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Academy Programmer - Near Light

We have an amazing opportunity to join our nDreams Academy as a Programmer at Near Light. This role is offered as a six-month contract with a salary of £25,000 per annum (pro-rata) with the opportunity to move into a full-time role.

At nDreams and Academy, we take pride in fostering an inclusive environment that celebrates diversity. We encourage applications from individuals with varying educational journeys whether from university, college, self-taught routes, or equivalent hands-on experience. This is your chance to break into the industry – with all of the support, learning, and experiences you need to achieve your potential.

✈ The role is based in Brighton, UK, situated right next to the station with direct links to London.

We are looking for an Academy Programmer to help bring our unannounced next-gen VR game to life at Near Light. You will be collaborating with a talented team to help us explore, create, and deliver innovative software.

What Will You Be Doing?

• Build high-quality, scalable features for our exciting AAA-quality VR games.
• Exchange ideas and technical plans with the code, art and design team.
• Guide features through the full development cycle – starting with rapid prototyping, and evolving through production development, iteration/balancing and bug fixing.
• Share your understanding of 3D maths, data structures, and performance-minded development and optimisation skills.
• Learn and collaborate with a multi-discipline team, empowering artists and designers.

Requirements

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for nDreamers who:

• Have 3D game programming experience – a recent graduate or entry-level position.
• Have a good knowledge of C++, including high-performance programming.
• Have proven, demonstrable knowledge of 3D maths and programming concepts such as transform hierarchies, matrices, quaternions, vectors, and how to use them to realise gameplay features inside a modern game engine.
• Share, believe, and demonstrate our nDreams behaviours.
• Show a positive, solution-orientated attitude that empowers others.
• Are results-driven, ambitious, and committed to producing work of the highest quality.

Who is eligible?

To be eligible to join the nDreams Academy you will:

• Have under 6 months industry experience.
• Have left education within the last 2 years.
• Be based in the UK.
• Be eligible to work in the UK without visa sponsorship.
• Be able to demonstrate knowledge and skills relevant to the discipline of which you have applied.
• Be within commutable distance of the Brighton studio.

Benefits

Who are we?

We are nDreams, a world-leading game developer and publisher with nearly a decade of VR specialism. Combining a drive to push technological boundaries with proven gaming excellence, we are the team who set the standard for VR action games with Fracked and the award-winning Phantom: Covert Ops.

With our team’s triple-A credentials and sensibilities, alongside bespoke VR technologies, we’ve got the skillset, processes and creative vision to deliver innovative, high-end games for all VR platforms and genres. If it’s VR gaming, you will find nDreams at the forefront of it.

Our projects continue to advance the present and define the future of VR. Want to be a part of it? Apply today to join a studio with a state-of-the-art collaborative workflow and diverse talents assembled from world-leading game developers and publishers.

Why nDreams?

Our expanding company shares a passion for innovation, collaboration and leading the future of VR. We encourage an open and diverse culture and empower people to explore ideas and put their own stamp on their work. With humble beginnings as an independent studio, we combine amazing projects and considerable scale with a personal, caring touch.

We offer great perks, including flexible hours, duvets days, your birthday off, dedicated personal development time and support, as well as regular socials and parties. Beyond this, there’s an excellent holiday offering, pension scheme, health insurance, life cover and much more.