Senior Engine Programmer

What we need:

Smilegate Barcelona is seeking an experienced Senior Engine Programmer to join a team of highly skilled coders. We are looking for an 

individual to foster a culture that balances productivity, innovation, learning and healthy communication.

 We are looking for someone with:

• The ability to architect high level systems to low level performance tweaks in C/C++.
• A strong understanding of Unreal engine and how to expand it.
• Understanding of all game engine systems to work with and discuss needs from other departments and generate cost-effective pipelines.
• A deep desire to be part of a brand new team and project.

What the role involves:

Working hand in hand with all other departments to identify specific needs and build a structure that supports rapid prototyping while keeping code stability in the long term.

• Coordinate with QA, Build Engineers and Level Design team to define the best coding processes that balances rapid iteration with stability.
• Be the representative and champion for Engine coding team to all other parties.
• Coordinate with and complement gameplay and AI programmers.
• Coordinate with the rest of coders establishing programming guidelines, quality goals and performance budgets.
• Fully analyze the platform to understand and get the best of the latest generation of hardware.
• Continuously monitor the performance of all systems.
• Help build up a world class engine programming team by being involved in interviewing and hiring process.
• Be a mentor for other coders to foster a continuous learning environment.
• Provide meaningful feedback to your team through team meetings, 1 on 1 sessions and 360 feedback.

Role requirements:

• Excellent track record - credited on at least 1 shipped AAA games either as Senior / Lead gameplay programmer.
• Experience and deep working knowledge on building Game Engine components.
• Unreal Engine working experience in a modern console environment.
• Innovative thinker with creative problem solving skills.
• Ability to work in highly collaborative, interdisciplinary, iterative environment.
• Strong understanding of development processes, workflows, and tools.