Senior Game Programmer

About Shiro Games

Shiro Games is an Independent video game developer located in the heart of Bordeaux. Our first game Evoland was released in 2013, the acclaimed sequel Evoland 2: A slight case of Spacetime continuum disorder followed soon after in 2015. Popular Viking RTS Northgard entered early access in 2017 with full release following in March 2018. At Gamescom 2018 we announced our new project, Darksburg.

Position

Shiro Games is looking for an experienced game programmer to join our growing team of passionate developers on an unannounced project. This role offers the opportunity to lead our programming efforts on brand new games from prototyping to launch.

What will you do:

• Architect the game code base and implement core concepts
• Work side by side with game designers and artists
• Mentor other developers within the team
• Regularly refactor in order to maintain a sane and flexible code base
• Use rapid prototyping to experiment with game design

Your qualification

• B.S. in computer science and 5+ years professional experience with at least one shipped title
• Strong Object Oriented programming skills (C#, C++, Haxe…)
• Comfortable prototyping and working with iterative development process
• Ability to analyze game designer requests and iterate with designers to deliver implementations that are fun and engaging while still being robust and performant
• Contribution of ideas toward various aspects of the game’s production and development is a plus
• Team-oriented but self-motivated

Additional details

• Based in Bordeaux, in a very nice neighborhood near many restaurants, pubs, etc…
• Relocation fees taken in charge
• Salary will be based on profile