UI Developer

Jobtailor; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Cambridge, United Kingdom is seeking a UI developer to contribute to, learn about and improve our UI code across projects and platforms. You will collaborate with UI Designers, Gameplay programmers and other UI developers to build prototypes and fully featured UI screens and components.

You will translate UI designs into working UI solutions, write optimised, well-readable code, and gain experience with debugging tools and performance profiling in real-time applications.

Qualifications

• Familiar with at least one high-level language such as C#, Lua, JS, TypeScript, AS3 or Java.
• Experience with or knowledge of debugging tools and how to diagnose bugs.
• Awareness of performance constraints in real-time applications with some profiling experience.
• Comfortable weaving assets from Designers into UI components.
• Excellent attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Learn about and help to develop quality UI code across various projects and platforms.
• Contribute to, learn about and improve our codebase and tools to create UI features.
• Collaborate with UI Designers, Gameplay programmers and other UI developers to build prototypes and fully featured UI screens and components.
• Work closely with the team to understand problems and collaboratively develop smart solutions.
• Create optimised and performant well readable code.
• Learn how to understand and translate UI designs creatively into workable UI solutions.

Skills

C#

Lua

JavaScript

TypeScript

AS3

Java

Debugging tools

Profiling tools

Tools

Debugger tools

Profiling tools

Job description

• Learn about and help to develop quality UI code across various projects and platforms.
• Contribute to, learn about and improve our codebase and tools to create UI features.
• Collaborate with UI Designers, Gameplay programmers and other UI developers to build prototypes and fully featured UI screens and components.
• Work closely with the team to understand problems and collaboratively develop smart solutions.
• Create optimised and performant well readable code.
• Learn how to understand and translate UI designs creatively into workable UI solutions.

Requirements

• Familiar with at least one high-level language, E.g. C#, LUA, JS, TypeScript, AS3 or Java.
• Experience with or knowledge of languages' debugging tools and how to use them to diagnose bugs.
• Awareness of the performance constraints real-time applications have and has at least some experience profiling and optimizing their code.
• Comfortable weaving assets provided by Designers and Artists into new or existing UI’s.
• Excellent attention to detail.

Core Competencies

Proficient in developing quality UI code using high-level programming languages while collaborating effectively with designers and developers to create optimized and performant UI solutions. Strong attention to detail and ability to translate UI designs into functional components.