Hybrid Programmer

at Old World Industries

• Job title: Programmer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Junior, Mid level
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Unreal Engine
• Location requirements: Hybrid, New Westminster, Canada

About the role

• Programmer contributing to Unreal Engine based multiplayer games for Offworld Industries. Collaborating with programming and testing teams, focusing on game performance and system integration.

Responsibilities

• Being one of the key contributors in Unreal Engine based multiplayer games.
• Advising, designing, prototyping, implementing and refining core game systems.
• Analyzing, identifying and improving game performance.
• Adapting to unfamiliar areas of code or concepts when investigating a problem.
• Work closely with the rest of the programming team to assist in development, to be a positive contributor to improvement and integration of new code.
• Coordinating with the testing team to work on fixes for bugs.
• Working with members of other departments on cross-department features [e.g.,sound, animation, VFX]
• Integrating third-party SDKs and Unreal Engine updates.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or equivalent
• 2+ years of experience as a software engineer, preferably in the games industry
• Experience using C++
• Understanding of the Unreal Engine Networking Stack and familiarity with multiplayer systems
• Experience with debugging tools and automated testing frameworks
• Comfortable working independently as well as collaboratively in a team environment
• Familiarity with profiling tools and basic performance optimization techniques
• Basic proficiency with command line tools and scripting
• Experience with Unreal Engine is considered a plus
• Exposure to AI systems in game development is considered an asset
• Fluency in English (written and spoken)

Benefits

• Extended health and dental benefits
• 2 weeks of paid vacation
• Wonderful colleagues!