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North

This company has studios in three worldwide locations. It was founded over a decade ago and has established itself as one of the leading companies in the MMO games arena, winning numerous awards and receiving critical acclaim worldwide. The company ethos is about making dreams become a reality. Their working environment is second to none with a very progressive management team who have created an inspiring and challenging environment for talent to thrive in. They are currently on a recruitment drive for top quality talent.

They currently require an experienced console Physics Programmer to join their team. The successful candidate will design, implement and debug the physics code to enable fantastic gameplay on all the studio's console titles. They will also help guide the direction of the physics engine development.

Candidates must have excellent C/C++ skills and at least 2+ shipped titles, with at least one of these in the role of Physics Programmer. Experience writing and debugging physics features for games using Havok, PhysX or similar physics middleware API is necessary, as well as experience mentoring less experienced programmers and strong 3D maths skills. Any experience with multi-threaded programming and Unreal Engine 3 would be advantageous.

North East £Negotiable

Contact: Lucy Ref: 32393 13/05/10

This company has studios in three worldwide locations. It was founded over a decade ago and has established itself as one of the leading companies in the MMO games arena, winning numerous awards and receiving critical acclaim worldwide. The company ethos is about making dreams become a reality. Their working environment is second to none with a very progressive management team who have created an inspiring and challenging environment for talent to thrive in. They are currently on a recruitment drive for top quality talent.

They are looking for an experienced Tools Programmer to work on AAA console titles. The Tools Programmer will design, implement and debug tools code to provide efficient and clever tools for the content creators. Applicants must have excellent C/C++ skills and at least one shipped console game in a tools role. Experience writing and debugging tools features for games utilizing MFC, WxWidgets or C# is essential. Experience of multi-threaded programming, using the Unreal Engine 3 and agile/scrum methodology would be advantageous.

North East £Negotiable

Contact: Lucy Ref: 32255 26/04/10

This company has studios in three worldwide locations. It was founded over a decade ago and has established itself as one of the leading companies in the MMO games arena, winning numerous awards and receiving critical acclaim worldwide. The company ethos is about making dreams become a reality. Their working environment is second to none with a very progressive management team who have created an inspiring and challenging environment for talent to thrive in. They are currently on a recruitment drive for top quality talent.

They are currently looking for an experienced Rendering Programmer to work on all rendering features for the studio's console titles. The successful candidate will have at least one shipped AAA game in a graphics coding role, excellent C/C++ skills, experience with Direct3D or similar graphics API, experience writing and debugging pixel and vertex shaders and a good understanding of coding processes, standards, methodologies and tools. Experience writing and tuning shadowing algorithms and multi-threaded programming experience would be advantageous.

North East £Negotiable

Contact: Lucy Ref: 32161

Midlands

This company was formed in Jan 2001 with the purpose of developing high quality interactive entertainment experiences for hand held devices. Over the last six years they have grown considerably, producing quality games for every major hand-held platform and more recently expanding into the console market.

They are looking for programmers of all levels to expand their team. Candidates should have strong Maths and C++ experience and several years of programming experience professionally or hobbyist. All platform experience welcome, although for more senior candidates ideally they are looking for 360 or PS3.

Oxford £High

Contact: Andrea Ref: 32405 14/05/10

This independent games company is a leading provider of Massively Multiplayer Online Game technology. They have developed rapidly since launch, led by a managerial team with over 80 years of games experience between them who have formed a team dedicated to producing creative and groundbreaking games while having a good time doing it - a strategy which has seen them deliver a growing number of commercial and critical successes.

They are currently looking for an experienced Lead Programmer to work on their successful racing franchise, with in depth experience of the Xbox 360 platform. The Lead Programmer will manage the migration of their product on the Xbox 360. They will also be involved with the PC development on strategical programming choices and mentor less senior programmers.

Requirements:

- Design and implementation of 360 specific game code.
- Must have worked on at least one Xbox title from concept to submission.
- Excellent C++ and debugging skills.
- Experience with performance optimizations on 360 platform.
- Experience of Microsoft's TCR.
- Multiplatform software development.
- Experience on Gamebryo or other cross-platform engine.
- At least 3 years games industry experience
- Extensive knowledge of Xbox and GPU Shader technologies.

Midlands £excellent + benefits

Contact: Lucy Ref: 32315 29/04/10

This independent games company is a leading provider of Massively Multiplayer Online Game technology. They have developed rapidly since launch, led by a managerial team with over 80 years of games experience between them who have formed a team dedicated to producing creative and groundbreaking games while having a good time doing it - a strategy which has seen them deliver a growing number of commercial and critical successes.

They currently require an experienced Gameplay Programmer (Senior or Regular) to join their team.

Skills and Requirements:

- Must possess a high level of programming skills - this is a crucial requirement.
- Must have at least 2+ years' games industry programming experience (Regular - for the Senior role at least 4 years').
- Very strong C++ with exposure to Design Patterns, STL and solid engineering techniques.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- At least one published title.
- Very strong video game experience - playing games as well as programming games.

Midlands £Good + Bens

Contact: Lucy Ref: 32318 29/04/10

This central UK games company develops and publishes games for Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft and PCs, as well as multiplayer and world games for internet play. They have been in existence for years and have had many No 1 hits across Europe. They have been voted Publisher of the Year by gaming magazines.
They re looking for a Technology Programmer for their Online division. They need someone with PHP / C# (potentially slightly more PHP focused than C# focused). The role may suit a recent graduate or someone with some web development experience. Experience with billing providers is a plus (Paypal etc). They are looking for somebody who has more experience of building websites than doing only back-end coding.

Requirements:
- PHP
- C#
- HTML & CSS
- MySQL / MSSQL experience
- Exposure to billing providers preferable
- Eager to learn new things and work in a technical team.

Midlands To £30K

Contact: Andrea Ref: 32321 29/04/10

Making games since the early 1980s, this ever-expanding company is truly pushing the boundaries of what it means to develop games in the modern era. Now developing for PS3, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, and PC, bold steps are producing big results with truly imaginative, truly innovative gaming experiences. All employees receive an excellent benefits package, including pension, health insurance and a loyalty bonus.

The focus of the Engine Programmer is to build on their existing runtime code base to take full advantage of all current and as yet unreleased console technologies. This is a unique opportunity to take an established middleware implementation to the next level providing the teams with next generation performance and effects through a fully integrated real time development environment. They will consider Regular or Senior Engine Programmers.

Requirements:

- Working with technology programmers to develop in-house tools and technology
- Profiling, performance-analysis and performance tuning
- Testing, debugging and revision of new or legacy engine systems
- Support and maintain existing pipeline tools
- Contributing innovative and original ideas towards all aspects of game production and development
- Maintenance of build procedures

Expectations:

- Strong C/C++ skills with extensive games programming experience
- Will have general knowledge of engine and graphics programming/optimization
- Low level Wii console experience would be extremely advantageous.

Midlands £20-45K DoE

Contact: Lucy Ref: 32263 26/04/10

Making games since the early 1980s, this ever-expanding company is truly pushing the boundaries of what it means to develop games in the modern era. Now developing for PS3, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, and PC, bold steps are producing big results with truly imaginative, truly innovative gaming experiences. All employees receive an excellent benefits package, including pension, health insurance and a loyalty bonus.

Exciting opportunity to work on a high profile title for next generation platforms. You'll be working with an experienced, dedicated team on ambitious new technologies and game-play systems. Potential programmers should be focused on producing fun mechanics in addition to clean stable code.

Additional qualities specific to this role include:

- Implement game code using C/C++ together with our own internal middleware
- Profile, debug and maintain existing game code
- Work with the Technical Manager and programmers to design the game code and contribute to technical design documents
- Use our own internal tools to set up technical framework for game levels
- Assist in preparing milestone builds as required.

Midlands £28-45K DoE

Contact: Lucy Ref: 32253 23/04/10

This central UK games company develops and publishes games for Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft and PCs, as well as multiplayer and world games for internet play. They have been in existence for years and have had many No 1 hits across Europe. They have been voted Publisher of the Year by gaming magazines.
They are looking for a programmer with strong C# & Visual Studio and some exposure to PHP, with a background in either game or web related development work. Previous experience with web services and SOA is highly desirable, possibly with billing as well. Some personal interest in games development is a bonus.

Requirements
- C# required
- Some PHP required to provide cover
- Exposure to databases a bonus (either MSSQL or MySQL)
- Flash / Silverlight / Unity exposure a bonus
- Billing experience a bonus to provide cover.

