Sandbox VR

Senior Gameplay Programmer

Sandbox VR

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: VancouverCanada

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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
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Hard Skills & Tools
C#Unitygame mechanicsAI behaviorsVR developmentgame designrapid prototypingalgorithmic decisionsbug fixingmaintainable code
Soft Skills
leadershipmentorshipcreativitycollaborationproblem-solvingcommunicationadaptabilitycritical thinkingstorytellingexperience sharing