spread the word, pick up the bill and see if any Electrons are up for going – we’re keen to get you out seeing what’s going on.
Project Wrap Parties, Cinema Nights & Team Social Events – We work hard together so it’s good to let off steam and spend some time together.
Summer Festival – Every year on a hot summer’s afternoon, we all leave work early to enjoy the sun with company organised pop-up diner, cocktail shack, bouncy castle, face painting and other fun amenities. The whole family is invited to spend the day coming to socialise with us, on us :)