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Lead Programmer

Wargaming Berlin are l ooking for a code leader, responsible for growing a team from early pre-production through launch and beyond. You’ll start by contributing some of the first bits of code to the project. As the project moves from prototyping to production and beyond, you’ll grow the team to match the increasing demands from other departments. You’ll collaborate with other leads to meet shared goals and hit milestones. As the team grows, your focus will shift to mentoring, holding code reviews and ensuring people have what they need to get the job done.

Reports To

The Lead Programmer reports to the Technical Director & Product Owner.

What will you do?

• Hire, manage and lead a team of passionate programmers
• Design and implement technical solutions for departments across the team
• Contribute code to the project, and evangelise best practices

What are we looking for?

• Comfortable in a variety of languages, but an expert in C#
• 5+ years professional programming experience
• 2+ years experience leading teams
• Full Stack (Prior development working with client / server game systems)
• Demonstrated knowledge of team programming practices
• Experience with Unity
• Strong data structures, logic, distributed systems and algorithm skills
• Experience optimizing large projects
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
• Shipped multiple console/mobile titles
• Real passion for video games

What additional skills will help you stand out?

• Computer science, mathematics, physics, or related degree
• Experience with distributed development
• Experience working with outsourcing
• Experience operating a live game

What we offer:

• Joining an international team of people passionate about gaming
• Working in one of the main European hubs for multi-platform game development
• Startup within a company with 20 years of experience in game development
• Unlimited leave upon manager approval
• Public transportation ticket
• Company cell phone of your choice
• Gym membership
• Snacks, drinks, and fruit in the office
• Home Internet reimbursement

About Wargaming:

Wargaming is an award-winning online game developer and publisher headquartered in Nicosia, Cyprus. Delivering legendary games since 1998, Wargaming has grown to become one of the leaders in the free-to-play MMO gaming industry with 4500+ employees and more than 20 offices globally. Over 200 million players enjoy Wargaming’s titles across all major gaming platforms, including the massively popular World of Tanks and World of Warships.

Working in our company means always having interesting challenges and gaining valuable experience while working with top-class experts.

Take your place among our passionate and experienced team and bring out the best in yourself at Wargaming!

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