Associate Engine Lead Programmer

2 Weeks ago • 6-8 Years • Game Programmer • Game Engine

Job Summary

Job Description

Larian Studios seeks an Associate Engine Lead Programmer to contribute to upcoming projects. Responsibilities include leading, mentoring, and coaching the Engine team; assisting in recruitment; managing code reviews and documentation; collaborating with other programming leads; maintaining, porting, and extending the proprietary engine across multiple platforms; debugging and optimizing code; demonstrating a passion for low-level coding and performance analysis; and ensuring timely, high-quality task completion. The ideal candidate possesses demonstrable lead/management experience, extensive game programming experience, excellent C++ skills, strong mentoring abilities, a strong technical background, upper-intermediate English proficiency, a passion for game development, experience with DirectX 12 and Vulkan, proficiency with CPU/GPU profiling tools, and multi-threading expertise.
Must have:
  • Lead/Manage Engine Team
  • Extensive game programming experience
  • Excellent C++ skills
  • DirectX 12 & Vulkan experience
  • Strong mentoring abilities

Job Details

With multiple awards to our name, Larian Studios has proven that we’re dedicated to delivering high-quality role-playing games. As we move on to new projects, the studio that brought you Baldur’s Gate 3 & Divinity: Original Sin 2 is looking for an Associate Engine Lead Programmer to join the team and help us in crafting the high calibre games our fans have come to expect.

Responsibilities

    • Lead, mentor and coach our Engine team
    • Assist with recruiting of Engine Programmers
    • Manage code reviews and code features documentation
    • Work in tandem with Larian Studios other programming Leads
    • Assist in maintaining, porting and extending our proprietary engine on multiple platforms
    • Debug and optimize code to hit quality and performance targets
    • Show a strong passion for low level coding and a big interest in performance analysis
    • Complete all tasks in a timely manner and to a consistent high quality standard 
    • Develop well designed software within project schedule to team standards
    • Show strong passion for making the highest quality state of the art games 
    • Communicate in English and Russian freely
    • Safeguard company assets including source code, art work, tools, technical know-how

Requirements

    • Demonstrable Lead or Management experience
    • Extensive experience programming for games
    • Excellent C++ skills
    • Strong mentor and coaching ability
    • Strong technical background (Bachelor/Master degree in computer science)
    • Upper-intermediate English
    • Passion for making and playing great games
    • Experience with graphics APIs like Directx 12 and Vulkan
    • Experience with a wide range of CPU and GPU profiling tools
    • Multi threading should be second nature
We are looking for highly motivated individuals with ever-evolving skillsets and passion for player experience. If you want to contribute to making amazing RPG experiences, we would love to hear from you.

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About The Company

In 1996, in a small office in Ghent, Belgium, Larian Studios was born. Since then, our passion to create a world class video games has driven the Divinity series - six games that straddle multiple genres and defy expectations. Our first crowdfunded success, Divinity: Original Sin, won over 150 awards and nominations, and the recently-released sequel Divinity: Original Sin 2 launched with a 93 Metacritic rating, as well as over 160 awards (Including the Bafta for Best Multiplayer Game) and counting! Thanks to the success of these two games, our family has grown to over 400 people around the world, working in our Ghent, Quebec, Dublin, Kuala Lumpur, Guildford and Barcelona studios. Our latest title Baldur's Gate 3 released in 2023 to critical acclaim and is now listed among Metacritic's Must-Play games.

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