Game Programmer

Kwalee is an expanding, independent mobile game developer based in the heart of the beautiful town of Leamington Spa, England, within the area known as Silicon Spa. The company was founded in 2011 by David Darling (awarded CBE by the Queen), co-founder of Codemasters and comprises of a highly skilled and creative team, including the original creator of the Micro Machines video games (yes, you read well, we have celebrities here!).

As a Game Programmer you love coding and have a passion for games, therefore creating game software is the perfect job for you!


What you tell your friends you do:
“Even if you don’t understand a word of it, thanks to my high quality code you’re able to spend many joyful hours playing our games.”


What you will really be doing:
- Designing and writing high quality and reliable code for our games.
- Using C# and Unity as the main technologies in your day to day work.
- Solving any challenges that might appear on the way.

How you will be doing this:
- You’ll be part of an agile, multidisciplinary and creative team and work closely with them to coordinate efforts and get the best results.
- You’ll think creatively and will be motivated by challenges and constantly striving for the best.
- You’ll work with cutting edge technology, if you need software or hardware to get the job done efficiently, you can get it

What have we worked on last quarter:
We’ve launched PlayPhoto worldwide and now we’re showing everyone how awesome it is. We are looking into the data so we can understand what our players like so that we can improve the game and grow our user base.

Team:
Our talented team is our signature. We have a highly creative atmosphere where you’ll have the opportunity to contribute daily to important design and technical decisions. You’ll work within an extremely experienced and passionate team, including David Darling and the creator of the Micro Machines video games.

* Experience as programmer with C#. We are considering several roles so we’re looking for people with different experiences (from a few months to around 4 years).

* Experience with Unity.

* Some experience in game development, even if it’s some personal project or demo.

* Android / iOS / Amazon or UI experience would be a plus.

* Excellent communication skills.

* An avid interest in either console or mobile games, preferably both.

- Money!

- To help you save some money, we also contribute to your pension, offer a private medical cover and life insurance

- We want everyone involved in our game to share our success, that’s why we have a generous royalties scheme where 15% of the profits of the game are shared with the team.

- 25 days of paid holidays plus bank holidays

- Quarterly team building events - work hard, play hard!

- Free snacks, fruit and drinks

- Monthly employee awards

- Innovation days