Aardvark Swift is supporting Build a Rocket Boy in their search for a Senior UI Programmer! In this role, you will be responsible for designing and implementing UI systems and features with minimal guidance. You will provide technical support and mentoring to junior members of staff, and will report to the Studio Programming Lead.
To be successful in this role, you should be proactive in dealing with other disciplines to resolve problems quickly and elicit clear requirements to translate them into flexible reusable solutions. As well as solving challenging new technical problems, you will have a good understanding of best practice and standard techniques across a range of UI systems and will keep up-to-date on innovations within the industry.
As a Senior UI Programmer, you will...
Deliver high quality UI systems, widgets, features using appropriate levels of abstraction
Identify and debug technical problems quickly and efficiently
Prioritise, plan and manage the time of assigned tasks with minimal oversight
Help define the technical direction and develop innovative solutions for UI problems
Help mentor junior members of the gameplay programming team and communicate clearly with other team members with minimal external help
Use appropriate data structures and algorithms to maximise efficiency (for both development time and runtime performance)
Be vigilant for and report new problems, delays and risks to the appropriate Lead/Director
For this role, you'll need...
Proficiency in C++ programming and debugging skills
Strong knowledge in UI programming trade-offs (performance, memory usage and workflow).
To be able to implement complex UIs and widgets based on high level design input with minimal assistance.
Strong communication skills, comfortable working across teams and mentoring staff
Extensive algorithm and data structure skills (including time and space complexity and real-world vs theoretical performance)
An ability to understand and utilise multi-threading primitives
Capability reading and quickly understanding complex code
To be self-motivated and driven to creatively solve problems
The ability to plan the work to build an UI system including external dependencies with minimal input
Videogame programming experience on UI systems, including having shipped at least one AAA PC/console title
Bachelor’s degree with a Computer Science/Software Engineering focus or similar experience
Build A Rocket Boy is developing EVERYWHERE; an experience with a breadth of unimaginable gameplay adventure. The studio was founded by industry leading veterans whose credits include some of the best selling and most loved games of all time.
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