Senior 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

We’re looking for an experienced Senior Programmer to help lead development on a licensed IP title across our portfolio of video games for modern (PlayStation, Nintendo, Steam, and Xbox) and retro platforms.

You’ll take ownership of core gameplay and systems work, drive technical decisions, mentor other programmers, and collaborate closely with design, art, audio, production, and QA to ship high-quality features on schedule.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the design, implementation, and delivery of gameplay and engine features from concept to final integration.
• Lead technical planning for assigned areas (milestones, task breakdowns, risk management, estimation).
• Drive performance optimisation and stability across target platforms.
• Review code and enforce coding standards, architecture guidelines, and best practices.
• Mentor and support junior programmers through guidance, feedback, and knowledge sharing.
• Work closely with other disciplines to support content integration (art/animation/audio), resolve technical blockers, and maintain quality.
• Own bug fixing in your area, including investigation, root‑cause analysis.
• Provide clear progress updates, highlight risks early, and help keep delivery on track.

What We’re Looking For

• Professional experience in game development.
• Strong C/C++ and C# skills, with a proven track record of shipping features in production codebases (other languages a bonus).
• Experience shipping on at least one platform (PC/console) and understanding of platform constraints, certification considerations, and performance budgets (experience across multiple platforms is a plus).
• Deep debugging and problem‑solving ability (profilers, call stacks, memory issues, race conditions).
• Solid software design/architecture skills: writing maintainable systems, refactoring safely, and making pragmatic trade‑offs.
• Comfortable working with version control and collaborative workflows (Git).
• Experience working with build systems and tooling (CI, automated builds, scripting, asset pipelines).
• Strong communication skills: able to explain technical concepts clearly, collaborate cross‑functionally, and support team decision‑making.
• A proactive mindset: identifies risks/opportunities, proposes solutions, and follows through.
• Experience working with Licensed IP holders is a plus.

What You’ll Gain

• A key role on PC and console game projects, with ownership over impactful systems and features.
• Opportunities to influence technical direction, improve pipelines, and help shape how we build and ship games.
• Collaboration with a multi-disciplinary team across design, art, audio, QA, and production.
• A supportive, inclusive studio environment where leadership and quality engineering are valued.

Benefits

• Life insurance
• Private medical insurance