UI Engineer

Overview

ZeniMax Online Studios is looking for a UI Engineer to develop and maintain the user interface for The Elder Scrolls Online. The ideal candidate enjoys and is familiar with MMOs and has either worked professionally as an interface developer or created add-ons for an existing MMO. This position will actively engineer UI screens for various aspects of the game.

Responsibilities

• Develop event driven UIs in Lua based on design specifications and UI wireframes
• Develop game client systems in C++ to supply information to UIs
• Collaborate with UI designers and artists by offering feedback and actively finding ways to improve the UI
• Communicate with producers and systems designers to represent the needs of the engineering department

Qualifications

• 3+ years of software development experience
• Experience with C++
• Experience with scripting languages like Lua
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to work with other programmers collaboratively in a shared code base
• Solid architecture and system design skills
• Ability to write clear, maintainable, portable code

Preferred Skills

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• Experience writing addons for MMOs
• Experience with network game client/server architecture
• Experience designing user interfaces, either professionally or independently
• Familiarity with rendering techniques
• Experience with SQL
• MMO development experience