Third Kind Games is one of the largest independently owned game development studios in the UK.

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As a Senior Programmer, you will focus on specializing your technical skills further to reach the next career step. You will work with a highly experienced team, fully owning complex systems through design and development, closely collaborating with game designers and other disciplines. You will play a key role in bug fixing and deliver milestones. You should have good communication skills and contribute to Scrum meetings, creating innovative solutions. You will be working in an open-thinking environment and should be able to work alone and as part of a team. The company offers a place where the team can be their most creative selves and feel valued, appreciated, and free to be who they are at work.

As a Senior Programmer you will have a desire to focus and specialise your technical skills further, working with our teams to reach your next career step as a Principal or Lead. Third Kind Games - a Virtuos Studio, is a world-class co-development games studio. Third Kind Games was founded in 2016 by a team of nine former Activision veterans and became a Virtuos Studio in 2024. Our studio is based in Royal Leamington Spa and we also have remote studios in Poland and Spain. Our three studios have been built on the same original spirit and values since our beginning. We work with some of the biggest names in the games industry such as Blizzard, Amazon, Microsoft and Mythical Games. We’re proud of our track record working on critically acclaimed games and franchises. We are also setting new benchmarks for creativity in the games industry, driving technical expertise in programming alongside creative innovation. <h4 id="what-is-it-like-to-be-a-third-kinder">What is it like to be a Third Kinder?</h4> We are a diverse team of people. We are collaborative, open-minded creatives who embrace ideas and knowledge from everyone in our team, with the aim of developing and inspiring ourselves, our projects and our games. Work life balance and flexibility are very important to us and our team. At TKG we offer a place where our team can be their most creative, imaginative and confident selves. We want all of our team to feel valued, appreciated, and free to be who they are at work. TKG recently received a GOLD Award in Mind Charity’s Workplace Wellbeing Index, recognising our dedication to our team’s mental health and wellbeing. <h4 id="role-overview">Role Overview</h4> You enjoy: <ul> <li>Working with a highly experienced team on all areas of the game, both client and server.</li> <li>Fully owning complex systems through design and development, working closely with the game designers and other disciplines to realise their visions.</li> <li>Playing a key role in bug fixing and helping the team to deliver milestones.</li> <li>Taking an active role in the mentoring and development of junior staff.</li> <li>Using your passion for gaming, you will design, plan and develop high quality code systems, working closely with the game designers and other disciplines to realise their visions.</li> <li>Good communication skills with the ability to contribute to Scrum meetings and create innovative solutions for our games.</li> </ul> <h4 id="what-we-are-looking-for-from-a-third-kinder">What we are looking for from a Third Kinder</h4> You would: <ul> <li>Be capable of working autonomously, gathering your own requirements and creating your own solutions.</li> <li>Be capable of learning a new language or technology without guidance.</li> <li>Stay abreast of emerging technologies and industry movements.</li> <li>Enjoy working with a lot of different technologies, and have a keen desire to learn new ones.</li> <li>Will prefer a creative, open-thinking environment over one driven by specs and detailed requirements.</li> <li>Be adept at communicating with colleagues and customers to work well as a team.</li> <li>Enjoy working with a lot of different technologies and have a keen desire to learn new ones.</li> <li>Be motivated by creative freedom, ground-breaking initiatives and unknown territory.</li> <li>Prefer a creative, open-thinking environment, over one managed through specs and have a passion for working on a wide variety of tasks.</li> <li>Be able to work alone and also as part of a team, whilst knowing when to ask for advice from your colleagues.</li> </ul> <h4 id="skills-you-need">Skills you need</h4> <ul> <li>5+ years' industry experience.</li> <li>Several years' C++ or C# experience.</li> <li>Experience with other engines such as Unity or Unreal.</li> <li>Proven debugging and critical analysis skills.</li> <li>Proven ability working in a team.</li> </ul> <h4 id="skills-it-would-be-great-to-have">Skills it would be great to have</h4> Experience with: <ul> <li>Cloud services such as PlayFab and GameSparks.</li> <li>Modern console development.</li> </ul>

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