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Senior/Lead Programmer

Job Requisition Number:

28765

Category:

Programming

Employment Status:

Permanent - Benefits

Department:

Programming

 

Job Description:

 Relic Entertainment, the award-winning developer of Homeworld, Dawn of War and Company of Heroes, is looking for an experienced and motivated LEAD PROGRAMMER to contribute to an exciting new action/adventure game for X360, PS3, and PC.

At Relic, we value work-life balance. And we don´t just talk about the concept - we live it. We manage projects to deliver the highest quality games within reasonable timeframes and budgets, and we enjoy a stable and supportive relationship with our parent company, THQ, one of the world’s largest publishers.

Please let us know if you are interested. We have a proven senior team of developers that are passionate about making great games.


Responsibilities

  • Work with Producer and other Leads to drive the implementation of the project’s technical vision via the programming team
  • Constantly assess the technical and schedule feasibility of the project’s design
  • Risk manage the project, and set quality levels for the project
  • Ensure code team deliverables are set and completed within time and quality expectations while adhering to and advancing internal standards
  • Work with me (Recruiter) to build the team as necessary
  • Be an “expert” resource for the project, and the studio
  • Develop and maintain each programming decision to ensure they accurately reflect the project’s vision and expectation of FUN
  • With the Producer and other Leads, develop programming prototype, pre-production and production plans
  • In conjunction with the Producer and Associate Producer, develop programming schedules to meet the demands of milestone expectations and budget restrictions
  • Manage tuning process to incorporate feedback from various sources (Dev Test, QA, Game Balance, Exec team)
  • Oversee, mentor and manage project’s Programming Team (including performance reviews)
  • Assign and monitor team members’ tasks, and identify and resolve issues
  • Stay in tune with emerging programming trends and products, know what is happening in the gaming marketplace

 

Requirements

  • Experience as a Lead Programmer on a video game project
  • Experience as a senior level Programmer on at least one shipped console or PC title
  • Thorough understanding of various programming languages (not limited to C++, Visual Basic)
  • Proven leadership and mentorship abilities
  • Proven ability to provide programming content
  • Successful multitasking skills, while not cracking under considerable pressure
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal)
  • Must be an avid game player, with a strong desire to push the envelope in industry technology

 Assets

  • Formal engineering degree, Computer Science degree
  • Experience with multi-platform development

Location:

 #1500 - 550 Burrard Street Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 2C1 Canada

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