Job Overview:As a
Lead Programmer at Smoking Gun Interactive (SGI), you're a talented and driven person who enjoys working on great projects. You have experience in a variety of areas of game development and are able and willing to work on any area of game programming needed, with a focus on full-stack development experience. You're experienced in mentoring and training programmers and are responsible for the oversight and management of a team of programmers.
*Whilst this position is being offered on a remote basis, we are only able to consider applicants who are currently located in BC, and ideally within the greater Vancouver areaRequirementsIn this role, you will:- Collaborate with the Technical Director to establish a unified technology vision for the project including writing and reviewing technical design documents;
- Produce high-quality, efficient, clean, and modular code;
- Collect and document users' requirements and develop logical specifications;
- Research, evaluate and synthesize technical information to design, develop and test computer-based systems;
- Develop data, process and network models to optimize architecture and to evaluate the performance and reliability of designs;
- Plan, design and co-ordinate the development, integration and operation of computer-based systems;
- Assess, test, troubleshoot, document, upgrade and develop maintenance procedures for applications software;
- Lead and co-ordinate teams in the development of software and integrated information systems, process control software and other embedded software control systems;
- Show proactivity in identifying tasks/problems that need tackling, outside of known scheduled work, from refactoring to bug fixing;
- Be able to go above and beyond in their daily tasks as required;
- Provide mentorship and training for programmers to create an atmosphere of cooperation and learning;
- Provide and accept feedback on all aspects of code quality (performance, readability, testability, design);
- Demonstrate forward thinking in regards to what impact design and implementation decisions will have on the overall project during each phase of development;
- Work with Production in the creation and risk-management of project milestone goals and schedules;
- Coordinate the hiring, supervising and managing of other members of the team.
To be successful in this role, you must have:- 5+ years' experience as a programmer in the game industry and or related field;
- A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent;
- Passion for playing and creating innovative games - you consider yourself a gamer;
- Shipped at least one game as a senior or lead programmer;
- A natural affinity for being strongly self-motivated and an independent worker;
- Expert working knowledge of C++ and C#, Standard Library and Object Oriented Design;
- Strong understanding of general and 3D math, statistics and probability;
- Excellent problem-solving abilities, proven ability to tackle hard problems in creative ways;
- Excellent oral and written communication skills;
- A positive attitude with a desire to work within a team environment towards a common goal;
- An impressive ability to estimate work load and execute on the work in the time estimated;
- Contributed to planning product releases alongside production or project management;
- Mentored multiple programmers in both coding capabilities and forwarding their career.
It would also be great if you had experience with:- Any of the following languages, Java, Lua, HLSL/Cg shaders;
- Mobile: iOS, Android;
- Test Driven Development;
- Visual Studio, Perforce;
- Unit testing and TDD for server development;
- C# server environments, AWS, Azure, GCP;
- Running a live server environment and supporting operations.
Benefits- 10 days vacation leave
- 5 paid days personal leave
- 7 paid sick days
- Life Insurance & Accidental Death & Dismemberment
- Dependent Life Insurance
- Long Term Disability (LTD)
- Extended Healthcare Benefit
- Dental Care
- Hybrid working
- Training & Development
Salary Range: 110,000 to 140,000 CAD
Role Information: EN
Studio: Smoking Gun
Location: Americas, Canada, Vancouver
Area of Work: Game Development
Service: Create
Employment Type: Full Time
Working Pattern: Remote
