Seismic Squirrel
Videogame studio, makers of Aether & Iron.
Senior Unity Game Engineer
Location
Washington
Posted
41 days ago
Salary
$62 - $75 / hour
8 yrs expExperience acceptedEnglishCloudUnity.net
Job Description
• Lead engineering efforts, mentoring, effectively coordinating and delegating engineering duties
• Prototype new gameplay ideas and mechanics
• Creatively apply engineering best practices to implement architecture and programming for our games
• Own and support our DevOps pipelines utilizing tools including Unity Cloud Build and Bitbucket
• Identify and modify existing frameworks according to our project needs, building some game frameworks and subsystems from scratch as needed
• Engage in all aspects of game programming: Systems, UI / UX, APIs, internationalization and localization, optimization, and instrumentation
• Expand games from PC to console platforms
• Troubleshoot code and fix bugs
• Mentor junior programmers
• Educate and explain programming concerns to the rest of the Development Team
• Work with the Design Team to maintain UX quality throughout the development process
• Actively collaborate with the rest of the Development Team, openly communicating progress and problems, helping us set realistic project timelines and expectations
• Participate in internal game testing and feedback
• Help to create and maintain core technical documentation
• Balance and prioritize tasks to meet deadlines, working within agreed timeframes and budgets
Job Requirements
- 8+ years of professional Unity videogame engineering experience developing for PC / console
- Must have successfully shipped game titles in the senior engineering role
- Strong Unity programming experience, specifically with turn-based combat games for PC / console
- Experienced creating and balancing combat AI
- Deep understanding of Unity and the performance impact of game architecture
- Adept at object-oriented programming and design principles using C# and the .NET platform
- Familiar with software engineering best practices, design patterns, and unit testing.
- Strong self-discipline, motivated, a self-starter with a drive for excellence
- Organized, detail-oriented, able to work fast and loose or carefully with quality when each is needed
- Courteous and patient, able to give and receive constructive and inspirational feedback gracefully
- Able to work effectively with people having a variety of personalities and backgrounds.
- Wise leadership skills with high emotional intelligence, a respected mentor across disciplines.
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