The people who made A Good Snowman Is Hard To Build and Cosmic Express are looking for an experienced programmer to join our growing team and work alongside Ben on the existing codebase.
Requirements:
- Experience with gameplay programming in C# in Unity.
- Experience with optimizing Unity games.
- Ability to operate independently and provide advice on best practices.
- Great communication and teamwork skills.
- Must have shipped at least 1 commercial game title.
- Ability to work in UK timezone at least a couple of days a week.
Bonus nice to haves:
- Have shipped to console, PC, and mobile.
- Experience with implementing puzzle game logic, character animation, or character controls.
- Tech art experience implementing shaders and making things look great.
- Enthusiasm for thinky puzzle games like A Good Snowman Is Hard To Build and Cosmic Express.
- Enthusiasm for beautiful narrative experiences.
What we offer:
- A competitive contractor rate.
- Flexible work hours.
- Rev share (on top of pay, not instead of).
- A pristine codebase that definitely isn’t terrible no way.
This is a paid position, starting late March, either part-time or full-time until at least April 2020. If we ask you during the interview process to do trial-run work you would be paid for that time also. You will be expected to provide your own work space, laptop, and internet connection. All the software we use is free online software: Slack, Skype, Google Docs, Google Calendar, Unity, etc.
Women/non-white/trans/queer people are encouraged to apply.
To apply, email jobs@draknek.org with the subject line “[Name] - Game programmer job”. Applications should address why you feel you are suitable to the role, and reference relevant experience. Initial application deadline is March 1, with a rolling application period after that if we don’t find the right person immediately.