Senior Programmer - C++

Smoking Gun Interactive•Vancouver, BC

9h•CA$90,000 - CA$120,000•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Senior Programmer at Smoking Gun Interactive (SGI), you’re a talented and driven person who enjoys working on great projects. You have experience in a variety of areas of game development and are able and willing to work on any area of game programming needed, with a focus on full-stack development experience. You’re experienced in mentoring and training programmers. Whilst this position is being offered on a remote basis, we are only able to consider applicants who are currently located in BC, and ideally within the greater Vancouver area.

Requirements

5+ years’ experience as a programmer in the game industry and or related field
A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent
Passion for playing and creating innovative games – you consider yourself a gamer
Shipped at least one game as a senior or lead programmer
A natural affinity for being strongly self-motivated and an independent worker
Expert working knowledge of C++, Standard Library and Object Oriented Design
Strong understanding of general and 3D math, statistics and probability
Excellent problem-solving abilities, proven ability to tackle hard problems in creative ways
Excellent Oral and written communication skills
A positive attitude with a desire to work within a team environment towards a common goal
Impressive ability to estimate work load and execute on the work in the time estimated

Nice To Haves

Any of the following languages, C#, Java, Lua, HLSL/Cg shaders
Mobile: iOS, Android
Test Driven Development
Visual Studio, Perforce
Unit testing and TDD for server development
C# server environments, AWS, Azure, GCP
Running a live server environment and supporting operations

Responsibilities

Collaborate with the Lead Programmer & Technical Director to establish a unified technology vision for the project including writing and reviewing technical design documents
Produce high-quality, efficient, clean, and modular code
Show proactivity in identifying tasks/problems that need tackling, outside of known scheduled work, from refactoring to bug fixing
Provide mentorship and training for programmers to create an atmosphere of cooperation and learning
Provide and accept feedback on all aspects of code quality (performance, readability, testability, design)