If you like working on phenomenal projects, collaborating with great people, kicking back during monthly social events, Starbucks Wednesdays and free lunch Fridays...then the Third Floor is looking for you!
Since its inception 10 years ago, The Third Floor has worked on Hollywoods biggest blockbusters, contributing to over a billion dollars a year in box office annually. Our mission has expanded and we are looking for talented artists for our growing VR/AR department.
The Third Floor is looking for an experienced Unreal Engine programmer who enjoys a collaborative and creative work environment. We are looking to push the boundaries of entertainment, developing for cutting-edge hardware, working on virtual and augmented reality experiences. In this position you will develop ground-breaking new work in real-time entertainment across a variety of projects and platforms. Unreal Engine is the primary development focus, but a familiarity with other game engines is certainly welcome.
Responsibilities:
You will build amazing VR games and experiences
Work with an agile and interdisciplinary team of artists, designers, and programmers to design, prototype, and implement new gameplay assets & features.
Help to improve development pipeline, support the technical artists and level designers via plug-in and tool development.
Assess tech and developmental risks. Propose solutions to overcome identified risks.
Assist in specification, ensure that design and implementation of experience meets run-time and performance budgeting requirements.
Collaborate with production to develop task lists, estimates, & schedules.
Actively participate in the QA process to identify and fix bugs
Assist with R&D as it relates to real-time productions at TTF
Required Skills:
Bachelors and or Masters degree in Computer Science or related discipline.
3-4 years of game development experience as a programmer.
Extensive experience working with-and extending-Unreal 3 or 4
Extensive experience with the C++ programming language
Strong familiarity with OOD principles
Solid understanding of algorithms, physics and math.
Write polished, optimized and documented code
Experience creating and using real-time shaders
Experience with game audio libraries: Miles, FMOD, Wwise, etc
Experience working with Blueprints Visual Scripting
Excellent problem solving skills and the ability to work with minimal supervision
Strong understanding of 3D modeling, texturing and animation.
An appreciation for - and strong desire to create - amazing games
Desired Skills:
Unity, Crytek or other under the hood game engine experience.
Experience developing for game consoles (PS3, XBOX 360).
Previous experience or strong desire to be working with VR or AR hardware & SDKs
To apply for the role please visit our recruitment website address at
careers@thethirdfloorinc.com.