Gameplay Coder (Glowmade - EA Originals Studio)

Location: Guildford, UK

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This position is no longer open.

Requisition Number: 158420

Position Title: Contingent

External Description:

This position is with Glowmade, an EA Originals studio, and the best way to apply is to contact them directly on jobs@glowmade.com.

All applicants should provide examples of their work via a website, blog, email, or online album to be considered for this position.

Hello, we’re Glowmade! We’re a small but exciting company and the goal of our games is to unlock people's imagination and help them express themselves in wonderful, fun ways. Right now we’re busy building RustHeart, a co-op action RPG game for consoles and PC about creating, exploring and the joy of discovery.

GAMEPLAY CODER

This is an opportunity to play a crucial role in our small but efficient code team. Reporting to Jonny Hopper (Co-Founder and Technical Director), you’ll be working closely with him and the design team as you implement that elusive, ethereal Fun. We need you to build critical gameplay features all the way from meeting the design and art needs, to what the player sees on their screen.

FROM DAY ONE WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO:

Enthusiastically jump into the existing codebase and take ownership over key features

Work closely with both our art and design teams to make their needs a reality

IN SIX MONTHS YOU WILL BE:

Pivotal to the success of the game, having designed and built key code features
A central, supportive member of our small team

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE WOULD:

Enjoy working in a variety of gameplay disciplines, from controls, to scripting, to combat and AI.
Have the ability to wrap your head round the ‘feel’: that thing that makes a product feel great and puts a smile on someone’s face.
Come armed with a strong technical background, where your intuition to the ‘what’ is backed up by the ‘why’
Show willingness to do all the things, in order to Get Them Done.
Be at C++ Level: Brilliant, but not so Brilliant you use template metaprogramming, traits and std::range all the time.

ADVANTAGEOUS QUALITIES:

An artistic eye married with an ability to express that in code
Shipped a game as part of a team
Interest in physics, networking and rendering
Experience working on a cross-platform project
Experience in performance and optimisation
Not super-fussed about Object Oriented design

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This is an opportunity for you to make a significant contribution not only to the game but to our team and the company. Everyone at Glowmade has a voice, and it’s important to us that you feel empowered and are given the time and space to use it.

We’re based in Guildford, UK and so we’d really like to have you here with us onsite. We offer competitive wages and we are an actively equal opportunities employer. If all of the above sounds exciting and you think you can fill this pivotal role, please get in touch. No agencies please!

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Community / Marketing Title: Gameplay Coder (Glowmade - EA Originals Studio)

Company Profile:

We are a global team of creators, storytellers, technologists, experience originators, innovators and so much more. We believe amazing games and experiences start with teams as diverse as the players and communities we serve. At Electronic Arts, the only limit is your imagination.

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About Electronic Arts

Everything we do is designed to inspire the world to play. Through our cutting-edge games, innovative services, and powerful technologies, we bring worlds with infinite possibilities to millions of players and fans around the globe.

We’re looking for collaborative and inclusive people with diverse perspectives who will enrich our culture and challenge us. We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support our people through every chapter of life. We provide comprehensive benefit packages and support for a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. Our goal is to provide a safe and respectful workplace that empowers you to thrive in both work and life.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.

Days Open: 46

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