Creative Assembly is all about the right people making the best games. We are united through our values: Quality, Focus, Teamwork, Respect and Trust.

Winner of multiple Best Place to Work Awards, we house many talented people, from juniors to industry veterans who constantly challenge us and make sure we are striving for the best within our games and our studio life.

Come help us make amazing games together!

Gameplay Programmer - CA Sofia

We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced and ambitious Gameplay 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 Gameplay 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 C++ code with high levels of stability and performance.
• Solve challenging problems, from designing and building entirely new systems to refactoring features to be performant, maintainable and extensible.
• Work together with the design team to help define the technical design of new game features
• Strive for technical excellence in our codebase.
• Use your technical expertise to coach your teammates and uphold high standards across the team.
• Contribute to the technical roadmap of our future titles.

How you can match:

• Multiple years of professional programming experience
• Strong C++ programming ability
• Ability to write clean and maintainable code
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Experience working in a large codebase
• Self-motivated with a drive to improve yourself and others
• A desire to collaborate closely with other disciplines to streamline our development processes and eliminate bottlenecks
• Passion and interest in games and game development

Nice to have:

• Experience of a complete game development lifecycle from pre-production, through to post-release support.
• Experience of leading the technical direction of a commercial game project, contributing to the architectural design and planning of its features.
• Knowledge of the latest C++ standards
• Ability to write portable code
• 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?

• Recruitment catch-up call.
• Shortlisted candidates will receive online assignments.
• Successful candidates will have an interview with two of our Lead Programmers.
• 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.