Nimble Giant Entertainment is looking for seasoned Game Programmers to join our studio's Strategy team.
We are looking for programmers with an interest in strategy and simulation games and the functionalities behind them to work long term in a genre focused team led by veterans of Master of Orion: Conquer the Stars and Amplitude's Endless Legend: Inferno / Symbiosis and Endless Space 2: Awakening to be part of a top of the genre strategy title for desktop PC.
We need experienced professionals with an affinity or interest in AI, Procedural generation, Content driven features or simulation systems and willingness to learn new skills and face new challenges on demand.
If you want to be part of an interdisciplinary team, constantly face new challenges and problems and work out ways to solve them, and be part of an experience with the potential to reach hundreds of thousands or even millions of players, get ready and apply.
Responsibilities:
- Write the necessary code to fulfill technical tasks autonomously
- Help in creating and improving robust and effective codes architectures
- Be part of reading, reviewing and suggesting improvements to other coder's code
- Foresee and propose solutions to potential technical issues
- Investigate and specialize in different technical topics
- Cooperate with Designers and Artists to build high quality gameplay features
Requirements:
- At least 1 year experience as a programmer or equivalent game development formation
- Previous experience working with other programmers on the same codebase
- Some experience programming in C++
- Experience working with Agile methodologies (Scrum)
- Capacity to work remotely and communicate effectively with other team members.
- Intermediate English level (~B1)
Bonus:
- Experience working with large, pre-existing codebases
- Experience working with custom or open source engines
- Experience with goal oriented AI, blackboards, decision scoring techniques and/or heuristics
- Academic skills related to 3D Math: Linear Algebra, Trigonometry, Vectors
- Knowledge about Game Design concepts
- Understanding of Content Driven development philosophy
- Game Modding experience
- Interest and appreciation for Strategy, Simulation and Hardcore RPG games.
Founded in 2002, Nimble Giant Entertainment (formerly known as NGD Studios) is one of the leading game development studios in Latin America. Its first major release, Champions of Regnum was the first commercial MMORPG made in the region. Other titles include the reimagining of the classic strategy game Master of Orion and the multiplayer time travel shooter Quantum League . Check out our latest news at nimblegiant.com