Principal Programmer

A prestigious organisation is looking for a Principal Programmer for a 12-month contract based in Guildford. This is a unique opportunity to join a highly creative and collaborative team responsible for developing innovative game technology. You will play a pivotal role in shaping the technical foundation of the organisation’s future projects, contributing to cutting-edge gameplay experiences and world-class tools. Working in a dynamic and supportive environment, you will collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams to deliver high-quality solutions that meet both technical and creative challenges.

Key Tasks & Responsibilities:

• Devise and deliver technology across key priorities within Game Technology, which may include game systems, gameplay, UI, tools and/or audio.
• Collaborate with designers to identify pragmatic solutions to creative challenges.
• Champion best practice and support other team members to help maximise everyone’s potential.

You Have:

• Previous experience implementing and debugging multithreaded real-time code at a Principal level or above, within a cross-disciplinary games production environment.
• Excellent C and C++ skills, with the ability to write readable and maintainable code.
• Strong appetite to collaborate with other disciplines to explore solutions.
• Flexibility to adapt to new challenges as priorities shift throughout development.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Proactive, pragmatic, and collaborative approach to problem-solving.

Years of experience and salary levels are shown purely as a guide. We will only consider applications from candidates that can demonstrate the skills or experience required for the role.

Please be aware that while we would love to respond to every application we receive, due to high numbers we cannot guarantee this. We do however appreciate any time you invest into the application and will make sure to get in touch should anything in future more closely fit your skillset.