[Hiring] Programmer IV @Hardsuit Labs

Role Description

As a member of our studio's Programming Team, you will work closely with Programmers, Designers, Artists, and Producers on the project. You will design and implement extensions to existing systems and pivotal new systems to address the needs of our team of content developers and external third-party partners. Our team is built on a culture of teamwork, problem-solving, and knowledge sharing. We expect that every employee, regardless of the role, will contribute to our general studio-wide effort to build and maintain team culture through positive working relationships with each other. Upholding and promoting this culture is part of the job.

• Design, author, and maintain robust and highly optimized systems that meet all design, technical, and schedule requirements.
• Work closely with QA and technical leadership to ensure the stability and accuracy of systems by identifying, communicating, and resolving defects.
• Author, review, and provide feedback on technical and end-user documentation of systems.
• Collaborate with Technical Leadership and other Programmers to help establish overall technical design and architecture.
• Work closely with production staff in building and maintaining realistic schedules and identifying dependencies; coordinate with QA and Leads to ensure successful roll-out of new features to the Team and establish testing and maintenance of systems.
• Work with minimal guidance on high-impact tasks or independently on low-risk tasks.
• Provide guidance and informal supervision to more junior staff.
• Provide meaningful feedback and enforcement of coding standards through peer reviews.
• Help team members set up tools and troubleshoot minor tools issues and workflow blockers.

Qualifications

• 7+ years professional software development.
• 3+ years professional Unreal Engine experience.
• 3+ years developing in a team environment.
• 2+ years professional C++ experience with an advanced understanding of it.
• Extensive experience working in multiple code bases.
• Ability to openly discuss and review technical proposals, requirements, designs, algorithms, source code, and reference documents with programmers, content creators, and managers.
• Ability to provide meaningful time estimates for large tasks.
• Proficiency in writing optimized code as well as identifying areas that could use optimization.
• Proficiency in writing thread-safe code.
• Can successfully navigate through ambiguity and act accordingly.
• Ability to pivot between different domains of responsibility.
• Extensive experience using debugging tools to fix bugs in unfamiliar code.
• Interest or experience in using AI-assisted software development workflows, to support activities such as code exploration, implementation, debugging, documentation, and code review.
• Strict adherence to project coding standards.
• Strong cross-discipline collaboration skills.
• Willingness to receive and act upon feedback.
• Great communication, written and verbal.
• Experience or comfort with client-facing communication and the ability to represent the studio professionally when interacting with external partners.
• Expert knowledge in 3D math.

Requirements

• NICE TO HAVE:
• AAA experience.
• While Unreal Engine is our primary focus, experience with Unity or proprietary custom engines is a strong plus.
• Experience developing on console.
• Shipped multiple titles.
• Has worked on a title from beginning to end.

Benefits

• Group Insurance: dental and health care benefits.
• Group RRSP + employer matching contribution.
• Employee and Family Assistance Program.

Job Details

• Job Title: Programmer IV
• Reports to: Director of Programming
• Department: Programming
• Work Location: Remote
• Employment status: Full Time
• FLSA Status: Salaried, Exempt
• Salary Range: $112,000 to $132,000 CAD
• Primary working language: English