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Lead Unreal Engine C++ Programmer

Job Description

In this position you will be managing and coordinating the C++ Programmers at Epoch Games, as well as assisting with interviewing new potential Programmers. You will be working alongside our Operations Manager/Producer (who handles daily operations), our Assistant Lead Programmer (currently managing our Programmers) and our Coding Team (made up of Unreal Engine C++ Programmers, who also work with Blueprint Scripting). You must be able to spare a fair amount of hours to be online to communicate with the Programming Team on a regular basis. Keep in mind that The Lays of Althas: Sundered Order (LoA:SO) is being developed in Epic Game’s Unreal Engine 4 (UE4); strong knowledge of C++, and how C++ code interacts with UE4, is required .

The ability to communicate and organize other Programmers is another key skill required in this position. It is key to a smooth and efficient pipeline, you must be able to communicate clearly and effectively with other team-members outside of the department, such as our Artists, Animators, Riggers, Blueprint Scripters, Level Designers and Writers. We are an English-speaking team, so English fluency is a must.

Other duties include: attending Slack meetings (Slack is an instant messaging we communicate with), reporting the progress of the Programming team on a weekly basis and following team policies.

Qualifications

Minimum Skill Requirements:

• C++ programming experience
• Unreal Engine 4 experience, and how C++ code interacts with it
• Providing clear and legible code
• The ability to review other C++ Programmers' code
• Managing and organizing other Programmers, and a fair amount of spare-time in order to manage and communicate with them.
• Online communication, team-collaboration skills, and English fluency
• A passion for coding and a dedication to creating AAA quality games

Recommended Skill Requirements:

• Git Experience
• Previous Leadership and Management Experience
• Blueprint scripting experience in Unreal Engine; we have a Lead Blueprint Scripter who handles managing and reviewing Blueprint scripts.
• At least 1 Unreal Engine project (using C++ code) prepared to show prior to the interview. If none, we can provide an assignment at the interview.

Additional Information

Required Software:

• Unreal Engine 4 ( https://www.unrealengine.com/register )
• Visual Studio Community Edition ( https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/ ) with Unreal Engine packages

All of your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Company Description

Epoch Games is a volunteer-based, all-online, global game development team. We have no centrally-located headquarters and are unincorporated at this time. The founding members were modders developing the total conversion Middle Earth Roleplaying Project (MERP) mod for the Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim:
http://www.moddb.com/mods/merp-middle-earth-roleplaying-project

Currently Epoch Games is developing The Lays of Althas: Sundered Order (LoA:SO). LoA:SO is an in-development indie open-world RPG set in an original fantasy world. The game is being developed using Epic Games' Unreal Engine 4 (UE4):
https://www.unrealengine.com/

For more information about the game, please check out our IndieDb page:
http://www.indiedb.com/games/the-lays-of-althas-sundered-order

NOTE: Although Epoch Games does have a formal office at the listed address, we have a fully-online team at this time. Communication is mostly done via Slack (an instant messaging application) and Trello (an online project collaboration tool).