Midlands c£40K

Contact: Andrea Ref: 32198

This central UK games company develops and publishes games for Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft and PCs, as well as multiplayer and world games for internet play. They have been in existence for years and have had many No 1 hits across Europe. They have been voted Publisher of the Year by gaming magazines.

They need somebody with experience of MSSQL (or perhaps MySQL depending on experience) and some experience of using C# / Visual Studio environment. Some web experience is highly desirable, as is some exposure to Web Services. The ideal candidate should have a very strong interest in technology and new developments, with ideally previous use of PHP and experience of production database systems.

Requirements
- MSSQL (T-SQL) required
- May look at very good MySQL, depending on experience
- C# required
- ASP.NET / Web experience highly desirable
- PHP a bonus.

Midlands c£40K

Contact: Andrea Ref: 32197

This central UK games company develops and publishes games for Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft and PCs, as well as multiplayer and world games for internet play. They have been in existence for years and have had many No 1 hits across Europe. They have been voted Publisher of the Year by gaming magazines.
They have an urgent requirement for a Senior Audio Programmer. Please call for more details.

Midlands c£40K

Contact: Andrea Ref: 32200

South

Every single one of the 200 developers at this studio shares a passion for games - it shines through their impressive track record. Their advanced, integrated platform of technology & tools, which they've been evolving for 14 years, helps them maximise the care and attention to detail they put into all aspects of their work as they continue to drive towards their vision: of videogames being the world's premier form of entertainment. They're committed to making innovative, quality games. They have an exciting, varied crop of current projects and they want talented individuals to work with them. They've got a great work environment based in Cambridge, a fun university city with a good quality of life, and they make sure it's both a stimulating place to work and a meritocracy. They care about career development, encourage ideas and contribution and enthuse their staff to keep improving, whatever their chosen discipline and stage of career - They're big enough to be professional, and flexible enough for everyone to make a difference.

They are urgently looking for a number of Senior Programmers:

AI sub-team Lead Programmer experienced with advanced game AI techniques, including practical platform optimization aspects.

Senior Rendering Programmer with extensive experience of rendering techniques, lighting, shaders.

Senior Network programmer with extensive experience of online multiplayer networking implementation.

Senior General gameplay / algorithmic Programmer with ability to devise and implement novel solutions to complex problems.

Please contact me for more details.

Cambridge £High

Contact: Andrea Ref: 32431 18/05/10

Every single one of the 150 developers at this studio shares a passion for games - it shines through their impressive track record. Their advanced, integrated platform of technology & tools, which they've been evolving for 14 years, helps them maximise the care and attention to detail they put into all aspects of their work as they continue to drive towards their vision: of videogames being the world's premier form of entertainment. Headed by a legend in the industry this leading independent developer has a track record of games that have defined genres, been critically acclaimed and sold many millions of copies. They continue to innovate and are well known for incorporating many technological and game-play firsts. They are currently recruiting to deliver on an exceptionally strong, varied portfolio of 'next gen' projects. They offer a friendly, professional atmosphere and great working environment, are passionate about games and actively encourage individuals to develop both their skills and careers, and influence the company as a whole.

They are recruiting a mix of experienced and graduate programmers for various technology and tools team areas such as: 3D graphics, audio, animation, physics, networking, AI, platform specific low level code and optimization.They currently have several exciting ‘next-gen’ projects encompassing a range of genres. They have a reputation for technological innovation and their programmers get involved in all aspects of system architecture, design and implementation, bringing an extremely high standard of professionalism to the development of all their games, and fully contribute to a dynamic, creative and fun environment, working with advanced technology on the leading games consoles.

You will have either a good degree, or solid track record, in Computer Science, Maths or Physics and possible specialisation in one of the following fields: 3D graphics and shaders, animation, physics, AI, audio, networking, low-level code and optimization Industry experience is not essential, but passion and enthusiasm are.

Cambs £DOE

Contact: Andrea Ref: 32404 14/05/10

Every single one of the 150 developers at this studio shares a passion for games - it shines through their impressive track record. Their advanced, integrated platform of technology & tools, which they've been evolving for 14 years, helps them maximise the care and attention to detail they put into all aspects of their work as they continue to drive towards their vision: of videogames being the world's premier form of entertainment. Headed by a legend in the industry this leading independent developer has a track record of games that have defined genres, been critically acclaimed and sold many millions of copies. They continue to innovate and are well known for incorporating many technological and game-play firsts. They are currently recruiting to deliver on an exceptionally strong, varied portfolio of 'next gen' projects. They offer a friendly, professional atmosphere and great working environment, are passionate about games and actively encourage individuals to develop both their skills and careers, and influence the company as a whole.

They are recruiting a mix of experienced and graduate programmers for various technology and tools team areas such as: 3D graphics, audio, animation, physics, networking, AI, platform specific low level code and optimization.They currently have several exciting ‘next-gen’ projects encompassing a range of genres. They have a reputation for technological innovation and their programmers get involved in all aspects of system architecture, design and implementation, bringing an extremely high standard of professionalism to the development of all their games, and fully contribute to a dynamic, creative and fun environment, working with advanced technology on the leading games consoles.

You will have either a good degree, or solid track record, in Computer Science, Maths or Physics and possible specialisation in one of the following fields: 3D graphics and shaders, animation, physics, AI, audio, networking, low-level code and optimization Industry experience is not essential, but passion and enthusiasm are.

Cambs £DOE

Contact: Andrea Ref: 32402 14/05/10

This new independent development studio is made up of passionate and talented team players who are committed to shipping great games, taking full ownership and having fun while doing it. They retain a small family culture which will encourage people's talent, treat people fairly, and reward people well. Their goal is to build a great reputation as an independent studio that ships innovative console games that are both commercially and critically successful.

They are currently looking for an experienced Network Programmer to work initially on bandwidth optimisation. Applicants must have PS3 client side experience and be fluent in C/C++, with at least one shipped console game writing C++ network code. They must also know how to optimise to reduce and smooth bandwidth usage and have the ability to write/debug peer-to-peer network code. Experience writing service code and experience with scripting languages advantageous.

Guildford £DoE

Contact: Lucy Ref: 32394 13/05/10

This company, located in hi-tech heart of the UK, was created in March 2000 by some of the brightest minds of a major games company who broke away to realise their vision of the gaming future. Dedicated to their vision of cool, fun state-of-the-art games that everyone can get into and play together, they are instrumental in all aspects of game development covering technology, design, art, production and management.

They are currently embarking on an exciting, soon to be announced, AAA title for XBOX 360 & PS3 and are looking for a highly talented Senior AI Programmer to join their team . As well as working closely with the designers and the rest of the programming team to design, implement and deliver game features and cutting edge AI tech the role will also include supporting and mentoring more junior members.

Essential Skills:
- Very strong C++ knowledge
- In depth understanding of modern game AI (Planning systems, navigation mesh etc.)
- Experience of working on current gen platforms (PS3, XBOX 360 or DX9/DX10 PC)
- Proven track record; at least two released titles & five years industry experience. At least one action/adventure fighting game
- Strong analytical, 3D maths and software engineering skills
- Great team-player and communicator
- A real love of playing and making games.

Cambridge £High

Contact: Andrea Ref: 32320 29/04/10

This new independent development studio is made up of passionate and talented team players who are committed to shipping great games, taking full ownership and having fun while doing it. They retain a small family culture which will encourage people's talent, treat people fairly, and reward people well. Their goal is to build a great reputation as an independent studio that ships innovative console games that are both commercially and critically successful.

Our client is currently looking for a top class Server Programmer to ensure their server software works fast a reliably. With over a terabyte of traffic a day, they need someone who is experienced working with high-volume production systems.

Please contact me for further information.

Guildford £Good

Contact: Lucy Ref: 32251 23/04/10

My client is world renowned for being the first company to create 3D character animation software based on an astounding new technology developed at one of the worlds top universities. Their in-house character animation technology utilises Adaptive Behaviours and Artificial Intelligence to simulate the human-nervous system. Now being used by top developers on Playstation 3, Xbox 360, and PC titles, this company is responsible for creating unique game moments and previously unachievable interactivity. This ever expanding and wholly innovative company is now working on its own in house game projects for all Next-Gen platforms, as well as projects for the film and TV industry. With customers such as Sony, LucasArts, Rockstar, Giant Killer Robots, The Mill, Capcom, Namco and Konami, this company will surely continue to lead the way in creating stunningly realistic effects for film, TV, and games in the coming decades.

