Senior Tools Engineer Full Time

The Studio

We are a video game development studio with offices in Guildford, UK and Utrecht, Netherlands. Sitting within the heart of thriving communities of game developers and publishers, we focus on quality and excellence, and our partners and players are always at the front of everything we do.

It couldn’t be a more exciting time to join us as we embark on a new unannounced project, pushing the boundaries of all aspects of the game to create a truly AAA experience.

The Role

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer who is able to get stuck in with different aspects of game making but with a focus on tools, to join our established team to work on a AAA arcade racing title, being built in Unreal 5 for Gen 9 consoles and PC. You will collaborate with your colleagues in game design and gameplay engineering to provide support through the architecture, design, implementation, and optimization of the layer that connects our players, and drives our games.

Responsibilities & Duties

• Build tools within UE5, along with any necessary work to interface with external content creation tools
• Proactively identify the tools that will be needed throughout development of the project
• Participate in feature design to assist in the creation of supporting tools and technologies
• Improve existing pipelines and tools to decrease iteration times for content creators
• Deliver high quality, optimised, clean code
• Guide, coach, and mentor associate engineers
• Help with continuous improvement in processes, and pipelines
• Work on the overall career paths within Stellar Entertainment
• Have fun working on amazing projects

This role is available in office (Guildford or Utrecht) with hybrid working available. Open to relocation discussions.

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Requirements

Experience

– Have shipped more than 1 title, preferably AAA

– Deep understanding on game content creation process

– Solid understanding of 3D mathematics and physics

– A wealth of experience

– Solid debugging and optimisation skills in C++

– Unreal Engine 4 or 5 experience

Benefits

• International AAA game projects
• Access to cutting-edge hardware
• Flexible/hybrid working
• Great increasing holiday benefits including Christmas Shutdown
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Private Healthcare Plan including dental and optical support, mental health, online GP
• Pension Plan
• Life Assurance
• Flu Jab Vouchers
• Regular Team Incentives and Social Events
• Brand new Guildford office – Feb 2023
• Opportunities to work with our Netherlands office