Senior Lead Programmer (Game Industry)

Airlab is an independent Game Developer and Publisher passionate about improving gaming experiences. They are seeking a Senior Lead Programmer to lead and manage a team of programmers, ensuring successful project delivery and collaboration with various teams in the development of a multiplayer PC game.

Responsibilities:

• Lead a programming discipline team at a technical and personnel level
• Work with the production, programmers, design and art leads to create task and schedule estimates for programming team and track development efforts across the team
• Balance staying on top of the code base/tech, actively engineering game systems/tools with the management requirements and responsibilities of a discipline lead
• Determine the tech needs for the team, helping to establish clear coding best practices
• Ensure the delivery of practical and timely solutions by the gameplay engineering team that meets the game design and technical requirements
• Identify risks and provide relevant solutions to complex problems
• Coordinate, mentor and build a cohesive programming team
• Continually review the game and development process and identify areas that need improvement