Unity 3D Software Engineer 2 (SDE 2)

Remote

About the Job

Pocket Pinata Interactive is a Vancouver mobile game development studio practicing the art and science of making free-to-play games. We are looking for like minded individuals to join our cause as a full-time Unity 3D Software Developer Engineer 2.

You are a passionate gamer who enjoys mobile games programming and tinkers with Unity 3D. You are a big fan of Clean Code and software design patterns. You relax by reading tech journals and sketching UML diagrams. You are a lifelong learner who is results-driven and detail-oriented. Most of all, you are looking for a friendly working environment filled with like-minded individuals at a studio that prizes integrity, transparency and personal growth.

Perks:

Good extended health and dental plan.
Flexible work schedule.
Work-from-home. (some restrictions apply)

You will:

Proactively collaborate with artists, producers, designers and engineers in an agile development environment.
Monitor, mentor and direct engineers under your technical supervision to maximize their potential, their efficiency, and their adherence to the studio’s code quality and system security standard.
Proactively gets up-to-speed on assigned game projects with minimal supervision.
Proactively gets up-to-speed on assigned work or game systems without supervision.
Assess visual, technical and design specifications and provide timely constructive feedback and reasonably accurate work estimates with minimal supervision.
Design and implement features and systems to spec and on time with minimal supervision according to the studio's code quality and security standards.
Own the project systems assigned or touched - its technical design and code quality; fix and improve its design and quality so that it’s aligned with the studio’s code quality and system security standards as needed.
Troubleshoot and fix difficult-to-reproduce and platform-specific technical issues in a reasonable time with minimal supervision.
Communicate and document technical designs and decisions effectively in verbal or written form, via diagrams, documents, and/ir code comments.
Update and expand your technical knowledge and skills to stay ahead of industry developments.

You are a great fit for our team if you have:

4+ years of industry game development experience.
2+ years of industry experience with Unity 3D.
2+ years of C# programming experience or other object-oriented programming language.
1+ years experience applying Clean Code principles to your code.
Experience troubleshooting Android and/or IOS specific game issues.
Experience developing and optimizing scenes or game systems for performance in Unity 3D.
Experience developing in-editor gameplay tools and pipelines in Unity 3D.
Experience with Git or other revision control system.
Excellent technical problem-solving and communication skills.
Strong cross-discipline communication and collaboration skills.
Proactive and forward thinking lifelong learner able to quickly familiarize yourself with complex legacy systems and code.
A detail-oriented mindset with a strong ability to multitask.

Having the following skills is a plus:

A degree in Computer Science or related field.
Experience with Unity’s data, animation and profiling systems.
Experience with Unity RESTful networking and JSON solutions.
Experience with Python and RESTful server programming.
Knowledgeable on Agile Development Practices. (Scrum/Kanban)
Knowledgeable on UML.