They are currently looking to expand their runtime engine team responsible for the creation of cutting-edge character animation systems. The successful candidates will be responsible for ongoing implementation and optimisation of their animation engine products on console platforms.

Skills Required:

- Experience developing & optimising on PS3 and/or Xbox 360
- Strong C/C++ and familiarity with platform development tools

Beneficial:

- Experience of low-level optimisation on consoles
- Worked on at least one shipping game
- Knowledge of animation & physics engines beneficial.

Oxford £DoE

Contact: Lucy Ref: 32252 23/04/10

We are working with Sony Computer Entertainment's Cambridge Studio, renowned for action adventure games.

They are looking for an excellent software architect, proficient in C# and C++, to be involved in all their game projects, mentoring other programmers, networking with SCE Worldwide Studios, and working closely with artists and designers to create outstanding games.

The ideal candidate will be familiar with Maya and Python scripting. Good people and communication skills are also important, as you'll be working with people from all disciplines, studio management and external contacts. They need someone with a practical mindset, focused not on developing the coolest technology but on supporting the game teams in delivering ground-breaking game-play experiences to millions of players around the globe. Game industry experience - familiarity with tools, pipelines, workflows and development processes - is also very valuable for this position. You should be passionate about games and the creative process of making them.

Cambridge £Excellent + Bens

Contact: Andrea Ref: 32236 22/04/10

We are managing Sony Computer Entertainment's development recruitment in the UK. Their Cambridge Studio, renowned for action adventure games, has won major acclaim for past releases.

This is a senior level, software development role, within a team focused on delivering the studio’s tools technologies. The successful candidate will have excellent problem solving skills coupled with a thorough knowledge of contemporary software architecture and API design, to ensure their solution designs appropriately balance feature sets, performance and cost-of-implementation. The position necessitates close working relationships with all discipline groups across the studio; good communication and people skills are important - the candidate will show an understanding of the requirements for each group, and be receptive to the need to rapidly iterate on their delivered solutions.

Requirements:
- .NET
- Agile ( XP / SCRUM)
- Art tools / game editors
- Asset management
- C#
- C++
- Data formatting/compress
- Maya MEL
- Maya SDK
- SQL / databases
- Technical design.

Cambridge £Excellent + Bens

Contact: Andrea Ref: 32237 22/04/10

We are managing Sony Computer Entertainment's development recruitment in the UK. Their Cambridge Studio, renowned for action adventure games, has won major acclaim for past releases.

They are looking for an experienced lead programmer to head the engineering team for their next PS3 game title as it enters the production phase.

The ideal candidate would have experience of leading engineering teams to deliver features across all domains of game development - core technology, tools and game-play implementation.

The position offers an excellent opportunity to play a key role in the shaping and delivery of an exciting new IP for the studio, and would suit a senior engineer wishing to pursue a managerial track to their career path.

Cambridge £Excellent + Bens

Contact: Andrea Ref: 32235 22/04/10

Our client is a world leader in speech technology.

They are currently looking for an Audio Programmer with Xbox 360 or PS3 experience. Please contact for more details.

South £High

Contact: Andrea Ref: 32177

Our client is an independently-owned game studio based near London, England. Founded in 2001, it has rapidly established itself as one of the leading game developers in Europe. Dedicated to online gaming, the studio has contributed to several high profile releases, and is currently developing an unannounced multi-platform title.

They need a programmer to implement and improve the performance of the PS3 and Xbox 360. You will work with the Programming Team on many existing sub-systems such as rendering, networking and threading.

- Implement and port core technology as required
- Implement platform specific optimisations
- Ensure Xbox TCRs and/or Sony's TRCs are met

Essential Skills and Experience
- Minimum of 5 years game or related experience with shipped console titles
- Experience with console development on the PS3 and/or Xbox 360
- Experienced and proficient in C++
- Ability to write clear, maintainable, portable code
- Good verbal and written English skills
- Strong Maths background
- Low level hardware skills
- Experience with Xbox TCRs and/or Sony's TRCs.

Bromley £High

Contact: Andrea Ref: 32186

Our client is an independently-owned game studio based near London, England. Founded in 2001, it has rapidly established itself as one of the leading game developers in Europe. Dedicated to online gaming, the studio has contributed to several high profile releases, and is currently developing an unannounced multi-platform title.
They need some one to take on the responsibility for the technical design and implementation of their online services platforms. The successful candidate will work closely with the Online Team, Design Team, and Community Relations Manager to provide the front-end their games.

Essentially Skills and Experience
- A least one console or PC game which has had a significant online and multiplayer component
- Prior online services programming experience
- Experienced and proficient in C++
- Ability to write clear, maintainable, portable code
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written

And ideally:
- Knowledge of id Technologies (especially idTech 4)
- Experience with Sony, Microsoft, and Steam APIs
- Experience with Game Networking.

Bromley £High

Contact: Andrea Ref: 32185

London

iPhone Developer - Apps - Games

My client is a really cool boutique games / apps studio with a uniqe working environment! They are looking for someone who is a genius developer. Proven experience essesntial, or at the very least have the skills to build them. Ideally you've worked across several programs over the years, things like Flash, Unity, etc and know your stuff. Exp working on the iPhone SDK, Objective C, XCode, Cocoa, Mac OS X and OpenGL would be ideal, but any combination of the above would be fantastic.

Thanks
Matt.

West £40K

Contact: Matthew Ref: 32442 19/05/10

Social Games Start-Up. Graduate Software Engineer (Web)

A fantastic opportunity for a talented graduate to form part of a new technical team working on exciting social video games.

• BSc in Computer Science or equivalent qualification
• Experience in the creation of high volume consumer websites and practical demonstration of design and implementation of scalable solutions
• Extensive knowledge of user facing web technologies and techniques including HTML, CSS, Javascript, Flash and Video
• Experience of Javascript toolkits such as JQuery or Mootools
• Experience working with server side web technologies and databases such as PHP and MySQL
• Knowledge of Facebook canvas applications and/or Facebook connect
• Excellent understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues.

Responsibilities
Help deliver our first projects gaining as part of an outstanding creative and technical team

Additional Skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Always willing to learn and push the bounds of what can be achieved
• The ability to work in a structured fashion as part of a small dynamic team
• Desire to create a great company atmosphere and enjoyable place to work
• A passion for games and entertainment.

London Competitive

Contact: Matthew Ref: 32434 19/05/10

Social Games Start-Up. A top secret social games start-up co started by guru-level games veterans - linked heavily with the film industry for online platforms inc facebook. A really cool work environment promising interesting projects... Urgent requirement for a backend focussed web developmer offering the chance to develop your skills into new areas...

Senior Software Engineer (Web)
This position is at the heart of this team and would ideally suit an experienced web programmer looking to expand their experience into the world of high end graphics and console quality gaming.

Experience Required
• BSc in Computer Science or equivalent qualification
• 5 years experience in the creation of high volume consumer websites and practical demonstration of design and implementation of scalable solutions
• Extensive knowledge of user facing web technologies and techniques including HTML, CSS, Javascript, Flash and Video
• Experience of Javascript toolkits such as JQuery or Mootools
• Experience working with server side web technologies and databases such as PHP and MySQL
• Knowledge of Facebook canvas applications and/or Facebook connect
• Excellent understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues.

Responsibilities
A senior role on the technical team working to deliver our first product scheduled for release in 2010.

Additional Skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Always willing to learn and push the bounds of what can be achieved
• The ability to work in a structured fashion as part of a small dynamic team
• Desire to create a great company atmosphere and enjoyable place to work
• A passion for games and entertainment


Please get in touch ASAP!

London up to 60K

Contact: Matthew Ref: 32433 19/05/10

With over 121 million registered users, our client is the world's largest browser game portal and one of the top three international gaming portals. With offices in Europe and the US they provide content to large media concerns and develop and publish browser-based games.

They are looking for a Unity3D programmer to join their San Francisco office. The successful candidate will contribute to the development of large-scale, browser-based MMOGs using Unity3D. He/she will actively participate in the technical planning, architecture design and implementation of their games and be responsible for implementing cutting-edge solutions in areas including: networking, graphics, physics, audio and graphical user interface programming.

Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent training and experience.
- At least two years’ experience working in the game industry with at least one game using Unity3D or other 3D game engines.
- Fluency in either C++ or C# and have a good understanding of 3D Maths.
- A solid understanding of object-oriented programming and testdriven development techniques.
- Experience working with source control systems such as SVN, CVS or Perforce.

