Senior Tools Programmer

Advanced Resource Managers Limited ,
Wilmslow, Cheshire
Salary: £40000 - £50000 Per Year

Overview

Based in Wilmslow, my clients main UK studio is a vibrant team of over 250 people working in a relaxed and collegiate atmosphere side-by-side with their sister studios in the UK and USA. Benefits of joining them include flexible working hours, pool table and arcade games in the kitchens and a casual dress-code. There are various sports and social groups, unsurprisingly including gaming both table-top and interactive. The Tools Team develop and support a wide variety of tools to make life easier for the talented developers. Working closely with Designers, Artists, Engineers, QA and Production, the team delivers tools and systems for automated testing, process support, data management, team co-ordination and more. They are currently looking for an enthusiastic, self-starting Senior Tools Programmer to join them. Key Skills Required: C#, WPF, Schema Design & SQL, JSON/XML, fluent English Responsibilities: - Mentoring junior team members - Sprint planning for the team in conjunction with the lead and producer - Ensuring high standards are met, both in code quality and usability - Proposing new tools and functionality to improve everyone’s effectiveness and quality of life Requirements: - Degree plus 6 years of commercial experience - Strong commercial experience - Passion for delivering great tools with great usability - Works well in a cooperative team environment, across multiple studios and time zones - Experience dealing with large and/or legacy code-bases. This job was originally posted as www.totaljobs.com/job/89954762