Senior Systems Programmer for Large-Scale RTS Game (On-site)

United States Digital Space LLC; Basingstoke; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site parking

Company pension

Sick pay

Team lunch and snack days

Travel season ticket loan

Job summary

The company Limited is hiring a Senior Programmer to join a core engineering team building a large-scale real-time strategy game. You will own major systems, mentor junior engineers and shape the architecture of a custom engine designed for stability and high performance under heavy load.

You will work across gameplay, networking, tools and engine infrastructure, tackling design, implementation and shipping of complex systems from start to finish.

Qualifications

• 7+ years professional programming experience in the games industry.
• Multiple shipped titles from recognised game studios.
• Expert knowledge of C#; strong C++ experience is a significant plus.
• Deep understanding of game engine architecture.
• Extensive experience with performance profiling and optimisation.
• Experience mentoring other programmers and leading technical decisions.
• UK-based or willing to relocate.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and own major gameplay, simulation and engine systems
• Profile and optimise CPU, memory and network performance across the codebase
• Lead architecture decisions for simulation, networking and tools
• Mentor and review code from junior and mid-level programmers
• Build internal tools for design, content and QA workflows
• Contribute to multiplayer netcode and server infrastructure
• Establish coding standards, documentation and code review practices
• Solve hard problems involving large datasets, concurrency and numerical precision

Skills

C#

C++

Game engine architecture

Performance profiling

Multithreading

Mentoring

Code review

Networking/servers

Education

Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics or related field

Tools

Unity

Unreal Engine

Git

Perforce

CI/CD tooling

Job description

The company Limited is hiring a Senior Programmer to join a core engineering team building a large-scale real-time strategy game. You will own major systems, mentor junior engineers and shape the architecture of a custom engine designed for stability and high performance under heavy load.

You will work across gameplay, networking, tools and engine infrastructure, tackling design, implementation and shipping of complex systems from start to finish.