Intermediate Programmer

Dinosaur Polo Club, an award-winning video game studio in Wellington, New Zealand, is seeking an Intermediate Programmer to join their team. The role involves designing and implementing game systems, collaborating with other departments, participating in code reviews, and resolving bugs. The studio values work-life balance, diversity, and a supportive environment, offering opportunities for growth and a flexible workplace. Candidates should have 3+ years of programming experience, proficiency in Unity and C#, and a passion for creating high-quality video games.

Must Have

• Design and implement systems in game titles
• Liaise with other departments to ensure robust understanding of implementation requirements
• Regularly take part in code reviews, both offering and responding to feedback
• Work alongside community management and QA departments, tracking and resolving bugs
• Provide feedback on the studio’s workflow, tools, and technical direction
• Share knowledge with other team members
• Actively seek to develop a method of communicating understandable to those outside your immediate department
• 3+ years working in a programming role in games or software development
• Confidence and experience with Unity and C#
• Experience working through different stages of a project lifecycle
• Good personal organisational skills and initiative
• Good verbal and written communication skills, fluent in English
• An interest in developing unique and high-quality video games
• Dedication to working in a professional, inclusive, and supportive environment

Good to Have

• Experience with Git
• Experience with Python

Perks & Benefits

• A lovely bunch of skilled and enthusiastic team members
• Generous training allowance for conferences, workshops, courses and self-directed learning
• Dedicated training days
• Support structure including regular one-on-ones, feedback processes, and goal setting
• Team events such as regular social activities, quarterly pot-luck lunches, movie nights at the studio, holiday functions
• Healthy snacks, yummy treats and close proximity to some of Wellington’s best eateries
• Impressive array of locally made tea and coffee
• Quarterly personal discretionary wellness allowance
• Quarterly bonuses based on studio performance
• Monthly workplace massages
• Flexible workplace with core hours and optional work-from-home days

Permanent full-time on-site in Wellington, NZ – 32 hours per week – $81,000- 97,500 based on experience.

We're Dinosaur Polo Club, an award-winning video game studio of thirty lovely people making games in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand. Mini Metro and Mini Motorways are our released games, and we continue to support them. We are also working on new games which are at various stages of development. We’re looking for an intermediate programmer, or a junior programmer ready to step up to join our team to work on one of these games.

At Dinosaur Polo Club we value a healthy work-life balance where our Dinos can flourish both inside and outside of the studio. We have a creative team, opportunities for growth, and a wholesome, supportive studio environment.

We value diversity and believe that our team should be as varied and wonderful as the people who play our games all around the world. Differences such as disabilities, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity and any other aspects of various cultures and identities are important perspectives that contribute to an inclusive, well-rounded, and engaging work environment. We know we’re creating better games when we have varied perspectives and experiences contributing to them. Women, LGBTQ+ community, Māori and Pasifika – we want to hear from you!

What you’ll do in this role:

• Design and implement systems in game titles.
• Liaising with the other departments to ensure robust understanding of implementation requirements.
• Regularly take part in code reviews, both offering and responding to feedback from your peers.
• Work alongside our community management and QA departments, tracking and resolving bugs to support our players.
• Provide feedback on the studio’s workflow, tools, and technical direction.
• Share knowledge with other team members.
• Be a part of both a department and studio team, actively seeking to develop a method of communicating that is understandable to those outside of your immediate department.

The skills and experience we're looking for:

• 3+ years working in a programming role in games or software development.
• Confidence and experience with Unity and C#.
• Experience working through different stages of a project lifecycle.
• Good personal organisational skills and initiative.
• Good verbal and written communication skills, fluent in English.
• An interest in developing unique and high-quality video games.
• Dedication to working in a professional, inclusive, and supportive environment.
• Experience with Git and Python would be beneficial, but not required.

If you think you meet 60% of the requirements please consider putting in an application! We are keen to hear from candidates looking to stretch into this role as well as established developers.

What we can offer you:

• A lovely bunch of skilled and enthusiastic team members for you to work alongside.
• Generous training allowance for things such as conferences, workshops, courses and self-directed learning.
• Dedicated training days.
• Support structure including regular one-on-ones, feedback processes, and goal setting.
• Team events such as regular social activities, quarterly pot-luck lunches, movie nights at the studio, holiday functions and more.
• Healthy snacks, yummy treats and close proximity to some of Wellington’s best eateries! Plus an impressive array of locally made tea and coffee.
• Quarterly personal discretionary wellness allowance.
• Quarterly bonuses based on studio performance.
• Monthly workplace massages.
• Flexible workplace with core hours and optional work-from-home days.

Keen to apply?

If this strikes you as an exciting opportunity, click the button below and submit a CV and a cover letter outlining why you feel this would be the role for you. All applications will be reviewed by lovely humans and not A.I.

This position is permanent, full-time and on-site in beautiful Wellington, New Zealand so you’ll either be living in Wellington or be willing to relocate. We hope our new team member will be able to start late February / early March! We’re looking forward to hearing from you.

Applications Close on Monday 8th December.

If there is anything we can do to allow for easier participation in the recruitment or interview process, please reach out to our hiring team, on Careers@dinopoloclub.com.