
Senior Gameplay Programmer
Sandbox VR
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Vancouver • Canada
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Salary
💰 CA$103,903 - CA$134,436 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Work to implement game mechanics and AI behaviors for our compelling 6-person multiplayer experiences & provide mentorship to other programmers
- Consistently push the limits of the Unity game engine to maximize the quality of each VR experience.
- Keep up with the latest features and optimization techniques and decide if, when, and how to incorporate them.
- Find or develop tools and processes to make the development process more efficient.
- Actively contribute to creative maintainable code that can be reused across experiences.
- Own key areas of the experience from technical perspective
- Experiment with game design and use rapid prototyping to develop features, all while ensuring that strong architectural and algorithmic decisions are made.
- Work closely with art and design to create and iterate on gameplay features.
- Fix bugs in existing gameplay systems as required.
- Contribute ideas toward all aspects of the VR experience’s production and development processes. Write robust, maintainable code.
Requirements
- You've been a software or feature group team lead and can share your philosophy of leadership as well as specific examples of where you've put that philosophy into action.
- Exceptional C# programming skills with at least 5 years of software programming experience.
- You must also have significant experience in programming with the Unity engine.
- You have a proven track record, have shipped at least 2 commercial games (PC or Console preferred) and have been involved in each step of the development process from concept stage all the way through to the final release.
- You can share awesome stories of your incredible successes or crushing failures and what you learned from each experience.
- You play video games very frequently and have a strong understanding of current gaming trends and popular games releases.
- It’s a big plus for us if you have your own VR headset and regularly play VR games.
Benefits
- Significant equity grants in a rapidly growing organization
- Private medical benefits
- Hybrid work model (3 days a week onsite)
- Retirement plan
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
C#Unitygame mechanicsAI behaviorsVR developmentgame designrapid prototypingalgorithmic decisionsbug fixingmaintainable code
Soft Skills
leadershipmentorshipcreativitycollaborationproblem-solvingcommunicationadaptabilitycritical thinkingstorytellingexperience sharing