San Francisco £High + benefits

Contact: Andrea Ref: 32429 18/05/10

My client is a global brand involved with cutting edge music services for games consoles, television channels, web clients and mobile handsets. A pioneer in its field thanks to constantly upping the stakes with ground breaking technology that stays ahead of the curve, this is an opportunity not to be missed.

A talented java engineer is needed to help code for my clients core technology and systems. Any combination of the following technologies will be considered:

Linux
Windows OS
Jboss
Apache
Tomcat
Shell scripts
SQL
Java

Please get in touch ASAP to avoid disappointment.

London £50K

Contact: Matthew Ref: 32412 17/05/10

We are working with Sony Computer Entertainment's world class development studio in London. It has unrivalled development facilities and offers a creative and stimulating environment coupled with access to the best London has to offer from their Soho office.

They are looking for a Tools Programmer to work in an internal Games Technology Group, as part of this role you would be expected to help design, implement and support areas of Tools and Runtime. Reporting to the London Studio Game Technology Group Tools Lead the successful candidate would be expected to work closely with the Game Technology Group and game teams to help drive forward the development. This is an excellent role for someone who is has interests in workflow and graphics applications.

Requirements
- Demonstrate a strong problem solving ability.
- Ability to architect and expand existing tools technology.
- Must be able to demonstrate good communication and team collaboration skills.
- Work proactively in identifying current and future requirements of technologies.
Experience
- At least one published game on PS3, XBox360 or PC or equivalent.
- Experience of C++ essential.
- Experience of C#.

London £DOE

Contact: Andrea Ref: 32399 14/05/10

We are working with Sony Computer Entertainment's world class development studio in London. It has unrivalled development facilities and offers a creative and stimulating environment coupled with access to the best London has to offer from their Soho office.

They are looking for a Senior Graphics Engineer to lead the design and development of a rendering engine, on a major future project. The successful candidate will will have a thorough understanding of the runtime requirements of a contemporary AAA rendering engine, with a good working knowledge of the following areas:-

Scene graph and render order management; partitioning and culling techniques; lighting and shadowing techniques; animation and skinning systems; effects management (full-screen, particle and shader driven).

He/she will have an appreciation of the offline pipelines required to realise their work: from point-of-authoring tools, through to target-platform data generation.

As a lead, they are looking for somebody who is both passionate about game graphics technologies, and able to communicate that enthusiasm to others. This is an excellent opportunity to play a big part in defining the studio's future technologies.

London £DOE

Contact: Andrea Ref: 32400 14/05/10

This award winning company is one of the world's leading developers of mobile phone gaming technology and content. Based in London and founded in 1998, the company has an unparalleled track record of innovation and market leadership in this field.

They need a experienced engineer with proven ability to deliver projects and provide technical leadership. Candidates will have:

- Excellent C++, and experience with Python or similar
- At least 6 years of professional experience in the games industry
- At least 1 shipped title, preferably more, full production lifecycle
- Experience of developing project-independent games technology
- Experience of cross-platform development
- Experience of current generation console platforms
- Ability to lead and mentor less experienced engineers.

Central London To £45k + benefits

Contact: Andrea Ref: 32401 14/05/10

Our client is an interactive entertainment developer and publisher with headquarters in the UK. They are currently working on AAA console titles in their London Studios.

They are currently looking for an experienced Senior Audio Programmer with excellent C++ skills to join their team. The successful candidate will have a thorough understanding of the principles of games audio, and have demonstrable experience delivering AAA audio content for current gen console titles. They must have a minimum of at least 1 full current gen game development cycle at senior level or above and 3+ years C++ experience.

This is great opportunity to join a strong audio team in a senior role and work on multiple big budget AAA console titles, delivering fantastic audio to a wide audience.

London £Excellent

Contact: Lucy Ref: 32365 07/05/10

Our client, based in the Midlands, are working on a variety of high quality projects from content design for console and web games through to the creation of high-end interactive virtual worlds and environments for online communities. They are currently developing for PlayStation Home.
They need a talented Database and Online Server Programmer who also has a sound knowledge of web technologies. The ideal candidate will be required to be organised, proactive and a good team player. The role will involve working on the company’s social gaming and MMO online systems.

Specific Skills:
- Industry experience with databases (one or more of: MySQL, Postgres, Oracle)
- Server side programming, Python preferably but a willingness to learn quickly if skill base is in Java, C# or Ruby
- Good knowledge of HTML, CSS and Javascript
- Knowledge of analytics and high volume online metric systems beneficial
- A key interest in up and coming new web technologies.

UK £DOE

Contact: Andrea Ref: 32348 05/05/10

Advertising Technology Pioneer - Soho. My client is a leader in the dynamic display advertising industry, is looking for permanent or contract developers who have experience developing distributed high-availability systems. These systems deal with large volumes of data and process thousands of transactions per second in near real time.

The focus of the role is on non-user-facing systems and data processing rather than Web Site Development. My client is looking to expand its technology team with highly-skilled and motivated individuals who relish a challenge and who are looking to be part of an exciting young company. Experience in the ad-serving industry is advantageous. This company is located in Soho, London.

OSS Technologies
- Required: Python/Ruby, Amazon AWS (EC2, SimpleDB, Elastic MapReduce), JavaScript, JSON
- Extremely beneficial: Hadoop, HBase, MongoDB, Cassandra
- Beneficial: .NET, C#

Please get in touch ASAP for more info.

London £antastic

Contact: Matthew Ref: 32304 27/04/10

Advertising Technology Pioneer - Soho. My client is a leader in the dynamic display advertising industry, is looking for permanent or contract developers who have experience developing distributed high-availability systems. These systems deal with large volumes of data and process thousands of transactions per second in near real time.

The focus of the role is on non-user-facing systems and data processing rather than Web Site Development.
My client is looking to expand its technology team with highly-skilled and motivated individuals who relish a challenge and who are looking to be part of an exciting young company. Experience in the ad-serving industry is advantageous. This company is located in Soho, London.

Core Skills
My client is looking for skills in either of the following two groups of technologies:

Microsoft Technologies
- Required: At least 3 years of .NET 3.5, C#, LINQ, JavaScript, JSON, SQL Server
- Extremely beneficial: Hadoop, HBase, MongoDB, Cassandra
- Beneficial: F#, ASP.NET MVC, Amazon AWS (EC2, SimpleDB, Elastic MapReduce), Microsoft Azure

Successful candidates must be available for fulltime onsite work.

Please get in touch ASAP for more info!

London £antastic

Contact: Matthew Ref: 32303 27/04/10

My client is dedicated to developing the next generation of compelling, connected gaming brands, whether on a gaming portal, social site, or smartphone. This company is looking for creative, skilled iPhone and Blackberry developers with an ability to quickly create and release new iPhone and Blackberry games. Candidates should have a flair for game development, a desire to be immersed in a games environment and be excited by the opportunity of building and releasing games that are played by millions of users.

Successful candidates will be those who demonstrate their abilities with respect to iPhone and/or Blackberry development via a solid portfolio of work and references.

London £antastic

Contact: Matthew Ref: 32298 27/04/10

My client is dedicated to developing the next generation of compelling, connected gaming brands, whether on a gaming portal, social site, or smartphone. My client is looking for a creative, skilled Flash/AS3 developers to work with a vibrant team to develop and deploy social games for a rapidly expanding network. In addition, the company is looking to the developer to take on the design and development of an AS3 API to support external Flash based social games developers creating games for their network.

Candidates should have a flair for game development, a desire to be immersed in a games environment and be excited by the opportunity of building and releasing games that are played by millions of users.

Successful candidates will be those who demonstrate their abilities in Flash with respect to games development via a solid portfolio of work and suitable references.

London £antastic

Contact: Matthew Ref: 32297 27/04/10

My client is a global brand and pioneer of web / mobile unlimited media services. This company enables consumers globally to download, play and share unlimited amounts of music any time, any place. In partnership with the major international music labels, leading device vendors and mobile network operators, My client is ensuring the availability of next generation cloud-based music services.

You shall join an award-winning team of highly motivated and skilled software engineers. You will be mentored in the arts of cloud computing and build revolutionary music products across a range of platforms and devices. You will work in a friendly and relaxed environment where the emphasis is on the quality of your work and not the shininess of your shoes.

Key skills:
SQL
RDMS (Oracle, SQL Server or Sybase)

Please get in touch ASAP for more info.

