Battle Programmer - CA Sofia

We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced and ambitious Battle Programmer to join us and work on exciting new projects in our Total war franchise. This role is based at our studio in Sofia, Bulgaria.

In the role of Battle Programmer, you will be working closely with your peers, using your coding skills and expertise to improve our existing gameplay and craft new and compelling features for future Total War titles.

This role is based in Sofia, Bulgaria and would require successful candidates to be able to relocate to the country of employment.

Your Impact:

On a day-to-day basis, you will:

• Build and maintain well-engineered code with high levels of stability and performance across a codebase consisting of C++
• Use your experience to solve challenging problems, from designing and building entirely new systems to optimising features to be performant, maintainable and extensible.
• Show pragmatism and a focus on delivery, understanding when to make the right trade-offs to ensure the production of a high-quality product.
• Contribute to technical design in areas such as AI, UI, and gameplay.
• Collaborate with your teammates to encourage and uphold high standards across the team.
• Work with our principal programmers and leads to contribute to the technical roadmap of our future titles.

How you can match:

• Games industry experience with a proven track record in a comparable role
• Strong C++ programming skillset, with knowledge of the latest language features
• Ability to write clean, maintainable, and extensible code
• Experience of a complete game development lifecycle from pre-production, through to post-release support
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Self-motivated with a drive to improve yourself and others
• Strong communication skills with a desire to collaborate and communicate technical details clearly with other disciplines
• Passion and interest in games and game development

Nice to have:

• Cross-platform development experience
• Experience working in a large codebase
• Broad gaming experience and a sense for good game design
• An avid gamer, ideally strategy games

Studio Benefits:

• Flexible working hours
• Health and dental care package
• Life insurance
• Additional paid leave
• Full studio closure over the Christmas and New Year period
• Employee assistance programme
• Food vouchers
• Annual studio bonus
• Learning and development trainings, internal masterclasses and global conferences
• Free games and merchandise
• Breakfast and fruits at the office
• Office massages

What's next?

1. Recruitment catch-up call.

2. Shortlisted candidates will receive online assignments.

3. Successful candidates will have an interview with two of our Lead Programmers.

4. The final stage will be an in-depth technical interview and code session conducted by the Lead Programmers.

Our studio sites have disabled access. We are an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief.