Senior Gameplay Programmer

Summary

Join nDreams, a leading VR game developer, as a Senior Gameplay Programmer. You will collaborate with a team to design, build, and refine innovative VR games. Responsibilities include prototyping, implementing gameplay systems, and ensuring code quality. The position requires 5 years of game development experience, C++ proficiency, and experience with game engines like Unreal or Unity. The role is a 12-month fixed-term contract, fully remote within the UK, offering competitive salary and benefits. nDreams fosters a positive and inclusive work environment with flexible hours, personal development time, and various other perks.

Requirements

• 5 years of professional game development experience, with a minimum of 3 shipped titles including at least 1 current generation console title
• A deep knowledge of C++ and real-time game engines e.g. Unreal or Unity
• Demonstrable experience at owning and delivering game features or systems
• Strong communication skills with a focus on positive cross discipline teamwork
• Proven, demonstrable knowledge of game development processes, real-time implementation, optimization, and cross platform development
• Experience in rapid prototyping and creative problem solving
• A committed team player, recognizing the importance and value of people within a technology environment
• Passionate about creating award winning VR titles

Responsibilities

• Collaboratively discover, design & build the fun within a cross-discipline team
• Become a guardian and evangelist of VR sensibilities, possibilities, and platform innovation
• Support an agile, fail fast methodology when discovering and exploring gameplay content
• Be autonomous and executional – build, maintain and grow the core gameplay systems into robust, production-ready code
• Help realize technical innovations for our products and studio’s technology
• Collaborate with the team to ensure our code is clean, organised, and easy to maintain
• Be a positive behavioral and mental role model for the team and studio

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience of VR game development
• Confidence in communicating technical complexities and risks clearly and concisely, to non-technical staff
• Strong competitor analysis – the ability to critique and deconstruct competitor video games
• A willingness to ‘muck in’ at any level to get the job done
• Comfortable working in an Agile environment and responsive to change in the face of uncertainty
• Approachable and light-hearted, with a good sense of fun and a positive mental attitude

Benefits

• Flexible hours
• Duvets days
• Your birthday off
• Dedicated personal development time and support
• Regular socials
• Excellent holiday offering
• Pension scheme
• Health insurance
• Life cover