London £27K+

Contact: Matthew Ref: 32290 27/04/10

An award winning creative studio focusing on arts, entertainment and education. A creative games development studio of approximately 15 people specialising in arts, entertainment and education. They produce a variety of work, from corporate websites to interactive experiences, but are probably best known for their online games development work, which includes online multiplayer games and UGC/social media.

Currently they are looking for a full-time games Developer for their London studio. Your remit will be the development of Flash games in AS3, with a working knowledge of AS2 / AS1. You should be skilled in OOP and applying design patterns for efficient coding. Experience of games and a knowledge of frameworks: Box2D, Papervision, Away3D, PureMVC.

Additionally you should have experience of innovative and experimental work and a working knowledge of source control systems. Excellent attention to detail and quality of QA. Experience with unit testing and inline documentation and an understanding of on-line best practices and industry trends. It would also be helpful if you have a knowledge of Unity, Unreal Development Kit, XBLA development / XNA, OpenGL and Silverlight.

Ideally you should have a minimum of 2 years commercial Flash development* and a passion for evaluating new technologies and approaches. Good in brainstorming, applied creative thinking / ideas generation. Able to work solo and as a team and with external contractors and ability to work with and motivate other Developers and Designers. Great interpersonal communication skills and able to manage time effectively, work to schedule and to budget. Finally you should have an understanding of digital marketing, viral advertising etc. and a knowledge of games and associated game-play systems.

London £antastic

Contact: Matthew Ref: 32288 27/04/10

Java Server Side Developer London, UK


My client is seeking exceptional Server Side Developers to join its creative and technically gifted server team based in London. The server team is responsible for designing and developing the highly scalable platform that hosts the backend logic of all our games, enjoyed by millions of people worldwide every day. identify and develop the server features supporting our new game releases. This is a rare opportunity to join a high-performance entrepreneurial team at the forefront of the social video games industry.

Primary Responsibilities:
Work with our games studios to design server features required to support new game functionality and releases.
Identify and investigate key game backend requirements and solutions, including performance, reliability, scalability and security.
Deliver on new software releases of the highest quality through good design, attention to detail and system testing based on evolving requirements and on a timely basis.
Maintain documentation to support the operations team when the code is in production.
Collaborate with the games studios to identify and develop server features that support and enhance new and existing games.
Key Requirements:

Demonstrated expert-level proficiency in Java.
Strong Knowledge of SQL.
Solid object-oriented design, programming, and debugging skills.
Track record for developing innovative approaches to solve challenges associated with designing robust highly scalable systems.
Proficient in leveraging development tools - source code management, IDEs, and debuggers.
Solid track record of producing high-quality client-server applications through the full product lifecycle.
Highly motivated self-starter, who thrives in a fast-paced environment and can work independently with minimal supervision.
Excellent team player, eager to learn from others and to share skills with colleagues.
Degree in Computer Science or related subject.
Desirable:

Interest in video games and online social networks
Knowledge of Flash networking (ActionScript 3).
Knowledge of JavaScript.
Experience with Unix/Linux and other open source technologies and platforms.

London £55K

Contact: Matthew Ref: 32268 26/04/10

Our client is a world-leading visual effects company with offices in London, New York and LA. For over 18 years they have been providing pioneering effects solutions to the advertising, music and entertainment industries and since opening they have consistently topped readers’ surveys and peer group polls. Urgent requirement for an iPhone - iPad developer

I need an experienced app developer predominantly for the iPhone and iPad platforms. This developer will work with our in house designers and interaction designers to build robust and supported games and tools. Successful candidates must have knowledge of the submissions process with Apple.

We will only consider EU residents (or those with a relevant work VISA), who are based in the UK, please get in touch ASAP!

London Contract/Perm

Contact: Matthew Ref: 32284 26/04/10

Senior PHP Developer - ServerSide upto 80K!

My client is the world's most trusted source of information for businesses and professionals facilitated via the full spectrum of media channels 24x7x365 globally.

My client requires a confident, enthusiastic developer to join the team. The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills and an entrepreneurial spirit allowing them to work directly with business managers to specify, develop and deliver new functionality. This person will be working on the full software project lifecycle in an agile environment. They will also be involved in devising and documenting technical policies and managing relationships with business managers. Ambition to develop your career and responsibilities would be an advantage. The role offers an exceptional opportunity to establish a successful long term career in a new and exciting industry.

Requirements
- Thorough understanding of open source development tools
- Extensive proven commercial experience of PHP development including understanding of security, OO and MVC
- Solid understanding of database development including understanding of query optimisation
- Java and/or C++ experience is desirable
- Familiarity with our key packages currently used, including; Redhat Linux, MySQL, Apache, memcached, code igniter, Sphinx search, SVN, Jquery and Fusion charts would be useful.

Fantastic role with incredible salary and benefits in a truly stunning London location. Please get in touch ASAP to avaoid disappointment.

London £80000

Contact: Matthew Ref: 32267 26/04/10

A very exciting opportunity at a start-up games company. My client is currently experiencing massive success with their work on Facebook and Social Networks / Online Platforms. They urgently need 3x more Flash games developers to join the team and help them with their obnline games projects. They can offer the environment for creative work with great freedom, with the opportunity to work remotely half of the week if you choose. They're a team of 10-20 people + growing rapidly (previously worked for Adobe, Nitrom, Disney, Nintendo) - and have a horizontal organisational structure. The salary doe + includes stock options (their lead investor has made 5 tech investments - 2 are now billion $ companies, they're also backed by some experienced games entrepreneurs). These guys already have a great community playing and enjoying their games, their active user base of 200k users per day is growing rapidly. If you are interested in joining the next Playfish, please get in touch asap!

Keywords: ActionScript, Flash, Games, AS2, AS3, Flex, Casual, Social, Facebook, Myspace.

London £fantastic

Contact: Matthew Ref: 32257 26/04/10

My client is a start-up games studio founded by web and games veterans and backed by the investors behind Betfair. This up and coming studio has had enormous recent success making games for online and mobile platforms, notably games for Facebook.

A need has arisen to add 2 x PHP developers to the team. The ideal candidate will have proven web development experience in the latest versions of PHP and will have solid SQL ability. Start-Up experience a plus.

This role will give you the scope to be very creative and have a massive input to key company projects. It will offer varied work day to day in a very exciting space of technology. A great package with benefits and stock options is on offer, plus scope to work form home if desired. Please get in touch to find out more...

Many Thanks
Matthew Hawkes.

London £35000+

Contact: Matthew Ref: 32281 26/04/10

My client is a start-up games studio founded by web and games veterans and backed by the investors behind Betfair. This up and coming studio has had enormous recent success making games for online and mobile platforms, notably games for Facebook.

A need has arisen to add a proven Flash developer with games experience to work on exciting projects for online games. You will be directly involved with work on large aysmettric games and a multiplayer casual game platform.

This role will give you the scope to be very creative and have a massive input to key company projects. It will offer varied work day to day in a very exciting space of technology. A great package with benefits and stock options is on offer, plus scope to work form home if desired. Please get in touch to find out more...

Many Thanks
Matthew Hawkes.

London £antastic

Contact: Matthew Ref: 32282 26/04/10

Our client is a world-leading visual effects company with offices in London, New York and LA. For over 18 years they have been providing pioneering effects solutions to the advertising, music and entertainment industries and since opening they have consistently topped readers’ surveys and peer group polls. Web Developer with strong commercial experience in OO PHP with CSS and Javascript is required by a digital asset management arm with a strong online presence.

Desirable is experience of systems architecture design, Zend framework, Subversion and Coding standards.

We place a strong emphasis on quality, so some experience of Test Driven Development (TDD) and Agile methods is also desirable.

Any C# experience is a bonus.

Most of our development however is focussed on the web interface and associated functionality. The C# work is split between a core ftp application and a Video player application developed in house for displaying advertising content in stores.

London £40K

Contact: Matthew Ref: 32283 26/04/10

Lead Mobile Game Programmer / URGENT

You will be the sole programmer leading a small team working on high profile mobile games and applications. The position calls primarily for experience in focusing on a product from concept to release, working directly with production and artistic talent. You must also be able to accommodate shorter term development on existing product updates and fixes. Our primary focus is mobile games, but we frequently work with other non-mobile platforms, cross platform middleware, and on standalone and connected non-game applications.

