Senior Programmer (Unreal Engine 5)

Smoking Gun Interactive; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading game development studio is seeking a Senior Programmer to work on innovative projects. This role involves collaboration with the development team, mentorship, and a focus on full-stack development using Unreal Engine. Ideal candidates have extensive programming experience, particularly in game development, and are located in the greater Vancouver area. The position offers a remote working option and excellent benefits.

Benefits

10 days vacation leave

5 paid days personal leave

7 paid sick days

Life Insurance

Extended Healthcare Benefit

Dental Care

RRSP matching

Training & Development

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience as a programmer in the game industry.
• Passion for playing and creating innovative games.
• Excellent problem-solving abilities.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Lead Programmer to establish technology vision.
• Produce high-quality, efficient, clean, and modular code.
• Provide mentorship and training for programmers.

Skills

Unreal Engine 4 or 5

C++

Problem-solving abilities

Oral and written communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Visual Studio

Perforce

Job description

Company Description

Smoking Gun Interactive, a Keywords Studio, is an industry-leading game development studio founded in 2007 by award-winning industry veterans. SGI is fearless in creating IP and boldly partners with renowned brands to develop a wide range of world-class, immersive titles and interactive experiences that resonate with strategy gamers worldwide and entertain millions of casual players every day.

Job Overview

As a Senior Programmer at Smoking Gun Interactive (SGI), you’re a talented and driven person who enjoys working on great projects. You have experience in a variety of areas of game development and are able and willing to work on any area of game programming needed, with a focus on full-stack development including Unreal Engine 5. You’re experienced in mentoring and training programmers, proactively helping others when appropriate.

Whilst this position is being offered on a remote basis, we are only able to consider applicants who are currently located within the greater Vancouver area.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Lead Programmer & Technical Director to establish a unified technology vision for the project including writing and reviewing technical design documents;
• Produce high-quality, efficient, clean, and modular code;
• Show proactivity in identifying tasks/problems that need tackling, outside of known scheduled work, from refactoring to bug fixing;
• Provide mentorship and training for programmers to create an atmosphere of cooperation and learning;
• Provide and accept feedback on all aspects of code quality (performance, readability, testability, design).

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience as a programmer in the game industry
• A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent;
• Passion for playing and creating innovative games – you consider yourself a gamer;
• 3+ years’ experience using Unreal Engine 4 or 5;
• Shipped at least one game as a senior or lead programmer using Unreal Engine 4 or 5;
• A natural affinity for being strongly self-motivated and an independent worker;
• Expert working knowledge of C++, Standard Library and Object-Oriented Design;
• Experience with Unreal Engine’s C++, Blueprints, creating in-engine tools and improving/extending Unreal Engine;
• Strong understanding of general and 3D math, statistics and probability;
• Excellent problem-solving abilities, proven ability to tackle hard problems in creative ways;
• Excellent Oral and written communication skills;
• A positive attitude with a desire to work within a team environment towards a common goal;
• Impressive ability to estimate workload and execute on the work in the time estimated.

It would also be helpful if you had:

• Any of the following languages, C#, Java, Lua, HLSL/Cg shaders;
• Mobile: iOS, Android;
• Console: Switch, Xbox, PlayStation;
• Test Driven Development;
• Visual Studio, Perforce;
• Unit testing and TDD for server development;
• C# server environments, AWS, Azure, GCP;
• Running a live server environment and supporting operations.

Benefits & Perks

• 10 days vacation leave
• 5 paid days personal leave
• 7 paid sick days
• Life Insurance & Accidental Death & Dismemberment
• Dependent Life Insurance
• Long Term Disability (LTD)
• Extended Healthcare Benefit
• Dental Care
• RRSP matching
• Hybrid working/Remote
• Training & Development

Salary Range: $100,000 - $140,000 CAD

Smoking Gun Interactive is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran’s status, age or disability.

Keywords Studios is dedicated to following a well-established Equal Opportunities Policy. We endeavor to create a workplace which provides for equal opportunities for all employees and potential employees.

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Role Information: EN
Studio: Smoking Gun
Location: Americas, Canada, Vancouver
Area of Work: Game Development
Service: Create
Employment Type: Full Time
Working Pattern: Remote