Experienced Software Engineer

Hardlightstudio; Royal Leamington Spa; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in game development is seeking an Experienced Software Engineer to join their dynamic team at SEGA HARDlight in Royal Leamington Spa. You'll be involved in crafting innovative mobile gaming experiences and tackling diverse challenges in a collaborative environment. This role offers opportunities to shape game features and contribute to ongoing live title updates, all while enjoying a flexible working arrangement.

Benefits

Flexible benefits package including healthcare and pension schemes

Wellbeing support like duvet days and health checks

Flexible work-from-home options

Annual performance bonuses

Free SEGA games and tech discounts

Discounted gym membership

Training time each year for skill improvement

Qualifications

• Strong software engineering skills with high level of C# or C++ experience.
• Great communication skills and an appreciation for the development process.
• Experience with continuous integration, source control, and code review software.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement game systems and project features.
• Collaborate with lead engineers to maintain high technical architecture standards.
• Mentor junior team members and uphold coding practices.

Skills

C#

C++

Problem-solving

Communication

Object-Oriented Programming

Tools

Unity

Node.js

Job description

Experienced Software Engineer

We are looking for an Experienced Software Engineer who will be a key member of our game development team here at SEGA HARDlight working across our live free-to-play mobile games. With our live titles no two days are the same, with a variety of challenges to keep you engrossed. We release regular updates to keep our games fresh and relevant for our highly engaged player base, with tie-ins across the SEGA world like the Sonic Movies. You will work collaboratively with the teams here at HARDlight to consistently push what's possible across a wide range of formats.

With a small and dynamic team, you will have a large variety of work, as well as the freedom to develop creative solutions to the problems you come across.

Responsibilities

• Job Seniority: Junior -> Experienced -> Senior -> Principal/Lead
  
• Work as a key member of the software engineering team to design and implement game systems & project features

• Collaborate with the Lead Software Engineering to conceive and maintain a high standard of technical architecture

• Assist with planning, work estimation, and task scheduling

• Work with the other departments to complete work on time to a high standard

• Mentor junior team members

• Adhere to and enforce good software engineering practices and company technical standards

• Care about the games we are making and how they can be better

Essential Skills & Experience

• Strong software engineering skills are essential. You have a high level of C# or C++ experience, and a passion for problem-solving

• You have great communication skills

• You care about the development process and improve it at every opportunity

• Good understanding of Object-Oriented programming techniques

• Working with continuous integration, source control, and code review software

Desirable

• Enjoys free-to-play titles and has an appreciation of the technology that makes free-to-play games successful

• Experience in multiple areas of game development technology

• Unity and Node.js experience is a bonus

• Experience with client/server technologies is beneficial, as well as with networking, database engines, and server infrastructure

• Experience with running a live product, regular update releases, and development of live-ops focused tools

Why work atHARDlight

• Access to a comprehensive flexible benefits package that includes ULEV car salary sacrifice, life assurance, income protection, private healthcare & dental insurance schemes, and an enhanced contributory pension scheme

• Wellbeing and work life balance support that includes duvet day, volunteer day, free health check and annual flu jab

• 20 flexible work from home days, that increase to 26 with long service

• Annual personal performance and studio profit related bonus scheme

• Free SEGA games on Steam and home technology discounts

• Discounted gym membership and ride-to-work scheme

• Set of core hours with flexible start and end times

• 12 days of training time a year to help improve your skills

This role is based on site at our Leamington Spa studio, UK. We offer hybrid working allowing Monday and Friday as work from home days.