Introduction

Intermediate to Senior Game Programmer required full-time for Toronto video game studio.

Company

We are a brand new studio working with a renowned publisher on a new IP. Our office is located in the west end of Toronto and we offer competitive salaries, flexible hours, health benefits, unlimited PTO, a relaxed atmosphere and spectacular cookies.

Position

We're looking for a Intermediate to Senior Programmer to collaborate with us in the delivery of a first-person action adventure video game.

Responsibilities:

• Build gameplay features and tools within Unreal Engine 4.
• Collaborate iteratively with art, design, and other engineers to develop and support key systems.
• Contribute to technical design discussions and write simple, maintainable software
• Resolve bugs

Required Skills

• An undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or relevant experience
• 5 years of experience in C++ and optimizing code
• Experience in gameplay, AI, and design
• A natural curiosity for all aspects of game development and a willingness to work on a wide variety of systems.
• Motivated self starter who can execute with limited supervision
• Experience as part of a team that has shipped a video game; must have shipped a minimum of 1 or more titles

Bonuses:

• Experience developing on video-game consoles is preferred
• Experience working with Unreal 4
• Familiarity with Data-Oriented Design principles and the ECS architecture
• Experience with dynamic AI systems such as GOAP, HTN, and Utility Systems
• Animation systems programming