[Full time - Boise, ID] UE4 Senior Systems Designer
Job Description
Unreal Engine 4 Senior Systems Designer
About the Position:
Visual Purple is looking for a UE4 Senior Systems Designer for full-time on-site work at our Boise, Idaho office. This is a full-time position. The ideal candidate would have experience working with Unreal Engine 4 in creating compelling gameplay elements and design, blueprinting/coding experiencing, and the desire and drive to perform a varied set of roles within a game studio.
Position Responsibilities:
- Work with Directors and Leads to create compelling and effective gameplay driven training.
- Work with Directors and Leads to design game system architecture and documentation.
- Ability to stay organized and productive while working on multiple simultaneous projects.
- Work with industry standard tools such as Perforce and G-Suite.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Create game systems from architecture design to implementation.
- Utilize problem solving and critical thinking skills.
- Collaborate with other programmers to create reliable bug-free code.
Required Skills:
- 5+ years UE4 experience is required.
- Experienced and proficient with C++.
- Experienced and proficient with Visual Studio.
- Experience designing game architecture.
- Experience designing and implementing game system architectures.
- Knowledge and proficiency with UE4 Blueprinting.
- Direct work experience on game development with at least one delivered project.
- Excellent knowledge and experience designing, developing, and implementing complex software applications and gameplay elements.
- Developing for cross platform distribution (PC/Mobile/VR).
- Must be a team player capable of working as part of both small or large teams on complex and deadline driven projects.
- Ability to perform continuous integration, configuration management, version control, and testing.
- Experience writing highly optimized and efficient code.
Desired Skills:
- Previous experience coaching junior team members.
- Experience reviewing junior team members’ code to ensure high code integrity.
- Experience with Client / Server environment related to game architecture.
Position Details:
Full-time – on-site. Tuesday - Friday, 10-hour shift.
Salary depends on experience, starting at $75,000.
Must be able and willing to relocate and work in our Boise, Idaho studio.
Must be a US Citizen due to security clearance requirements.
** Due to COVID-19 this position will be temporarily remote
The company will provide all necessary computer equipment to work remote. Once the decision is made to return to the studio after the COVID-19 restrictions are lifted, this will be an on-site position and will not be a remote position.
Candidate must be willing to work on-site in Boise, Idaho.**
This position is only available for citizens of the United States and due to the secure and confidential nature of these projects, outsourcing, subcontracting and off-site work opportunities are not available and will not be considered at this time.
Must be able to pass a government background check and be able to obtain and hold government security clearances. For more information about this please view:
https://www.state.gov/m/ds/clearances/c10978.htm
While we love hiring recent graduates and entry level positions, this is a high skilled and experienced position need for Visual Purple. Students, recent Graduates, and individuals with no professional experience will not be considered for this position and should not apply.
Platform:
iOS, PC, Android, VR
Visual Purple designs and builds the next generation of training. Realistic and engaging storylines form the backbone of our games. Replicating ‘real world’ experiences and creative game design, resulting in cost effective custom solutions for our clients.
Located in Boise, Idaho, we are a small studio of passionate gamers that love to play and create games. If you love getting to contribute to every aspect of game design and the opportunity to grow and learn this is the team for you.
Visual Purple, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.
Please apply by submitting your resume and cover letter to:
careers@visualpurple.com with the title "POLYCOUNT: Senior Systems Designer"