Senior Game Programmer - New Games

Ready for Your Next Adventure? Join the Socialpoint Team in Barcelona!

At Socialpoint, we're a renowned mobile games studio based in the heart of sunny Barcelona. Our games dominate the top rankings on both iOS and Android platforms, with millions of fans across the globe enjoying and loving what we create. As proud members of the Take-Two Interactive and Zynga family, we're on a mission to deliver outstanding gaming experiences that bring joy to everyone.

About the role: Senior Game Programmer

As a Senior Game Programmer at Socialpoint, you'll play a pivotal role in crafting and enhancing our remarkable games. Working closely with a cross-functional team, you'll drive both technical and product aspects of our games, contributing to their ongoing evolution.

We boast a diverse range of launched games and ongoing development projects, which means you'll experience a dynamic and stimulating work environment, filled with novel challenges and opportunities for growth. Your input will be invaluable as we collaborate to achieve excellence across the following key areas:

• Collaborate closely within a multi-disciplinary feature squad, collaborating with Engineering, Product, UI/UX, and QA teams within an Agile framework.
• Shape the complete development lifecycle of new and existing gameplay features – from conceptualization and design to development, testing, and release.
• Prepare technical design documents to guide the implementation process.
• Collaborate with other teams to integrate and enhance internal libraries.
• Mentor and support fellow developers, aiding in their skill development.

To excel in this role, you'll need:

• A minimum of 5 years' professional game development experience, ideally within teams of 10 or more people, with games released on recognized platforms.
• A strong grasp of collaborative teamwork within a group of senior developers.
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills.
• Proficient and disciplined programming skills, grounded in knowledge of industry best practices and techniques.
• Robust expertise in C#, 2D/3D graphics, and computer mathematics.
• Proficiency in using Unity3D.
• Skilful performance analysis and optimisation capabilities.
• Effective debugging prowess.
• Experience in mobile platforms (iOS, Android) is a plus.
• Knowledge of C++ and cocos2d-x is a plus.

Additionally, you should be:

• Professional, passionate about game creation, proactive, and a strong team player.
• Detail-oriented and committed to maintaining high-quality work.
• Capable of providing and receiving constructive feedback.
• Adaptable to fast-changing situations, capable of quickly understanding existing code.

Socialpointer’s benefits:

• Hybrid work arrangement (office/home)
• Relocation support to help you move to Barcelona (if you’re not already here).
• An impressive 25 days annual leave, not including public holidays.
• A very generous ticket-restaurant to restore some life-points.
• Private medical insurance for you and your family, to keep your health bar full.
• Choose from the latest IOS or Android device upon joining (phone or tablet).
• Free language lessons (English & Spanish ).
• Spotify Premium to add that special soundtrack that every adventure deserves.
• Legendary social events & parties to let off some steam.
• Players develop…Oops, sorry! People development is key for us: an amazing budget just for you to spend skilling up your abilities & knowledge to achieve real growth opportunities!

Onsite Benefits

• State of the art gym facilities so you can level up your build stats.
• Book an appointment with our onsite physiotherapist for your aches and pains.
• A massive gaming room equipped with all consoles and games you could ask for.
• Drop by our onsite hairdressers for a trim (and forget your wallet; it's a Guild perk).

Apply Today and Join the Adventure!

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Socialpoint is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. You’re welcome on the team no matter where you’re from, who you like, what you look like, or if you prefer Xbox over Playstation. It’s a trick question – mobile wins every time! We hire based on your qualifications and demonstrated ability to perform job responsibilities. Our games are for everyone, and so is our workplace.