UI/UX Technical Designer

CCP is seeking a UI/UX Technical Designer to join our Platform Tools Team in Reykjavik, where we develop and maintain a wide variety of internal tools & services to support CCP’s Carbon game engine.

In this role you will serve as a link between game creators and platform developers as we develop new tools & services and modernize legacy systems. As a UI/UX Technical Designer for developer tools, you will take a data driven approach to researching industry leading developer tools, set standards, design improvements, and contribute to our Carbon codebase.

Your tasks:

• Research industry standards & trends in developer tools in order to identify areas of improvement & standardisation
• Work directly with game designers, artists, QA, engineers and other disciplines to understand their workflows and advocate for improvements
• Design, prototype and develop tools and pipelines for both desktop applications and web services that will improve the productivity and autonomy of our development teams
• Directly contribute to our code base as an engineer, while also supporting your team and projects in a design capacity

Your Profile:

• A minimum of 3 years’ experience in a software development & design position, ideally in a game development environment
• Expertise in UI frameworks & UX and design, with experience in both desktop applications and web services being a plus
• Solid programming and debugging skills in Python, C++ & JavaScript and similar languages
• Able to own both design and engineering tasks on a multi-disciplined team
• Well versed in industry standard development tools such as Unity, Unreal Engine CryEngine, etc
• A great communicator, who can effectively convey project requirements and designs to diverse audiences

What we can offer you:

• The inspiring challenge of working in collaboration with amazingly talented and ambitious co-workers
• A multicultural work environment that encourages growth, creativity and innovation
• At home and in office workstations as well as flexible work environment
• An active fun division that hosts regular events
• An excellent canteen that offers a weekly breakfast and lunch menu as well as drinks and snacks
• Discretionary quarterly and annual performance sharing plan
• Annual sports grant
• A mobile device and a mobile usage package
• Home Internet
• A conditional monthly transportation grant
• Work environment that focuses on employee well-being
• On-site doctor, free of charge as well as other on-site services at a discounted price

All applications must be in English to be considered for this position.