UI Programmer

Role and Purpose:

We are looking for talented and motivated UI Programmers to help develop and deliver high-quality game code for AAA Unreal 4 projects, both for Flix’s own proprietary projects and our co-development partners.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with the UI Team to develop fully realised and working game UI.
• Communicate and collaborate with the Programming and Design Teams to assist in delivering polished and immersive UI that meet design and technical requirements.
• Work within the specification guidelines of the project and technology, keeping performance in mind as well as working with others to debug potential issues.
• Profiling and optimising code for memory and performance considerations.
• Be responsible for scoping tasks, working to deadlines, and communicating with production if problems arise.
• Liaise with design and production to establish achievable goals
• Communicate with QA to help track down and fix bugs

Requirements:

• 1 year of professional experience with front end web development HTML5 / CSS / Javascript (Typescript preferred).
• Games specific UI experience including animation and a design eye for detail on layouts and usability for UX.
• Strong understanding of content structure and management code bases with the ability to quickly learn existing code bases.
• Good level of debugging skills across all required languages, with the ability to perform profiling and optimisation.
• Able to quickly create prototypes to match design criteria.
• Ability to put together high-quality production UI systems for both single and multiplayer games.

Desirable Skills and Experience:

• Experience with Coherent UI for Unreal Engine using Coherent Gameface
• C++ experience producing production quality code.
• Multiplayer development experience.
• Experienced with giving and receiving code reviews.
• Knowledge of other areas of game creation.
• Experience developing for and deploying to a console (Xbox one, PS4 or other).
• Experience working on and maintaining live games.
• A good working knowledge of C++.
• 1 year of Unreal Engine 4 experience. Demonstrate excellent understanding of Unreal Engines tools.
• Knowledge of Unreal Engine 4 blueprint and UMG logic and gameplay logic assemblies.

Demonstrate the ability to..

• Think critically about the requirements of a game UI.
• Self motivate and have pride in your work.
• Work and communicate well within a team and studio environment.
• Create high quality UML for planning the correct structure for your code.
• Create prototypes and wireframes to demonstrate intent across all stages of development, from design to implementation.
• Be adaptive and master new tools in the process if required.
• Take critique and guidance from others well.
• Manage your time effectively to achieve the highest quality results.

Application & Portfolio:

Please include your CV, portfolio and cover letter (optional) within your application. If your examples are from previous works with another studio, please make sure samples are cleared for release by copyright owners. Links to an online portfolio are preferable, otherwise we accept showreels via Dropbox or other secure sharing platforms.

Send your application to – careers@flixinteractive.com

What We Offer

Based just outside Birmingham, Flix offers a friendly, nurturing work environment with the opportunity to build games as part of an extremely talented, ambitious studio. The team is made up of welcoming, passionate, active gamers that support one another in all aspects of development.

We also offer the following:

• Private healthcare.
• Additional time off over the Christmas period on top of standard holidays.
• Bonus scheme.
• Team outings and events.
• Summer BBQ + Festive party.

If you have the drive and skills for making games and think you have what it takes to work within our team then we’d love to hear from you.

For more information visit our site – Flix Interactive

Alternatively, call our recruitment team on – 01527 958 177

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