Melbourne Senior Programmer

4 weeks ago

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Big Ant Studios Full time
Senior Programmer Job Description

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Programmer to join our team at Big Ant Studios in Melbourne. As a Senior Programmer, you will play a key role in designing and implementing new systems, improving existing systems, and collaborating with the production team.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Design and implement new systems in C++
  • Improve existing systems and optimize performance
  • Collaborate with the production team to coordinate task schedules and updates
  • Bug fixing and maintaining the existing Big Ant Engine code base
  • Analyzing and fixing common problems in a game engine such as load times, memory usage, and performance problems
Requirements:
  • Bachelor's degree in software engineering, computer science, or equivalent
  • Minimum 3 years working experience in programming
  • Very good understanding of C++
  • Experience in software programming, ideally in the video game industry or any other relevant experience
  • Basic knowledge of engine or middleware and associated pipeline
  • Passionate about playing and making games
  • Basic knowledge of debugging tools
  • Familiar with basic speed and memory considerations
  • Familiar with optimisation principles
  • Ability to anticipate and resolve problems
  • Attention to detail
  • Flexibility in organising work
  • Good interpersonal and communication skills
  • Ability to work as part of a team
  • Ability to adapt to change
  • Ability to quickly learn to use new tools
  • Work well with designers and artists to implement the vision of the game
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
Bonus Points:
  • Experience on the current generation of consoles (PS4, Xbox One)
  • Experience with scripting languages (Lua, Python)
  • Good debugging skills

Big Ant Studios is one of the oldest and largest game developers in Australia, based in Southbank, Melbourne, and another studio in the Adelaide CBD. We develop premium sports titles for multiple platforms. Big Ant offers a central location, an experienced team with perks including daily lunches, Myki for public transport, and professional development support. We believe diverse perspectives and backgrounds are key to creating experiences everyone can enjoy. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or national origin and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Please note you will need to have working rights in Australia. At this stage, we cannot sponsor a working visa.

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