Lead Unreal Developer

2 days ago

Auckland City, New Zealand Hashbane Full time

Ideally, you are based in Auckland New Zealand, remote working opportunities are available

**ROLE**

Hashbane Interactive is looking for a Senior Lead Programmer for our growing programming team. As the senior lead programmer, you will help hire, lead and support our programmers and make sure they have everything they need to function to their best potential. As your team will continue to grow, you will also hire, mentor and coach specialized programming team leads that will report to you.

You should be an experienced game developer with strong programming and communication skills. You will report to and work with the Creative Director and be a major factor in realizing our technical vision. We can offer you to be a big part of an ambitious development team that gladly embraces the creative and technical challenges that come with game development. Able to forge strong morale and esprit de corps throughout the development team. There are many opportunities for you to have a big impact on the products we’ll be making as well as the overall direction of the company.

**SKILLS**
- Adhere to and ensure programming best practices and standards for your development team
- Assist in the recruitment of programmers
- Project planning and resource allocation in collaboration with the directors
- Day to day leadership and mentorship of your development team
- Team management, including regular 1on1s, development direction
- Ensure that all processes are in place for the development team to thrive
- A propensity to improve systems and processes
- Create strong technical documentation
- Problem-solving and open-minded with a desire to build and grow a well-functioning team
- A structured mindset for planning and following up team progress
- Very strong collaboration and communication skills

**EXPERIENCE**
- Highly competent in Unreal Engine 4/5 and C++
- 5+ years of lead programmer experience
- 5+ years of professional game programming experience
- Shipped multiple AAA titles in either a lead or senior role
- Expert knowledge of the entire game development pipeline
- Experience with agile or scrum development methods
- Experience using source control software
- Fluency in English, both spoken and written

**ADVANTAGEOUS**
- Affinity for dinosaurs and prehistoric creatures
- Love multiple game genres and play often
- Exploding with ideas

**OUR PROCESS**

We are an equal opportunity employer. Equality, diversity, and inclusion (ED&I) is a crucial and permanent part of our business strategy. To help us ensure a fully equal, diverse, and inclusive working environment, we carry out anonymised screening to mitigate unconscious bias from the start.

We look forward to hearing from you

**ABOUT HASHBANE INTERACTIVE**

Hashbane Interactive is an independent studio developing our breakout title Instinction, a prehistoric action-adventure set in modern times for PC and console. We're a team passionate about developing the best games possible in a creative and respectful environment, our teams have the freedom to contribute and develop both professionally and personally. We strongly support an open and inclusive work environment where everybody is valued, feels safe, is treated equally and with respect.

We offer flexible working arrangements so you can focus on what you do best and enjoy. We all have shared values, we believe that trust, talent, and experience help us navigate troubled waters, and steer clear of egos. Our team works at their fullest potential and will encourage and support you to do the same.

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