Tools Programmer

IO Interactive is seeking a skilled Tools Programmer for their Backbone team to enhance the proprietary Glacier engine. This role involves collaborating with artists, designers, and programmers to design, upgrade, and integrate user-friendly tools across multiple flagship projects, including James Bond game, Project Fantasy, and the HITMAN universe. The goal is to streamline workflows, enable faster experimentation, and deliver world-class gameplay.

Must Have

• Collaborate to design and upgrade the Glacier editor and tools
• Engage with users to understand production requirements and streamline workflows
• Customize and integrate tools to meet project needs
• Create user-friendly interfaces for efficient usage
• Integrate tools with version control systems
• Stay updated on the latest technologies
• Ensure high quality through testing and security measures
• Continuously improve tools based on feedback and project demands
• Experience working in the gaming industry
• Proficient in C# and C++ with strong code design skills
• Capable of task breakdown, estimation, and participating in task assessments
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, adept at discerning user needs
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent required

Good to Have

• Familiarity with WPF or similar UI technologies preferred
• Master's degree preferred

IO Interactive is looking for a skilled Tools Programmer to join our Backbone team and help power the tech behind our games. You’ll be working across multiple flagship projects - our James Bond game, 007 First Light, our ambitious Project Fantasy, and the HITMAN universe - building and evolving tools in our proprietary Glacier engine. Together with artists, designers, and programmers, you’ll create robust, user-friendly workflows that let our teams move faster, experiment more, and bring world-class gameplay to life.

What you will do:

• Collaborate to design and upgrade the Glacier editor and tools, empowering content creators.
• Engage with users to understand production requirements and streamline workflows.
• Customize and integrate tools to meet project needs.
• Create user-friendly interfaces for efficient usage.
• Integrate tools with version control systems.
• Stay updated on the latest technologies.
• Ensure high quality through testing and security measures.
• Continuously improve tools based on feedback and project demands.

Who you are:

• Have experience working in the gaming industry.
• Proficient in C# and C++ with strong code design skills. Familiarity with WPF or similar UI technologies preferred.
• Capable of task breakdown, estimation, and participating in task assessments.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, adept at discerning user needs.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent required. Master's degree preferred.

Who we are:

IO Interactive is an independent videogame development and publishing company with studios in Copenhagen, Malmö, Barcelona, Istanbul and Brighton. As the creative force behind some of the most talked-about multiplatform video games in the last decade, we are committed to creating unforgettable characters and experiences – all powered by our award-winning, proprietary Glacier technology.

We are a studio that values in-person collaboration. Being together helps us focus our collective energy on our immediate goals. For us, being both in-office as well as connected across our studios helps us integrate our teams faster, strengthen relationships, and improve knowledge-sharing. We believe that the more time we spend together, the more quality and progress we achieve for our games and players.

We know that to achieve those goals, we need courage, talented people and a great working environment – and we do our utmost to have all of that. Across our multiple studios, we’re working on several projects. Crucially though, we’re all one team. We value the work and impact that each person brings to the table and we actively encourage new ideas, whilst listening to your insights along the way.

We have a dedicated team of People Managers, who look after you as an individual and as an employee. With more than 40 nationalities, we know that everyone is different and we are proud to have a reputation for being a friendly workplace with highly-talent people.

Learn more about our Glacier engine.

Department

Programming

Locations

Barcelona, Brighton, Istanbul, Malmö, Copenhagen

Remote status

Hybrid

Project

Backbone

Vacancy ID

VAC0682