Senior Unity Developer

Fusebox Games ,
London, Greater London

Overview

Job Description

Fusebox Games is rapidly becoming a market leader in the Interactive Narrative mobile gaming space. We make 2D games with pride and passion, taking popular licenses and turning them into high quality narrative experiences. Our latest release, Love Island: The Game, consistently hits the top spot in both UK and US charts, and the company is now exploring other stories, including an original title. Fusebox has just passed its third birthday, with a team size of around 30+, and is heading full steam ahead to grow the business into a 20M+ user base. We're looking for a Senior Unity Developer to join our Engineering team Responsibilities: * Design, develop and deliver systems and high quality code using C#. * Improve in-house engine. * Develop new gameplay features. * perform code reviews to ensure code quality. * refactor code to improve the design of existing code. * quality test coding in a systematic and thorough way to find problems or bugs and record precisely where the problem was discovered. * debug programs and solve complex technical problems that occur within the game's production. * work closely with games development team members to meet the needs of a project. * work closely with designers, artists and other staff involved in the design process in order to create a quality product to schedule. * perform effectively under pressure and meet deadlines to ensure a game is completed on time. * Make improvements to UI. * Optimise performance. * Improve back-end architecture. * Develop tools, pipeline and workflows for game engine technology . * Use Unity's framework to create tools to improve asset pipeline and automation. Requirements * C# coding expertise within the Unity game engine ecosystem * 4+ years experience writing code for games in Unity * 2+ years making commercially successful mobile games, ideally casual, free to play * Thorough understanding of Git, SourceTree, BitBucket or equivalent * Ability to work very closely with other disciplines to iterate on gameplay and features * Familiar with creating tools, front-end and UI, back-end and databases * High professional standards with good attention to quality and detail * Proactive with a desire to learn and improve your skills * Backend development for mobile games, either custom or with BaaS platforms Bonus: * Worked on a top grossing mobile game * Familiarity with build pipelines, automation and testing frameworks * Experience working in an agile environment * Optimisation skills and experience * Good knowledge of C# outside of Unity * Interest in Interactive Fiction Benefits * Generous families policy: 18 weeks full pay, 6 weeks half pay for the primary carer (maternity, adoption and shared parental leave), 3 weeks full pay for the secondary carer * No mandatory overtime, voluntary work out of office receives time off in lieu * Flexible working * Employee Assistance Programme (including free face to face counselling and telephone advice covering financial, legal, housing and pensions * 2 'duvet days' per year of paid time off * 4-5 paid closure days per year additional to the annual leave allowance * Company performance related bonus scheme * 20% discount at local gym