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London, Greater London
Senior Gameplay Programmer
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We are looking for a Senior Gameplay Programmer to join the team in our Central London studio. Hutch is a dynamic games studio, founded on a wealth of traditional game development experience, blending a bunch of people who are talented and passionate about making the best free to play games. The successful candidate will be working on gameplay across multiple platforms (iOS, Android) using the Unity engine. Working very closely with designers, artists, other programmers and the technical director to solve the many challenges involved in creating a high quality and performant user experience in the most efficient manner possible to release in the desired time frame. This is a permanent full-time role. It is based in Old Street, London with the option to work remotely 2 days per week at the discretion of the business, in addition to a very competitive salary package. Responsibilities * Implementing all areas of the game application, including (but not exclusively) gameplay, player controls, game simulation behaviours, AI, meta-game behaviour, user interface, visual effects, audio effects, analytics hooks, and social features. * Designing and writing code in a maintainable and easily updatable manner, ready for post-launch updates in response to customer feedback. * Writing tools where necessary to empower artists and designers to make the game as much as possible, and providing mentoring and support to junior programmers. * Be responsible for the performance of the game, both frame-rate and memory usage. * Be actively involved in design discussions and prototyping. Requirements * Strong technical design and code skills, preferably in C# with Unity, though strong C++ experience is acceptable in a motivated candidate. * 5+ years of mobile, console and/or PC development experience. * At least 2 titles developed from start to release, having gone through full QA cycle, and preferably beyond to post-release support developing updates or DLC. * A passion for making mobile action games and exploring new ways of making games. Benefits Hutch is a dynamic games studio based in Central London. Founded on a wealth of traditional game development experience, blending a bunch of people who are talented and passionate about making the best free to play games. Our goal is to create the best racing games for mobile. We believe small, focused and empowered teams build the best games and we work hard to maintain an open, transparent and self-determined culture. Founded in 2011, we have released 8 games including Smash Cops, MMX Racing, Hot Wheels:Race Off and MMX Hill Climb with over 220 million players across the world. When we launch a game, that's just the start: we use player feedback and most critically data to figure out how to make each game the best it can be. There are so many opportunities to identify insights in our data that we can't keep up - and that's where you come in.