We are looking for an experienced programmer for our Core Development team. Working with developers from our four studios, this role will ensure our catalogue of VR titles can entertain a broad and diverse audience. They will work with product teams to implement and review accessibility and comfort. They will also partner with our community support function to diagnose and resolve emergent issues in launched titles.
An adaptable, generalist engineer with a user-centric mindset would be a great fit for this role.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop re-usable Unreal Engine 5 plugins, to make it easier to support users’ physical diversity and neurodiversity.
- Consult with project teams to integrate accessibility features, and/or develop unique features bespoke to their game.
- Support live titles by diagnosing and patching issues caused by e.g. platform updates, or to retroactively add support for new peripherals and hardware.
Requirements
Essential capabilities
- 3+ years of professional programming experience, having contributed runtime systems, engine extensions or gameplay features to at one shipped title on a console, PC, or mobile platform.
- A solid debugging and profiling skillset. Can diagnose software issues efficiently and verify resolutions with testing and guards.
- A thorough knowledge of modern C++, including high-performance programming.
- Able to gather user requirements and design software to fulfil them. Can prioritize features and manage scope.
- Good English communication skills. Able to work effectively with peers and stakeholders from all disciplines.
Desired experience
- Extensive use and customization of Unreal Engine 4/5 in a professional context.
- Experience implementing accessibility features for vision, hearing, limb or motor differences, or for neurodiverse audiences.
- Experience developing for virtual/mixed reality, especially avoiding or mitigating comfort issues
- (motion sickness, proprioception discomfort etc).
Benefits
Who we are -
We are nDreams, a world-leading game developer and publisher with nearly a decade of VR specialism. Combining a drive to push technological boundaries with proven gaming excellence, we are the team who set the standard for VR games with Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord, Synapse, Fracked and the award-winning Phantom: Covert Ops.
With our team’s triple-A credentials and sensibilities, alongside bespoke VR technologies, we’ve got the skillset, processes and creative vision to deliver innovative, high-end games for all VR platforms and genres. If it’s VR gaming, you will find nDreams at the forefront of it.
Our projects continue to advance the present and define the future of VR. Want to be a part of it? Apply today to join a studio with a state-of-the-art collaborative workflow and diverse talents assembled from world-leading games developers and publishers.
Why nDreams?
Our expanding company shares a passion for innovation, collaboration and leading the future of VR. We encourage an open and diverse culture and empower people to explore ideas and put their own stamp on their work. With humble beginnings as an independent studio, we combine amazing projects and considerable scale with a personal, caring touch.
We offer great perks, including flexible hours, duvets days, your birthday off, dedicated personal development time and support, as well as regular socials and parties. Beyond this, there’s an excellent holiday offering, pension scheme, health insurance, life cover and much more. Our newly refurbished nDreams studio space has some fantastic facilities and is built around collaborative work (and play!).
