Job Description

Senior Unity Programmer (C#) - Grand Strategy Game

Fully Remote - European Time Zone Only

If you're a seasoned programmer who thrives on architecting highly-optimized, complex systems, enabling emergent gameplay, and laying the technical foundation for the next big grand strategy game, we want to talk to you!

You'll work closely on the final touches of our upcoming game, Gilded Destiny, iterating on an existing Unity-based strategy game architecture, eventually expanding that framework to prototype and lay the technical foundations for our next game.

As the principal programmer for our European team, you will have a leading technical role, working hand-in-hand with our technical and game designers to realize, architect and implement game vision - in addition to collaborating deeply with programmers across our global team to improve and iterate on our strategy game architecture.

Given this is a fully remote and foundational role, we're looking for someone who is proactive, self-directed, and an exceptional communicator. If you're ready to take on a challenge that offers significant career growth and the chance to shape the next big grand strategy game, we encourage you to apply.

You can learn more about our upcoming game, Gilded Destiny, here:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2189430/Gilded_Destiny/

https://aquilainteractive.io/gildeddestiny/

Responsibilities

Architect, prototype, and build core gameplay systems from scratch, with a focus on highly performant ECS and a data-oriented design. Work on different focus areas such as small to large gameplay systems, AI, user interface, data architecture, etc Build and integrate your features into our custom content editor Work with our grand strategy game architecture in Unity and C# (already in place), maintaining and evolving it as needed Trace and exterminate bugs in the code Document your work and contribute to a growing, shared knowledge base Play a leading role in defining technical vision and long-term plan for our future projects

Requirements

Deep understanding of computer science fundamentals Strong eye for performance optimization Professional experience working on strategy games, ideally in the grand strategy or simulation genre Experienced in Unity and C#, with the ability to write clean and highly performant code in OOP, functional, and data oriented programming Experience in developing with ECS Knowledge of design patterns in strategy and simulation games Excellent communication and organizational skills, with working fluency in English language European Timezone, and comfortable working remotely, especially for asynchronous work with colleagues from around the world

Nice to have

Experience working on projects that require complex large-scale simulations Modding experience with any grand strategy game Mastery of Git version control Knowledge of Mandarin Chinese (by no means necessary!) Interest in history, alternate history, or fictional settings with deep worldbuilding Interest in emerging storytelling through systems You're an avid player of strategy games!

What you get when you join us

A full-time position with large potential for growth A fully remote working environment Flexible working hours (Monday to Friday) An environment that is trusting, open, and collaborative A private healthcare package
Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

Company pension Private medical insurance Work from home
Application question(s):

Are you located in a European Time Zone? Do you have experience in developing with ECS? Are you an avid strategy game player? Do you have experience working professionally in Unity? Have you worked professionally in the Computer Games industry on a strategy game?
Education:

Bachelor's (required)
Experience:

Computer Games Industry: 1 year (required)
Work Location: Remote