We seek an enthusiastic and motivated back-end software developer to join WEAVR, a £5.8m 2 year R&D project aiming to demonstrate how immersive and data-driven technologies can radically transform audience experiences surrounding esports. The project seeks to re-imagine the way audiences engage with the genre through hyper-personalised stories, interactive content, data-driven narratives and cross-reality experiences that seamlessly stretch across devices, technologies, and spaces. The project consortium includes key industry stakeholders and leading innovators across esports, VR, XR, virtual studio technology, 360 degree video and big data analytics, including ESL, the world's leading esports company, Dock10, the largest UK production company, as well as Cybula, Focal Point VR & Rewind. The project will be carried out by a dedicated team of over 50 people across these partners, including software developers, 2D & 3D artists, content producers, designers, market analysts, business developers, as well as four key researchers located at the University of York, which will be leading on the key innovation areas of the project. The York-based project team will be situated with Digital Creativity Labs (DC Labs), a world centre of excellence for impact-driven research in digital creativity, focusing on digital games, interactive media and the rich space in which they converge.

You will be a key member of the project, developing data middleware for esports analytics, bringing specific expertise in using back-end server software and database systems. You will work in the York-based team alongside other developers and researchers, closely collaborate with consortium members across the UK, and help with deployments and evaluation of research outputs in leading UK and international esports tournaments.

You will be passionate about new developments in technology and excited by the opportunity to be developing new technology for esports and video games. You must be a team player and be interested in developing connections with both academics and external organisations to understand their needs and translate these into technical requirements and develop high quality software to meet them.

This role is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys working in a team of innovative and exciting people on a major R&D project in one of the fastest growing industries. You will have the opportunity to make a lasting impact on the future of digital broadcasting in esports and beyond. You will have the opportunity to develop your career in the lively and stimulating environment of the Digital Creativity Labs and other major Creative Industries research hubs such as the Creative Media Labs, and the games-focused Intelligent Games and Game Intelligence PhD programme (http://iggi.org.uk/), including strengthening your collaboration with industry, learning cutting-edge AI and machine learning techniques and taking training to enhance entrepreneurial skills.

Salary: £32,236 - £39,069 depending on experience

Informal enquiries about this post may be directed to [email protected].

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