Required Skills:
· 2 years minimum experience in a lead/senior programming role
· Commercial Objective-C iPhone development experience
· Mobile game programming experience with iPhone or other systems such as J2ME, BREW, Android, Blackberry etc.
· Familiarity with team development processes and SCM
· Technical design expertise with the ability to assess game designs and produce technical design documents detailing coding and production processes
· Ability to communicate with clients and publishers both face to face and electronically
· Must be able to work on projects with both short and long turnaround, and estimate working times for individual tasks and milestones

Desired Skills:
· Network programming including an understanding of web programming and communication between mobile devices with LAMP and/or .Net server architectures
· Console, Macintosh or PC development ideally including 3D and multiplayer techniques and coding
· Game programming flair and a desire to create interactive and fun user experiences

Please get in touch ASAP for more info!
Many Thanks!
Matt Hawkes: Hawkes@datascope.co.uk.

South £35000+

Contact: Matthew Ref: 32271 26/04/10

Java Server Side Developer London, UK


My client is seeking exceptional Server Side Developers to join its creative and technically gifted server team based in London. The server team is responsible for designing and developing the highly scalable platform that hosts the backend logic of all our games, enjoyed by millions of people worldwide every day. identify and develop the server features supporting our new game releases. This is a rare opportunity to join a high-performance entrepreneurial team at the forefront of the social video games industry.

Primary Responsibilities:
Work with our games studios to design server features required to support new game functionality and releases.
Identify and investigate key game backend requirements and solutions, including performance, reliability, scalability and security.
Deliver on new software releases of the highest quality through good design, attention to detail and system testing based on evolving requirements and on a timely basis.
Maintain documentation to support the operations team when the code is in production.
Collaborate with the games studios to identify and develop server features that support and enhance new and existing games.
Key Requirements:

Demonstrated expert-level proficiency in Java.
Strong Knowledge of SQL.
Solid object-oriented design, programming, and debugging skills.
Track record for developing innovative approaches to solve challenges associated with designing robust highly scalable systems.
Proficient in leveraging development tools - source code management, IDEs, and debuggers.
Solid track record of producing high-quality client-server applications through the full product lifecycle.
Highly motivated self-starter, who thrives in a fast-paced environment and can work independently with minimal supervision.
Excellent team player, eager to learn from others and to share skills with colleagues.
Degree in Computer Science or related subject.
Desirable:

Interest in video games and online social networks
Knowledge of Flash networking (ActionScript 3).
Knowledge of JavaScript.
Experience with Unix/Linux and other open source technologies and platforms.

London £55K

Contact: Matthew Ref: 32272 26/04/10

We are working with Sony Computer Entertainment's world class development studio in London. It has unrivalled development facilities and offers a creative and stimulating environment coupled with access to the best London has to offer from their Soho office.

They are looking for a Server Programmer. This is a server software development and internal consulting role in the area of online gaming, an integral part of Sony's strategy for the next generation games consoles: PS3 and PSP. It is within the Online Technology Group, a central technology team that provides online technology and expertise to game studios within SCE World Wide Studios.

The following skills and experience are necessary:
- BSc, MSc Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field - 1st or 2:1 preferred or equivalent experience.
- High degree of proficiency in Java development
- Experience working on large-scale network server applications
- Experience in architecting scalable web services
- Experience with the full development lifecycle (requirements to production)
- Networking/Platforms: TCP/IP, HTTP, Linux, Apache and Tomcat
- Good competence with SQL and databases such as Oracle and MySQL
- Able to analyse, design and implement technical solutions to complex problems
- Able to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical colleagues

The following skills and experience are desirable:
- Expertise in Spring, Hibernate, JPA
- Multithreaded C/C++, in Unix and Windows environments
- Network and real-time system programming
- Previous experience in the games industry
- Experience working in an Agile environment
- Experience with MapReduce, cloud computing or distributed search
- Experience with scripting languages: Groovy, Python, Ruby, PHP, Perl, etc.

London £DOE

Contact: Andrea Ref: 32234 24/04/10

This is a multi award winning leader in the development and commercial exploitation of broadband entertainment. Their team is made up of the cream of video game industry talent who, not content with life in the console industry, have traded in their years of experience for a role within a dynamic and exciting firm where their skills are enjoyed by millions of viewers each and everyday. Based in the heart of London's Soho they have a relaxed and yet explosive office with no dress policy and in a good location for shops, bars, clubs and restaurants.

They are currently looking for an experienced Senior Programmer to join their team. Although this is not a games programming position, the job has many similarities from a technical point of view. This studio already employs many people from the games industry. Salary will very much be dependent on experience.

Requirements:

- Minimum 2-3 years experience as a senior programmer
- C/C++ skills are a prerequisite with additional languages an advantage
- Good degree essential
- Must have proven ability of working on team programming projects
- Familiarity with development processes and low level programming
- Knowledge of the workings of the internet an advantage
- Must have an enthusiasm to tackle difficult, high performance programming tasks
- Must be able to work with projects with short turnaround and have the ability to be part of the whole cycle.

London £Good

Contact: Lucy Ref: 32250 23/04/10

We are working with Sony Computer Entertainment's world class development studio in London. It has unrivalled development facilities and offers a creative and stimulating environment coupled with access to the best London has to offer from their Soho office.

They are looking for a Programmer to develop and extend bespoke technologies created within the studio, supporting titles in development. The successful candidate will be capable of researching, planning and implementing solutions to the problems presented. Furthermore they should be capable of presenting their reasoning both to their line manager and to any other relevant stakeholders.
Good communications skills will prove indispensible as it will often be necessary to refine requirements by dealing directly with clients; in many cases these clients will not have a technical background. The tasks that will be taken on in this role are likely to be many and varied and so we are looking for candidates that can demonstrate the broadest possible experience in real time application development, ideally game development. Please email andrea@datascope.co.uk for more information.

London £DOE

Contact: Andrea Ref: 32233 22/04/10

This company’s goal was to create an information-service, news and media company that provides business and financial professionals with the tools and data they need on a single all inclusive platform. Their amazing success is due to the constant innovation of their products, unrivaled dedication to customer service and the unique way in which they constantly adapt to an ever-changing marketplace. Headquartered in New York the company employs more than 10,000 people in over 135 offices around the world. They are about information: accessing it, reporting it, analyzing it and distributing it, faster and more accurately than any other organization.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a world leader in its field, working on cutting edge technology for enviable renumeration and benefits.

The R&D team, based in Lugano, Switzerland, is responsible for a large scale backend infrastructure built in C++ on Windows, which allows financial applications to access a variety of functionalities. They are looking for an experienced Software Developer with excellent C/C++ skills. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to make a tangible contribution to the design, implementation and testing of state-of-the-art software. The successful candidate will have strong analytical and communication skills, be highly motivated and be a quick learner.

Requirements:

- MSc/MA or PhD in Computer Science, Economics, Engineering, Physics, Mathematics or Finance, or equivalent experience.
- Substantial commercial experience developing large scale, multi-threaded, high-performance applications on Windows
- Strong knowledge of C++, STL, Windows internals
- Ability to work in a mixed Windows / Unix development environment
- Solid understanding of service-oriented architectures and network programming
- Solid understanding of Data Structures, Algorithms, and Object-Oriented design
- Experience of full development life cycle, practical experience with Unit/ Regression Testing
- Knowledge of databases and/or cluster technology is a plus
- Working knowledge of Financial Markets is a plus
- Italian language skills would also be advantageous.

Switzerland CHF Very competitive

Contact: Lucy Ref: 32221 20/04/10

We are working with Sony Computer Entertainment's world class development studio in London. It has unrivalled development facilities and offers a creative and stimulating environment coupled with access to the best London has to offer from their Soho office.

They are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Senior Systems Programmer to work in their camera based gaming department. As part of this role you would be expected to help lead, design, implement and support the game engine.

Reporting directly to the lead programmer, the successful candidate will lead the game engine development team for a cutting edge PS3 camera based game. They should have at least 2 years of game engine development experience on either PC or a current generation console platform. Ideally the candidate will have shipped at least one title during this period on either PC or a current generation console. This is an excellent role for someone who is currently managing programmers or looking to move into management areas while still developing technologies.

A successful candidate will be required to demonstrate:
- Good analytical and problem solving skills
- Good communication skills
- Proven ability of being able to organise their time
- Professional C++ experience
- Proven technical ability
- Experience of developing game engine systems.

There will be advantage to candidates that can demonstrate:
- Specific PS3 platform experience
- Knowledge of scripting systems / scripting experience
- An understanding of gameplay mechanics
- Experience of camera based gaming.

London £DOE

Contact: Andrea Ref: 32194

We are working with Sony Computer Entertainment's world class development studio in London. It has unrivalled development facilities and offers a creative and stimulating environment coupled with access to the best London has to offer from their Soho office.

