Games SW Engineer - West London

Games SW Engineer - West London, South West England

Client:

microTECH Global Ltd

Location:

South West England, United Kingdom

EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Reference:

4f5545aeeb26

Job Description:

You will play a leading role in defining and delivering state of the art graphical techniques that will be used in the development of future mobile games and you will be a key contributor to mobile game R&D strategy.

The Game Ecosystem team helps game developers get the most out of their games by achieving optimal performance on mobile phones. We analyze the performance of games and make code-level optimizations to some of the biggest mobile IP on the planet. We also develop tools, libraries, and game-representative environments to demonstrate advanced mobile features and state-of-the-art techniques and technologies.

Our engineers have worked on games such as League of Legends: Wild Rift, Forza Street, and Fortnite and have contributed to Unreal Engine, Unity, and many more.

Role and Responsibilities:

1. Research & Development into state of the art mobile graphics and rendering techniques
2. Engage directly with third-party game developers, internal customers, development teams, suppliers, and key Open Source Software projects to facilitate effective development of games.
3. Make contributions to major game engines through game optimizations to achieve optimal performance on devices.
4. Produce high-quality deliverables (code, technology prototypes, written reports)
5. Contribute to the development of the Android framework for mobile
6. Travel to client premises to provide on-site support when needed
7. Opportunity for mentoring and technical leadership of a small team of GameDev engineers
8. Keep up to date on the latest developments with Mobile software/hardware platforms and understand their architectures and how to design and develop new applications for them.
9. Domestic/international travel as required to support game developers, attend tradeshows, and evangelize GameDev

What we are looking for:

1. A degree in Computer Science, or a relevant area, or relevant industry experience
2. Expert C++ and graphics programming skills
3. Experience with one or more low-level mobile graphics APIs (e.g. OpenGL ES, DirectX, Vulkan or platform SDKs)
4. Experience of low-level coding, performance analysis, and optimization
5. Proven experience with shader programming on mobile GPUs
6. Forward thinking, an innovator who is keen to be at the forefront of next generation technologies
7. Proven experience of working with game engines e.g. Unity, Unreal, Cryengine or similar
8. Experience of developing computer games and/or 3D graphics
9. Good people skills, able to mentor junior members of staff
10. Performance analysis (and optimization) of real-time graphics applications
11. A good level of inter-personal and communication skills
12. Good analytical and logical thinking capability

1. Modern GI/raytracing techniques
2. Physically based rendering pipelines
3. Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality
4. Experience implementing research papers/reports
5. Experience with Java
6. Exposure to Machine Learning and Neural Networks

Please note that if you are NOT a passport holder of the country for the vacancy you might need a work permit.