Company Description
Smoking Gun Interactive, a Keywords Studio , is an industry-leading game development studio founded in 2007 by award-winning industry veterans. SGI is fearless in creating IP and boldly partners with renowned brands to develop a wide range of world-class, immersive titles and interactive experiences that resonate with strategy gamers worldwide and entertain millions of casual players every day.
Job Overview:
As a Programmer at Smoking Gun Interactive (SGI), you’re enthusiastic and driven to work on great projects. You have a keen desire to work in Games on various components depending on need. You don’t shy away from a challenge and are eager to take on new opportunities.
*Whilst this position is being offered on a remote basis, we are only able to consider applicants who are currently located in BC, and ideally within the greater Vancouver area
In this role, you will:
• Produce high-quality, efficient, clean, and modular code;
• Creatively resolve game technology production issues;
• Be able to meet production schedules and deadlines;
• Proactively identify tasks/problems that need tackling, outside of known scheduled work;
• Provide and accept feedback on all aspects of code quality (performance, readability, testability, design).
To be successful in this role, you must have:
• 2+ years of C++ experience as a Programmer in the game industry and or related field (inclusive of a Co-op term or internship);
• A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent;
• A passion for playing and creating innovative games;
• Strong self motivated as an independent worker;
• Excellent problem solving abilities, proven ability to tackle hard problems in creative ways;
• Excellent oral and written communication skills;
• A positive attitude with a desire to work within a team environment towards a common goal;
• The ability to estimate work load and execute on the work in the time estimated.
It would also be helpful if you had:
• Programming in the Gaming industry;
• Shipped Experience;
• Game Engine experience in Unreal Engine 4 or 5/Unity;
• Mobile: iOS, Android;
• Working Knowledge of C#;
• Console programming experience, Xbox One and/or PS4.