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Senior Gameplay Programmer

Job Title:

Senior Gameplay Programmer

Employment Status:

Full Time - 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 Senior Gameplay 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 closely with game designers and the lead programmer to analyze and implement gameplay features.
  • Work on various other aspects of the game including artificial intelligence, path finding and navigation, user interface, sound, tools integration, networking, etc.

 

Requirements:

  • An interest in working on gameplay features and any other area that needs attention.
  • Experience shipping at least four products as a programmer.
  • College degree and/or 8 years of equivalent experience as a Programmer in the industry.
  • Strong experience with C++.
  • Very good mathematics skills (trigonometry, geometry and linear algebra).
  • Excellent communication skills.

Assets:

  • Formal Engineering degree, Computer Science degree
  • A love for games!
  • LUA, Perl, Python, or other interpreted languages
  • Experience with console and cross-platform development
  • UI design experience
  • C# experience is a definite plus
  • Anti-cheating experience
  • Security experience

Location:

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

 

To Apply:

Please email your cover letter, resume, and a link to your work to jobs@relic.com

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