Lead UI Engineer, SplashDamage
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Independently-owned game development studio
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Independently-owned game development studio
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
More information about location
201-500 employees
Company mission
To craft team-based multiplayer games that ignite friendships as much as they do healthy competition and teamwork.
Role
Who you are
- Dependable people skills, an enthusiastic attitude, and a team-first mentality; you give effective direction, support, and feedback, and can nurture professional growth in your team
- Proven technical UI leadership experience; you’ve set a clear technical direction and best practices for at least one game project and led a UI team through to shipping
- Experience setting up UI pipelines and project documentation; you can see the big picture and you know what’s needed to align your team to be able to deliver to the standard required
- Expert knowledge of C++, with relevant professional experience
- Practical UI implementation knowledge; you have worked with UI Design teams to understand and overcome technical limitations, and you can break down UI designs into core components with reusability in mind
- Proven time management and organisational skills; you can plan your project at both roadmap and sprint levels and prioritise your team’s work for maximum impact
- Comfortable working without close supervision; you can get the job done and make intelligent decisions with the information at hand
- Considerate communication and presentation skills; you’re able to present ideas clearly to audiences of all experience levels
Desirable
- Experience with Unreal Engine and UMG
- Experience with accommodating a variety of player accessibility needs
- Multi-platform and console development experience
What the job involves
- Lead UI Engineers at Splash Damage are accountable for establishing and driving the technical design and implementation of the user interface
- They create project roadmaps for UI engineering and plan sprints for their team, effectively prioritising work to make ideal use of each team member’s skills
- Drawing upon their experience in UI development, they will share knowledge with their team to create performant and robust data-driven interfaces that commit to the core technical pillars of a project
- They collaborate with other disciplines to realise their ideas through iterative UI development and are not afraid to dive into hands-on work when necessary
- We trust our Lead UI Engineers with a large degree of autonomy throughout the development cycle, and they put the needs of their team over their own
- They are capable leaders who can keep their team of engineers motivated, providing effective coaching, feedback, and opportunities for growth along the way
- They regularly collaborate with a project’s leadership team to solve project-level issues and represent their discipline effectively both internally as well as to external partners
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Our take
Splash Damage is a game development company best known for its work on Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, Gears of War: Ultimate Edition and the PC version of Halo: The Master Chief Collection.
The company is committed to diversity and inclusion, partnering with D&I companies such as POC In Play, Out Making Games, Industry Gayming, and Queer in Games.
While Splash Damage was acquired by the multimedia company Tencent in 2020, the company has since retained its independence and even started its own acquisition portfolio through the purchase of Bulkhead Interactive. Operating as an independent entity within the Tencent family, its focus going forward is on creating an original sci-fi-based game.
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Company benefits
- Private medical and dental cover for you and your family along with Babylon 24/7 digital GP services. We also offer onsite counseling and an employee assistant program, along with covering eye tests, gym memberships, and more.
- With 8 public holidays and an additional 3-day studio Christmas closure, our staff have a total of 36 days off. We also offer flexible working hours and regular company social events.
- Industry-leading fully paid 30 weeks maternity leave and 10 weeks paternity leave, along with flexitime and life assurance, helps new parents manage their time and put their family first.
- All of our staff have enhanced company pension contributions, meaning that we invest in your future together.
- We offer generous referral bonuses and staff are enrolled in our new bonus scheme.
- We have cycle-to-work and car leasing schemes, a free car park, game and book libraries, complimentary weekly onsight haircuts, and discounts at many local businesses.
Company values
- We put our team first: We put the team ahead of our own immediate needs. We know that in an aligned team we'll always outperform the sum of our parts.
- We trust each other: We trust each other to give candid and constructive feedback and strive to take on new perspectives and ideas.
- We find solutions: We're highly adaptable, tackling problems head-on and course correcting when new challenges arise.
- We decide and deliver: We're empowered within our teams to make decisions and hold each other accountable, with the autonomy to prioritise what needs to be done and when.
- We always learn, always improve: We're dedicated to unlocking our individual and team's potential through a constant focus on learning, self-improvement, and knowledge-sharing.
Company HQ
Bromley, UK
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Leadership
Richard Jolly
(CEO)After graduating from Abertay University, created Splash Damage which they have been a part of ever since.
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