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Senior Programmer

We are God of War! Join us!

AI behaviors, decision logic, core AI systems, tools to bring our AI characters to life – that’s the job. You will collaborate directly with the designers, animators, and producers to identify problems, provide solutions, and improve the quality of the gameplay. The result will be a truly engaging player experience.

And you will make sure the tool set is on the upswing, always improving – iteration, reuse, behaviors, and debugging AI logic. This means keeping an open dialog with the team and the leads, inviting feedback, and identifying areas requiring improvement.

Sound like you? If so, give us a shout.

AND NOW A WORD FROM MANAGEMENT…

Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and maintain core AI systems (perception, positioning, pathfinding, etc.) and tools to create AI behaviors and gameplay (navigation, combat, animation etc.)
• Implement tools as needed for specific project requirements
• Support and collaborate with designers and animators
• Write clear, maintainable, portable, and highly functional code
• Profile and performance tune code to remove bottlenecks
• Test and document code produced

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent experience
• Expertise in C++ and console game development
• Strong understanding of AI architectures, algorithms, and pathfinding techniques
• Minimum five years professional programming experience
• Strong programming generalist with solid code architecture skills
• Good understanding of what makes a game fun and interesting to play
• Proficient in linear algebra
• Enthusiasm and initiative
• Excellent spoken and written communication
• Able and motivated to work with other team members
• Commitment to code quality, documentation, and sound testing procedures

Desirable Skills and Experience

• Specialist in other game programming areas (animation, tools, networking, audio, etc.)

We value talent, self-motivation, and team spirit. In turn, we provide an environment with a large degree of freedom and autonomy.

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