They are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Senior Gameplay Programmer to join a team on an as yet unannounced game project currently in development, based on the recently announced PlayStation Move controller.
The job will involve being responsible for writing large parts of the gameplay for the game working collaboratively with the design team. Following best practices and setting a good example for the more junior members of the programming team would also be expected. This role requires someone with strong overall game development experience who can bring all the pieces together and make them work. A good attitude to solving people's problems and the ability to work closely with the design team will be a requirement. This is a great opportunity for the right person to work on some very innovative gameplay aspects of a rich and interesting project using the PlayStation Move controller.

Specific Requirements:
- At least 3 year's experience working as a gameplay programmer.
- At least one published game on PS3, XBox360, or Wii, preferably more.
- Experience of C++ essential.
- Experience of writing gameplay, preferably on a social or physical-gaming based game.
- Experience of using Havok physics an advantage.
- Experience of PS3 development an advantage.
- Must be able to demonstrate good communication and team collaboration skills.

London £DOE

Contact: Andrea Ref: 32195

We are working with Sony Computer Entertainment's world class development studio in London. It has unrivalled development facilities and offers a creative and stimulating environment coupled with access to the best London has to offer from their Soho office.

They are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Senior Lead Gameplay programmer to join a team on an as yet unannounced game project currently in development, based on the recently announced PlayStation Move controller.
The job will involve being responsible for leading the gameplay code team, directing the architecture of the gameplay code and programming aspects of the gameplay of the game. This role requires someone with strong overall game development experience who can bring all the pieces together and make them work. A good attitude to solving people's problems and the ability to work closely with the design team will be a requirement. This is a high-profile role and a great opportunity for the right person to step in and take charge of the gameplay aspects of a rich and interesting project using the PlayStation Move controller.

Specific Requirements
- At least 3 year's experience working as a gameplay programmer.
- At least 1 year's experience working as a lead.
- At least one published game on PS3, XBox360, or Wii, preferably more.
- Experience of C++ essential.
- Experience of writing gameplay, preferably on a social or physical-gaming based game.
- Experience of using Havok physics an advantage.
- Experience of PS3 development an advantage.
- Must be able to demonstrate good communication and team collaboration skills.

London £DOE

Contact: Andrea Ref: 32196

Are you passionate about creating tomorrow's interactive, online community, gaming and entertainment experiences for the premier video game console on the market today? Would you like to apply your passion for web services, user experience, systems programming, networking and video to lead a team that will deliver the next generation of online entertainment to an audience of millions? Would you like to do all this with a focus on European audiences?

We need a Lead Programmer to work on Xbox Live. As a lead developer, you will:
- Contribute to overall product vision and scope.
- Manage a team of developers.
- Set costs and schedules for your team's feature areas.
- Staff and motivate your team.
- Work with your peers in the development, test and program management disciplines to see new features through from inception to release.

You will have the opportunity to work at a rapid pace, shipping major new functionality. Your work will not only impact millions of Xbox LIVE users throughout Europe, but you will develop a deep understanding of the core components of the Xbox 360 Console and Xbox Live Service platforms.

Essential Experience
- Relevant experience of directly managing developers.
- Ability to break down complex problems into simple concepts and prioritise work to minimise risk.
- Demonstrated ability to cost, schedule, and ship quality software solutions on time.
- Passion about gaming and online entertainment.
- Strong experience of software development experience and knowledge of C/C++.
- Experience with several of the following: web services, user interface programming, networking, game development, operating systems, Win32.
- Strong debugging skills and ability to apply software engineering principles.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science or a related field; Masters degree preferred.

Soho £Very High

Contact: Andrea Ref: 32175

This company’s goal was to create an information-service, news and media company that provides business and financial professionals with the tools and data they need on a single all inclusive platform. Their amazing success is due to the constant innovation of their products, unrivalled dedication to customer service and the unique way in which they constantly adapt to an ever-changing marketplace. Headquartered in New York the company employs more than 10,000 people in over 135 offices around the world. They are about information: accessing it, reporting it, analysing it and distributing it, faster and more accurately than any other organisation.

They require a confident, enthusiastic developer to join their team. The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills and an entrepreneurial spirit allowing them to work directly with business managers to specify, develop and deliver new functionality. This person will be working on the full software project lifecycle in an agile environment. They will also be involved in devising and documenting technical policies and managing relationships with business managers. Ambition to develop your career and responsibilities would be an advantage. The role offers an exceptional opportunity to establish a successful long term career in a new and exciting industry.

Requirements:
- Thorough understanding of open source development tools
- Extensive proven commercial experience of PHP development including understanding of security, OO and MVC
- Solid understanding of database development including understanding of query optimisation
- Java and/or C++ experience is desirable
- Familiarity with our key packages currently used, including; Redhat Linux, MySQL, Apache, memcached, code igniter, Sphinx search, SVN, Jquery and Fusion charts would be useful.

London OR NEW YORK £Very High + 5* benefits

Contact: Andrea Ref: 32193

This company’s goal was to create an information-service, news and media company that provides business and financial professionals with the tools and data they need on a single all inclusive platform. Their amazing success is due to the constant innovation of their products, unrivaled dedication to customer service and the unique way in which they constantly adapt to an ever-changing marketplace. Headquartered in New York the company employs more than 10,000 people in over 135 offices around the world. They are about information: accessing it, reporting it, analyzing it and distributing it, faster and more accurately than any other organization.

Your job will be to supply fantastically creative and efficient GUI tools to a world leading company for incredible renumeration with fabulous benefits working in a breathtaking environment! As they also have offices in New York, they are looking to fill positions in both London and New York at the moment.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced GUI Tools Programmer to join their London or New York team of creative developers. Rewarded with fantastic renumeration, the successful candidate will create the necessary toolkits and frameworks to enable the front-end application writers to produce top quality UI for the company's most important products. Whilst this is not a games opportunity, the role is very creative, demanding the highest quality of C++ API/GUI programming and the rewards will be ample.

Technical requirements:

- Solid experience writing high-performance object-oriented software using the C++ programming language.
- Possess solid understanding of the properties and appropriate use of basic algorithms and data structures, including the STL.
- Exposure to both UNIX and Windows development and proficiency in one: for Windows, knowledge of Win32, COM, ATL, GDI/GDIPLUS required, with some knowledge of C#, .NET, WPF expected; for UNIX, experience of IPC methods and multi-threaded client-server programming is expected.
- Familiarity with open source GUI toolkits such as GTK, as well as network programming is desired.
- Knowledge of scripting languages and source control tools such as Subversion is a plus.
- No prior financial knowledge is required.

Please contact me with an email outlining your suitability for the role as soon as possible.

London OR NEW YORK to £80K + 5* benefits

Contact: Lucy Ref: 32190

This is the London arm of one of the largest independent games developers in Europe. With studios in four UK locations, they develop games for all major consoles, PC and wireless.

They are looking for a Senior Developer with a strong coding background to lead and develop a small R&D team working on applications on social networks, and how these relate to console games and console development. Main duties for the role, after assisting with selecting and hiring a small social network team, will be to manage and mentor that team. The successful candidate will be required to liaise with console teams regarding incorporating ideas and technology for social networks, with regular reporting of progress to the studio head and general manager. You will be required to plan and execute technical requirements for application development and lead the programming effort towards goals, whilst planning, reviewing and writing code. Essential skills for the role include: experience with building successful applications on social networks, particularly Facebook and MySpace; key understanding of technical challenges; Maven level understanding of Flash and related technologies; excellent communication skills; a passion for creating great video games; flexible attitude to work; good team and work ethics, with a proven track record in his/her field. Desirable skills include Scrum, Perforce and games development. The ideal candidate will be educated to degree level or equivalent, have extensive previous web experience and the ability to meet deadlines, whilst continually motivating, inspiring and mentoring employees of all disciplines.

Central London £DoE

Contact: Andrea Ref: 32182

This company are currently working on a third person adventure with all the elements other games only claim to have. They have an informal, creative studio and an excellent benefits package.

They are looking for experienced, enthusiastic and passionate people to work on the multiplayer component of their next gen title (PS3/Xbox360).

Requirements for the role:
- Broad understanding of computer and game networking systems, including DNS, NAT, firewall, security methods, peer-to-peer and client server models.
- Experience with game console networking, including Wii, Xbox Live and Sony PS2.
- Experience on Xbox360 and/or PS3.
- At least 6 years of programming experience with experience in network programming.
- Advanced programming skills (C++ and possibly other languages).
- Technical problem solving ability.
- Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering or Computer Science, or equivalent work experience.

