Principal Engine Programmer

Core:

• Propose, implement, own tasks and features in a timely fashion to a high standard of quality.
• Provide regular updates to the production for your software and reach out to other parties who will be impacted by your work.
• Collaborating with PCF Framework to define the direction of the shared components, and augment the stability, features and performance of existing shared modules.
• Propose, design and implement technical solutions to complex problems presented by the production.
• Produce highly efficient systems and improve the performance of other systems.
• Breakdown your own tasks, update your progress, ask questions and raise issues to relevant stakeholders as well as proposing solutions when needed.
• Work closely with the project Architect to implement high quality features and code, proactively identify and address risks with the team.
• Partner with leads to define priority management for features.
• Proactively participate and approve code reviews.
• Share knowledge with the rest of the studio.
• Occasionally support leads in recruitment projects with HR collaboration.
• Define the best practices and technical solutions used at the company
• Work with QA teams to define testing requirements for new and existing features.

Engine:

• Design, implement and maintain new low-level systems and overall architecture.
• Creating performance and memory optimisation tools and features.
• Proactively identify opportunities to enhance the engine to support productions.
• Test, debug, profile, optimize and document implementations.
• Being up to date with features from other engines and provide expertise about possible implementations.
• Evaluating and accepting systems from other code teams.
• Stay up to date with features from other engines and provide expertise about possible implementations.

Requirements

• 8+ years experience working in console / PC games
• Involved in the production cycle of at least 2 titles
• Excellent primary programming language skills (C++).
• Proficient with Source Control and Code Review tools (Swarm, Perforce, Git, etc.).
• Good knowledge of Project Management Software (JIRA, Confluence, etc.).
• Excellent Unreal Engine knowledge
• Excellent math and/or physics skills.
• Experience working with multi-threaded systems.
• Performance and memory optimisation skills.
• Ability to write solid, reliable, efficient code.
• Experience with multiple core systems, such as graphics, tools, audio, networking, memory handling, scripting, etc.
• Strong mentoring skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English.

Nice to have:

• Experience with other programming languages
• Console experience, especially next-generation systems