Lead Programmer Unreal Engine

Were looking for a Lead Programmer to join our award winning team in Middlesbrough (UK) home to the beautiful North Yorkshire coastline and countryside.

As a Lead Programmer at Double Eleven youll play a pivotal role in shaping cuttingedge gameplay experiences. Youll be working alongside the developers of some of the best selling and highest rated video games of all time. Leading a skilled code team developing robust systems optimising performance and ensuring toptier code quality all while fostering a collaborative and motivated environment is what some of your day will look like in this role. Youll work closely with designers artists and other disciplines collaborating to bring ideas to life. As a key technical point of contact youll also engage directly with clients presenting game changing solutions and managing expectations to keep the project on track.

Youll initially work on a Unreal project but this may change depending on project needs and milestones.

As a global gaming company weve enabled millions to conquer Minecraft Dungeons battle in Rust Console Edition and create new adventures in Fallout we collaborated with Rockstar Games to bring Red Dead Redemption to the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 as well as partnered with Obsidian Entertainment on Grounded: Fully Yoked Edition for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 and 5.

Double Eleven is a place where our people come first. Our 400person team proudly represents over 30 nationalities.

We strive to avoid crunch we offer flexible working hours to allow you to truly enjoy work/life balance whilst making great games and any overtime is always planned optional and paid.

We can support UK relocation and have both a dedicated People and Operation teams on standby to assist you.

On this occasion were unable to sponsor a visa for this role.

What youll be doing

• Design develop test and implement systems and game code to a high quality
• Perform code reviews with the development team to ensure code quality
• Work with designers artists and publishing as required to create the highest possible quality titles
• Lead a team taking responsibility for their personal development and work delivery
• Work with production on a project roadmap and deliver according to that schedule
• Take part in regular client meetings and become the first technical point of contact for the project

What were looking for

• Excellent knowledge and understanding of C
• Experience as a Lead or Associate Lead in the games industry
• Experienced working in multiplayer games
• Experienced with Unreal Engine 5 (UE5
• Experienced with code optimisation
• Experienced in project roadmapping
• Experienced in project risk management
• Excellent verbal and written English communication skills including the ability to communicate effectively with team members outside the code team
• Ability to coach a small team of programmers
• Able to break down and structure tasks to meet deadlines efficiently

Qualifications

• All relevant qualifications considered

What to expect

Working life at Double Eleven

• Start your day any time between 8:00am and 10:00am
• 35 working hours per week with a 1 hour lunch break (with the opportunity to flex down to 30 minutes or up to 2 hours)
• Opportunity to apply for hybrid working (up to 2 days working from home per week)
• 28 days annual leave 20 days annual leave 8 days bank holiday)
• 1 day leave for your birthday and 1 day leave if youre moving house
• Up to 10 days discretionary annual leave during our end of year break
• Potential for annual performance bonus
• 5 additional days annual leave for 5 years service and a further 5 days annual leave for your 10 years service milestone
• A brand new stateoftheart studio facilities that includes a market hall serving nutritious subsidised meals roundtheclock gym access an auditorium and more
• Free breakfast options juice hot drinks and fruit
• Employee referral bonus (up to 2000!
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Free game codes game swag and merchandise
• Familyfriendly leave available
• Christmas Saving Scheme
• Free parking
• Bestinclass tools and workflows so you can focus on creativity

Professional development and wellbeing

• Vitality Private Healthcare discounts and rewards for you your spouse and children (upon the successful completion of your 6 month probationary period)
• Access to mental health and wellbeing support via Plumm (includes 4 free video therapy sessions per month for both the employee and up to 3 family members aged 18 unlimited text therapy courses meditations
• A personalised development plan with dedicated support tailored to your growth and goals
• Access to an accredited Academy providing professional qualifications (and access to 500 UK discounts and offers via TOTUM when registered as a student)
• A dedicated Workplace Experience team responsible for work environments workplace and quality of employee life services to help foster collaboration creativity and innovation
• Instudio wellbeing programmes and People team support
  

Team life

• Free activities via our Bus Tours programme (where on occasion partners and children are welcome to join you)
• Many team events to celebrate team and game milestones
• Sponsored team activities including football basketball book club movie club and more
• Opportunity to contribute to our internal Employee Diversity and Equality Network

Ways to reach us

If you have a general query or if you need support with your application and/or an alternative way to apply please do not hesitate to contact our Talent team at