Audio Programmer
Job Description
- Experience developing audio systems in games
- Familiarity with Total War games
- Excellent C++ skills
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively
- Ability to meet deadlines
- Passion for making games
- Professional Audiokinetic Wwise experience
- Work from Anywhere for a temporary period each year
- Enhanced holiday allowance
- Bespoke relocation package
- Private medical and dental insurance
- Generous holiday allowance
- Join our Diversity and Inclusion Network
- Season ticket travel loans and cycle to work scheme
- Wellbeing support and virtual confidential counselling
- Community activities
This an excellent opportunity to join our growing team at Horsham, in the heart of West Sussex.
You will be working as part of the Total War Audio Programming team which provides support across all our franchise projects. You will also collaborate and work alongside our dedicated team of sound designers and dialogue engineers. Supporting a varied number of games, tools and technologies, you will be an integral part of delivering the immersive audio experience our fans have come to expect from our games.
This role is Hybrid and has an expectation of a minimum of 2 days per week in our Horsham studio.
Key Responsibilities
In the role of Audio Programmer, you will be working with the current Total War team. Using your excellent coding skills and expertise, you will be working and collaborating to improve our existing audio gameplay and craft new and compelling features for future Total War titles.
On a day to day basis you will help out our audio team by Implementing new audio gameplay features using Audiokinetic Wwise; Extending our in-house toolset and troubleshooting issues as they arise; Creating and maintaining tools for the sound team to use; and Gameplay feature implementation and tools to help with the audio QA process.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Essential
- Excellent C++ skills
- Ability to focus on work independently but also comfortable working in a collaborative environment
- Ability to understand and work to deadlines in a development environment
- Passion and interest in making games
- Professional Audiokinetic Wwise experience
Desirable
- Experience developing audio systems in games, research or other settings
- Familiarity with Total War games is a definite advantage
Creative Assembly crafts deep and detailed games that last, entertaining millions of players across the globe for decades.
We offer many benefits to support you and your family including:
- Work from Anywhere for a temporary period each year (restrictions apply such as VISAs)
- Enhanced holiday allowance, maternity and paternity breaks, flexibility with our core hours, and no-notice holidays
- Bespoke relocation package for you and your dependents
- Private medical and dental insurance, life insurance, permanent health insurance, critical illness cover and free health care screening
- Generous holiday allowance plus full studio closure over the Christmas and New Year period, and all Bank holidays
- Join our Diversity and Inclusion Network – an employee-led group
- Season ticket travel loans and cycle to work scheme with free bike servicing and discounted car valet service on site
- Wellbeing support and virtual confidential counselling
- Community activities including parties, football and more.
- Our studio sites have disabled access.
We are an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief.
