Senior Programmer

Smoking Gun Interactive (SGI) is an industry leading independent game development studio focused on creating revolutionary gaming experiences. It was founded in 2007 by the award-winning industry veterans and creative forces behind Company of Heroes™. Since that time SGI has developed a wide range of games- from original IP, AAA game concepts, to mobile apps, console titles, and even immersive online experiences.

We offer competitive salaries, great benefits, and a creative and driven work environment with our passionate team of talented professionals on high quality projects.

As a Senior 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 interested in eventually moving into a leadership role.

In this role, you will:

• Collaborate with the Lead Programmer & 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;
• Show proactivity in identifying tasks/problems that need tackling, outside of known scheduled work, from refactoring to bug fixing;
• 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).

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++, 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;
• Impressive ability to estimate work load and execute on the work in the time estimated.

It would also be great if you had experience with:

• Any of the following languages, C#, 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.

Additional Information

Smoking Gun Interactive is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Language primarily used: English

Wage Range: $90,000-$120,000 annually

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