Studio: Archiact Interactive
Job Opening: Senior or Lead Unreal Engineer
Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities:
- Contribute well-structured high-quality code, game enhancements, and features.
- Design and document full vertical slices of the game.
- Collaborate continuously with a team (artists, game designers, and producers) throughout the project life-cycle to deliver high quality games through iteratively building solutions.
- Assist in guiding and mentoring a team of bright engineers to improve the whole technical team and process through inclusive leadership.
- Develop frameworks and libraries that can be used across different VR games.
- Handle and problem solve issues related to various gaming platforms (PC, console, etc.) to ensure the game is fully functional on the desired operating system.
- Support optimization of systems and deal with issues such as bug fixes and systems crashes.
- Work closely with designers to understand and refine design intentions through rapid iteration and prototyping.
- Be a go-to expert and take ownership for key areas of technology.
- Seek opportunities for learning new technologies and systems in order to leverage them in creative ways to be able to meet the Studio’s technical and business needs.
- Provide effort estimates to guide the evolving development plan through assessing project requirements.
- Spearhead the improvement of our engineering practices for better design, testing, and implementation.
Qualifications & Skills:
- 3+ years of related professional industry experience.
- Must have shipped a commercial console or PC game.
- Experience working on at least one high-quality title on Console or PC.
- Proficient in C++, Blueprints and Unreal Engine or Unity.
- Familiar with Agile and Scrum project management principles and practices
- Strong documentation and tools skills (JIRA, Perforce, Slack, Confluence).
- Working knowledge of algorithms, data structures, and software design patterns.
- Strong understanding of linear algebra and essential 3D mathematics.
- Experience working with cross-functional teams.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- A self-starter with a strong work ethic.
- A team-player attitude with the ability to collaborate effectively with various stakeholders in a fast-paced environment.
Nice to Have:
- 1+ years of experience as a mentor to other software engineers.
- Experience shipping AAA games on multiple platforms.
- Experience working with VR/AR.
- Diploma or Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related technical discipline.
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