Lead Developer

1 Week ago • 3 Years + • Game Engine

Job Summary

Job Description

Lead Developer at Virtuos in Cergy, France. Responsibilities include executing development strategy, organizing tasks among developers, ensuring project objectives are met, guiding team decision-making, ensuring process compliance, contributing to critical feature implementation, reporting to the Technical Director, coaching team members, communicating with upper management, collaborating with other teams, proposing improvements, and ensuring quality and timely delivery. The role requires proficiency in C++, object-oriented programming, modern game engine architectures, and software engineering. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 3 years of game programming experience.
Must have:
  • 3+ years game programming experience
  • Proficient in C++ and OOP
  • Modern game engine architecture knowledge
  • Software engineering expertise
  • Understanding of code impact on performance
  • Strong communication skills (French & English)
Good to have:
  • Unreal Engine 5 experience
  • Shipped console/PC title
  • Optimization experience
  • Gameplay/Animation/Graphics/Tool development
Perks:
  • Work near Paris city center
  • Contribution to AAA titles
  • Team building activities
  • Gaming corners
  • Comprehensive healthcare
  • Remote work possibility
  • Relocation support
  • Career mobility opportunities

Job Details

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PLAY, GROW and WIN

To be a part of Virtuos means to be a creator.  

At Virtuos, we harness the latest technologies to make games better and more immersive than ever before. That is why we pride ourselves in constantly pushing the boundaries of possibility since our founding in 2004. 

Virtuosi is a team of experts – people who have come together to share their mutual passion for making and playing games. People with the same enthusiasm for exploring new ideas and the constant drive to excel in their field. People who believe in earning success through dedication.

At Virtuos, we are at the forefront of gaming, creating exciting new experiences daily. Join us to Play, Grow and Win – together.

ABOUT THE POSITION

Responsibilities

  • Make the team execute the development strategy defined in cooperation with the Technical Director; 
  • Organize tasks among developers and support them to establish the fairest estimates;
  • Commit the team to meeting all objectives according to producer’s goals;
  • Guide daily the team on the best choice to proceed in order to maximize the production safety;
  • Make sure the working processes are applied in a compliant way;
  • When needed, be part of the development, especially to implement the most critical features;
  • Report to the referent Technical Director and provide with all the necessary information.
  • Coach your team members on their skills by sharing knowledge and mentoring the junior ones;
  • Efficiently communicate messages to and from upper management;
  • Collaborate with other development, art or production teams, whatever local or remote;
  • Make propositions to improve existing functionalities, for the sake of the final quality of the game;
  • Make sure the provided work result fit the expected quality and is delivered on time;
  • When necessary, write or make write tech documents explaining the developed or studied systems;
  • Make sure the developer team deliver a clean, clearly commented and structured code, in respect of the suitable conditions of performance and reliability;

Qualifications

Must have qualifications

  • Minimum experience of 3 years in game programming or any equivalent in multimedia or 3D industry;
  • Proficient in C++ and object-oriented programming;
  • Familiar with modern game engine architectures;
  • Demonstrated expertise in software engineering;
  • Excellent understanding of the code impact on performance and memory utilization;
  • Autonomous, efficient and proactive attitude; 
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills, French and English both written and spoken; 

Nice to have qualifications 

  • Familiar with Unreal Engine 5 as well as its various features and API;
  • Has shipped one console or PC title at least;
  • Comfortable in optimization field;
  • Experience in Gameplay, Animation, Graphics or Tool development fields;

Position

Permanent contract located at Cergy, France. Partial work from home possible.

About Us

Founded in 2004, Virtuos is one of the largest independent video game development companies. We are headquartered in Singapore with over 4,200 employees across 25 offices in Asia, Europe, and North America. Specializing in full-cycle game development and art production, we have delivered high- quality content for more than 1,500 console, PC, and mobile games. Our clients include 23 of the top 25 gaming companies worldwide.
About Our Team
Founded in 2010 and later acquired by Virtuos in 2017, our Paris studio is located within the lush confines of Parc Saint-Christophe in Cergy – close to the city center of Paris and easily reachable by public transport.
Our studio has a full suite of capabilities to undertake projects of varying scopes, including co-developments, adaptations, and remasters of AAA games. A great example of this is our recently launched homemade game, Mahokenshi, which was released in January 2023.
Virtuos Paris houses a team of experts from technical artists and game designers to engineers. Our Paris studio takes pride in its engineering team’s depth of experience, which has been providing its rich expertise in re-engineering and adaptation, as well as in gameplay mandates to our global partners to bring some of the world’s top AAA games to life.

WHAT WE OFFER

• Work at Virtuos Paris studio, close to the city center of Paris - the iconic capital of France
• Contribute to the world’s biggest AAA titles in gaming
• End-of-project celebrations, teambuilding outings, and studio bonding activities
• Gaming corners with consoles and a common area
• Comprehensive medical healthcare provided for all staff
• Remote work is possible
• Relocation support
• Career and international mobility opportunities with Virtuos Internal Mobility Program
People matter. Diverse opinions and experiences matter. At Virtuos, our talented teams are the cornerstone of our success, and we recognize that fostering and advocating for inclusivity is at the center of what we do best - we make games better, together. Virtuos is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that embraces diversity of thought, expression, culture, and backgrounds.

Job Info

  • Job Function Identification 99
  • Posting Date 04/09/2024, 09:45 AM
  • Locations France, Cergy (Hybrid)
  • Job Function Schedule Full time
  • Linkedin Tags #LI-VS1 #LI-gsf

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