Senior Gameplay Programmer

About Frontier Developments

Frontier’s development strengths are immersive and fun gameplay design with unparalleled artistic quality, all underpinned and enabled by cutting-edge in-house technology and a talent for getting the best out of hardware and UI.

Position

• Drive technical design and development, create innovative solutions for complex problems
• Champion quality in our games by creating engaging gameplay mechanics 
• Mentor junior members of the programming team and collaborate with peer team members
• Profile and optimise game systems to maximise performance
• Work closely with other disciplines to help streamline our development processes
• Prioritise, plan and manage the time of assigned tasks with minimal oversight

Your qualification

• Senior gameplay programming role on at least one commercially released game for console or PC
• Strong programming skills using C++ in a large codebase
• Self-motivated and driven with good analytical and problem solving skills
• Experience working in a large codebase and the ability to adapt to established methods
• Enjoys collaborating with team members on cross-discipline tasks 
• Keeps up to date with new game technologies and innovations
• Ability and willingness to develop others through effective mentoring and coaching skills

Will be a plus

• Advanced knowledge of LUA programming
• Familiarity with adding features post-release to games with active players
• Experienced full commercial game development lifecycle from prototyping, through production to post-release support
• Cross-platform development experience including Xbox One or PlayStation 4

What we offer

At Frontier we believe your work should be rewarding in every way. We offer the chance to work on blockbuster franchises and world-leading IP in a studio environment considered one of the best places to work in the UK.

We also offer a range of flexible benefits to our 550+ team, including life assurance, private family healthcare, pension, flexitime working hours, enhanced maternity/paternity package, in-house catering, support with relocation, a Cycle to Work scheme and free bike servicing, regular in-house wellbeing sessions, regular social events, and annual bonus and sharesave schemes for everyone to share in the studio’s success.