Lead Programmer

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🕒 August 26

🇮🇪 Ireland – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🖥 Software Engineer

👻 Ghost score 17%

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Virtuos

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2004

🎮 Gaming

📱 Media

Gaming • Media

Virtuos is a leading global content creator for video games and movies, headquartered in Singapore with 22 offices across Asia, Europe, and North America. Established in 2004, the company has built a strong reputation for providing high-quality game development and art production services to major developers and publishers. Virtuos is recognized for its work on blockbuster AAA titles and is a trusted partner in the gaming industry, helping to bring innovative and memorable gaming experiences to life.

📋 Description

• Provide technical oversight and direction to a team of senior and junior programmers • Establish strong coding standards and practices for team members • Report project risks promptly, propose mitigations, and escalate when necessary • Analyse and create technical documentation • Share knowledge with teams at Black Shamrock and Virtuos • Develop and implement NPC behaviours and character movement in UE5 • Fulfil design visions by creating realistic NPC behaviours, movement, and animation • Work closely with Game Designers, Animators, and Project Managers • Deliver high-performance, high-quality code • Prioritize and execute tasks • Anticipate production technical needs

🎯 Requirements

• Proven lead experience in the games industry • Experienced lead with Unreal Engine expertise and at least one shipped title using Unreal while acting as lead • At least 5 years of experience with Unreal Engine • Expertise in programming character movement and animation systems • Proven ability to work with designers and animators on character movement and animation systems • Experience building tools for debugging and developing movement and animation • Hands-on experience with Mover is very desirable • Expertise in building animation blueprints is very desirable • AI knowledge is an advantage