Lead Gameplay & Systems Programmer

Bitmap Bureau Ltd.; Southampton; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life insurance

Private medical insurance

Job summary

Bitmap Bureau Ltd. seeks an experienced Senior Programmer to lead development on a licensed IP title across PlayStation, Nintendo, Steam, Xbox, and retro platforms.

You will own core gameplay and systems work, drive technical decisions, mentor other programmers, and collaborate with design, art, audio, production, and QA to ship high-quality features on schedule. You’ll drive performance, review code, and maintain quality across PC and console targets, while proactively identifying risks and

Qualifications

• Professional game development experience.
• Proven C/C++ and C# skills with shipped features.
• Experience shipping on PC/console platforms and understanding platform constraints.
• Strong debugging and problem-solving abilities.
• Solid software design/architecture skills.
• Familiarity with Git and collaborative workflows.
• Experience with build systems, CI, and scripting.
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration.
• Proactive risk identification and solution proposals.
• Experience with Licensed IP holders is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own the design, implementation, and delivery of gameplay and engine features from concept to integration.
• Lead technical planning for milestones, estimations and risk management.
• Drive performance optimisation and stability across platforms.
• Review code and enforce standards and architecture guidelines.
• Mentor junior programmers and share knowledge.
• Collaborate with design, art, audio, production, and QA to ship features on schedule.
• Own bug fixing, investigate root causes, and provide progress updates.

Skills

C/C++

C#

Platform experience

Debugging & profiling

Software design

Version control

CI & build tooling

Scripting

Asset pipelines

Communication

Proactive problem-solving

IP licensing experience

Mentoring

Tools

Git

CI/CD tooling

Profilers

Build systems

Memory analysis tools

Job description

Bitmap Bureau Ltd. seeks an experienced Senior Programmer to lead development on a licensed IP title across PlayStation, Nintendo, Steam, Xbox, and retro platforms.

You will own core gameplay and systems work, drive technical decisions, mentor other programmers, and collaborate with design, art, audio, production, and QA to ship high-quality features on schedule. You’ll drive performance, review code, and maintain quality across PC and console targets, while proactively identifying risks and