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Junior Game Programmer

Kwalee is a leading independent mobile game developer and publisher based in Leamington Spa – the UK’s biggest gaming hub outside Greater London and a great place to live – along with growing teams in Bangalore and Beijing.

Now the largest hypercasual games publisher in the UK, Kwalee is a company known globally thanks to half a billion downloads for hit mobile games including Draw it, Bake it, Shootout 3D, Rocket Sky and many more. These successes have driven rapid growth in recent years and with exciting new projects in the works for Nintendo Switch and PC alongside the studio's hypercasual specialism, Kwalee shows no signs of slowing down!

Founded in 2011 by David Darling CBE, a key architect of the UK games industry who previously co-founded and led Codemasters for many years, our team also includes legends such as Andrew Graham (creator of Micro Machines series) and Jason Falcus (programmer of classics including NBA Jam) alongside a growing and diverse team of mobile gaming experts. Everyone contributes creatively to Kwalee’s success, with all employees eligible to pitch their own game ideas on Creative Wednesdays. Could your idea be the next global hit?

As Junior Game Programmer within the Tools Department, you will be helping out on all of our live games, updating them with new SDKs, Core changes and small gameplay improvements. It’s a great opportunity to learn how we create games to a high standard and the technology behind it all.

You'll be part of a development team that will be based in the new office that we're going to open in Bangalore.

What you tell your friends you do

“I implement updates across all our games so you can keep enjoying the latest features when playing”

What you will really be doing

• Using C# and Unity as the main technologies in your day to day work.
• Working with third party SDK’s
• Solving any challenges that might appear on the way.
• Creating any tools or scripts that may help with your day to day tasks.

How you will be doing this

• You’ll be part of an agile, multidisciplinary and creative team and work closely with them to coordinate efforts and get the best results.
• You’ll think creatively and will be motivated by challenges and constantly striving for the best.
• You’ll work with cutting edge technology, if you need software or hardware to get the job done efficiently, you can get it. We even have a robot!

Team

Our talented team is our signature. We have a highly creative atmosphere with around 100 staff where you’ll have the opportunity to contribute daily to important decisions. You’ll work within an extremely experienced, passionate and diverse team, including David Darling and the creator of the Micro Machines video games.

Skills and requirements

• At least several months of experience in game development with Unity C#.
• Android / iOS / Amazon or UI experience would be a plus.
• Excellent communication skills.
• An avid interest in either console or mobile games, preferably both.

We offer

We offer a generous benefits package to all our employees that includes a team profit sharing scheme from day 1 of employment among other perks.

Our philosophy

We firmly believe in creativity and innovation and that a fundamental requirement for a successful and happy company is having the right mix of individuals. With the right people in the right environment anything and everything is possible.