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Senior UI Developer

• Are you an experienced UI Developer who wants to create a brand new project with zero technical debt?
• Can you write code using a high level scripting language like C# or LUA?

We are looking for someone like you to become our all-new Senior UI Developer and join our passionate and talented UI team, where we are building on the years of success that Rebellion has enjoyed.

The Senior UI Developer is a new role dedicated to setting up the UI infrastructure for a brand new project, delivering technically complex UI features and optimising both runtime and pipeline implementation. You will set up a new project, create the core UI systems for that project and work with UI designers and artists to yield high performance and outstanding visual quality.

As part of the UI team, you will play a key role in implementing efficient, complex and beautiful UI that achieves both the target user experience and also the art target for the project.

This role would suit an experienced UI Developer who has been responsible for the UI of at least one shipped console game, and is skilled with one or more high level scripting languages, e.g., Java, C#, LUA, AS3 or Haxe.

Rebellion UI

The Rebellion UI team are responsible for the art, design and implementation of UI across multiple genres and multiple platforms. Do you love collaboration as much as we do?

Responsibilities

• Set up a new project, ready for UI designers and UI artists to help you implement UI according to your guidelines
• Create core UI systems for the project, e.g., responsive layout, atomic components, parametric buttons, logical menu flow, a high performance list box or tabular data layout
• Implement efficient, complex UI designs and artwork that match the UI art target
• Triage bugs and manage feedback in conjunction with the team lead and project producers
• Assist with optimisation and debugging
• Support UI designers, UI artists and UI technical designers with code reviews during implementation
• Work with Technical Artists and Tools Programmers to improve efficiency of workflows, driving the toolset forward and actively pushing for new features where appropriate
• Collaborate with the UI team to design UI features for multiple input devices on multiple platforms

Requirements

• 4+ years’ experience in a similar role
• At least one shipped console title
• Experience with at least one high level language, e.g., Java, C#, LUA, AS3 or Haxe
• Experience implementing responsive / fluid layouts
• Experience creating, profiling and optimising core UI
• Understanding of atomic / component driven design

Desirable:

• Confident with Visual scripting
• Experience using UE4 UMG / Unity UI
• Experience creating innovative, complex UIs such as those seen in management games like Evil Genius 2

Benefits

• Holiday: 26 holiday days annually, increasing with service to 31 days, plus national public holidays
• Private Medical Insurance: Our PMI scheme offers comprehensive cover to access private medical treatment, taking the stress and strain out of waiting for treatments via the NHS
• Pension Contribution: Tax efficient salary sacrifice contributory pension scheme where Rebellion matches 4% of salary, plus 10% of any contribution you make
• Healthcare Cash Plan: Cash-back on treatment costs, from flu jabs to chiropractors
• Dental & Vision: Cash-back on routine or emergency costs, free eye tests
• Income Protection: Financial help if unable to work due to illness or injury
• Critical Illness: Financial help if diagnosed with critical illness
• Life Assurance: Financial security for your loved ones at a difficult time
• EAP: Wellbeing hub, including confidential telephone support and counselling
• Active Rewards: Earn discounts and other perks for physical activity, from trainers to cinema tickets
• Gym Membership: Discounts to over 3,000 participating UK gyms, pools & fitness events
• Loans: Interest free, tax-free loans
• Relocation: Assistance with relocation planning and costs
• Cycling Cycle Scheme: Save around 30% of the cost of a new bike and equipment though salary sacrifice tax & NI savings, spread repayments over 12 months
• Discounts: 50% off most 2000 AD merchandise, plus Active Rewards and more through health schemes, from high street retail to holidays
• Referral Bonus: Up to £2k bonus for internal staff referrals that lead to hires
• Flexible Hours: Flexible start and finish times
• Great Friendly Culture: Friendly, creative and relaxed working atmosphere, with sensibly managed projects and recognition of the importance of work-life balance (anti-crunch)
• Social & Charity Events: Annual Summer BBQ & Christmas Party, social groups such as photography and board games, charity events including football, go-karting and supporting Special Effect
• Digital Freebies: GDC Vault access, all Rebellion Steam titles, digital copies of 2000 AD and Rebellion Publishing comics, graphic novels and ebooks, physical game and film libraries

About Us:

Rebellion is a leading developer and publisher of games, and is also one of Europe’s biggest independent studios operating across books, comics, TV and film. Our Sniper Elite series is renowned for its authentic stealth and sniping gameplay with more than 35 million players worldwide. The Zombie Army franchise is a spine-chilling zombie shooter, and the recently released Evil Genius 2 is a satirical spy-fi lair builder where YOU are the criminal mastermind!

And those are just the projects you know about – there are loads more!

Diversity and Inclusion at Rebellion

We are actively recruiting for a diverse team and continue to develop a culture of growth and inclusion. Rebellion encourages innovation in all areas and we look forward to hearing how you can help us to be better. We would like to invite all demographics of culture, gender, ethnicity, neuro-diversity and beyond because we believe a representative team makes better games and provides a better working life.