London £High + benefits

Contact: Andrea Ref: 32183

This company are currently working on a third person adventure with all the elements other games only claim to have. They have an informal, creative studio and an excellent benefits package.

They are looking for a Graphics Programmer to implement and extend features in their rendering pipeline that includes full shader support, advanced lighting/rendering techniques and special effects. The successful candidate will work with the rest of the team to ensure the engine features and functionality are fully utilised for their upcoming 360/PS3 project.

Required skills and experience:
- Excellent C/C++ programming skills.
- Strong understanding of Graphics/Rendering pipelines.
- Extensive knowledge of Vertex and Pixel shaders.
- Experience in identifying bottlenecks and optimising existing / future rendering code.
- Knowledgeable in a variety of special FX techniques.
- Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent work experience.

London £High + benefits

Contact: Andrea Ref: 32184

This award winning company is one of the world's leading developers of mobile phone gaming technology and content. Based in London and founded in 1998, the company has an unparalleled track record of innovation and market leadership in this field.

They need a veteran engineer with proven leadership qualities and broad development experience, to lead a small team of engineers. Candidates will have:

- Excellent C++, and experience with Python or similar
- At least 10 years professional experience in the games industry
- At least 3 shipped titles, preferably more, full production lifecycle
- Experience of developing project-independent games technology
- Experience of cross-platform development
- Experience of current generation console platforms
- Ability to lead and mentor less experienced engineers
- Proven track record of delivering projects in a lead capacity.

Central London To £45k + benefits

Contact: Andrea Ref: 32156

Our client is a world-leading visual effects company with offices in London, New York and LA. For over 18 years they have been providing pioneering effects solutions to the advertising, music and entertainment industries and since opening they have consistently topped readers’ surveys and peer group polls. Web Developer with strong commercial experience in OO PHP with CSS and Javascript is required by a digital asset management arm with a strong online presence.

Desirable is experience of systems architecture design, Zend framework, Subversion and Coding standards.

We place a strong emphasis on quality, so some experience of Test Driven Development (TDD) and Agile methods is also desirable.

Any C# experience is a bonus.

Most of our development however is focussed on the web interface and associated functionality. The C# work is split between a core ftp application and a Video player application developed in house for displaying advertising content in stores.

London £40K

Contact: Matthew Ref: 32116

Abroad

This company has studios in three worldwide locations. It was founded over a decade ago and has established itself as one of the leading companies in the MMO games arena, winning numerous awards and receiving critical acclaim worldwide. The company ethos is about making dreams become a reality. Their working environment is second to none with a very progressive management team who have created an inspiring and challenging environment for talent to thrive in. They are currently on a recruitment drive for top quality talent.

They are currently looking for a Senior Animation Programmer to lead the development of a state of the art animation system and pipeline for their forthcoming MMO. They are seeking someone with excellent programming and animation skills, alongside strong leadership abilities.

Responsibilities:
- Lead the architecture and development efforts of their animation system
- Develop the animation tools pipeline

Required Experience/skills
- 6+ years programming experience
- Ability to communicate clearly and work effectively with others
- 3+ years experience in animation programming
- Credit as an Animation Programmer on at least one shipped title
- Strong 3d math skills.

USA East $110K+ and benefits

Contact: Lucy Ref: 32430 18/05/10

This Wellington based company is a game development studio dedicated to producing high quality entertainment titles, bringing together a close-knit team of talented and highly educated specialists, with world class creative and software development skills. Coming from a range of backgrounds, they have previously worked on complex commercial software applications, and special effects and animation on major motion pictures such as The Frighteners, Contact, and The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

They are looking for talented, experienced and passionate who:
· Have specific 360/PS3 experience in engine programming (graphics, physics, animation, multicore)
· Strong lead programmers who have shipped a large game before, and are comfortable taking on management duties.
· Programmers who otherwise have strong ties to NZ or targeting NZ specifically.

Please get in contact for more details.

New Zealand £DOE

Contact: Andrea Ref: 32432 18/05/10

This company has studios in three worldwide locations. It was founded over a decade ago and has established itself as one of the leading companies in the MMO games arena, winning numerous awards and receiving critical acclaim worldwide. The company ethos is about making dreams become a reality. Their working environment is second to none with a very progressive management team who have created an inspiring and challenging environment for talent to thrive in. They are currently on a recruitment drive for top quality talent.

The Senior Backend Programmer will be responsible for leading a team in developing backend server side game systems for their new MMO title. The successful candidate will have experience developing data intensive systems that can run at scale. Experience leading a team from a technical perspective is advantageous. Applicants must have 4+ years experience with strong programming skills (C++ or Python), strong SQL skills and experience in a similar role. Please contact me for a sull job spec.

Shanghai Good + benefits

Contact: Lucy Ref: 32413 17/05/10

This company is an ambitious German developer. It is a financially independent development studio for next generation multiplayer games and exclusively develops its own IP. English is the studio's first language and employees come from all over the world. The work environment is highly creative with the company's ethos being that everyone plays a significant role in the development process, meaning all team members contribute their ideas and are important to the success of the game.

The Senior programmer is an exceptionally talented, ‘all-rounder’ who has the ability and passion to really own and drive key areas of their game’s code-base. In the short term the candidate will be assisting with the PC version of their next-gen title. The task could be quite varied depending on the candidate's strengths. This project offers various outstanding work including rendering, and optimisation. Long term they are looking for a key member of the game focused team.

Position Responsibilities:

- Designing, defining and developing the next generation of multiplayer internet game play, on top of multiple platforms
- Providing hands-on technical expertise to define and develop networked simulation techniques
- Interacting closely with designers, artists, and animators to bring the vision of the game to life
- Implementing game AI functionality using core AI features
- Co-Developing tools with artists, animators, designers and our core programming staff
- Creating good quality, performance-minded code
- Exploration of new practices to continually improve the quality of game development within the company

Position requirements:

- Good object oriented programming skills
- Having a passion for making and playing innovative games
- Strong background in math
- Strong background in graphics
- Fluency in English

Technical requirements

- Familiarity with network middleware

Advantageous

- 3+ years experience in game development
- Degree in programming
- Experience in onsole programming on PS2 and/or XBOX
- Experience in programming an action shooter
- Intensive knowledge of the Unreal Engine.

Germany €Good

Contact: Lucy Ref: 32420 17/05/10

This company has studios in three worldwide locations. It was founded over a decade ago and has established itself as one of the leading companies in the MMO games arena, winning numerous awards and receiving critical acclaim worldwide. The company ethos is about making dreams become a reality. Their working environment is second to none with a very progressive management team who have created an inspiring and challenging environment for talent to thrive in. They are currently on a recruitment drive for top quality talent.

They are currently seeking an experienced Senior Gameplay Programmer to join their team to work on an original IP for PS3 and XBox360. Applicants must have at least 4 years games programming experience, excellent C/C++ skills,
debugging /optimisation skills and at least 1 shipped title under their belt. Please contact me for a full job spec.

Shanghai Excellent + benefits

Contact: Lucy Ref: 32406 14/05/10

This company has studios in three worldwide locations. It was founded over a decade ago and has established itself as one of the leading companies in the MMO games arena, winning numerous awards and receiving critical acclaim worldwide. The company ethos is about making dreams become a reality. Their working environment is second to none with a very progressive management team who have created an inspiring and challenging environment for talent to thrive in. They are currently on a recruitment drive for top quality talent.

Successful applicants will join a well established team based in Shanghai, China where they will work on original consoled titles for the PS3 and 360. Applicants must have very strong C/C++ skills, excellent debugging/optimization skills and at least 4 years games programming experience. They must also have at least one shipped title under their belt. Strong english language skills are a must. Physics, 3D graphics and AI skills, along with multi-threaded programming experience, would be advantageous.

Shanghai High + benefits

Contact: Lucy Ref: 32391 13/05/10

Making games since 2000, this Amsterdam studio has a proven reputation for creating original AAA titles for high profile publishers. Now working exclusively with an industry leader, on their current and next gen technologies and with a major franchise in the pipeline, they are looking to recruit creative and talented individuals to join their determined and experienced multi-disciplinary game teams. Although the studio employs staff from over a dozen different countries, English is the common working language.

They are looking for a talented and enthusiastic Senior Programmer to join their team to work AAA projects.

Requirements:

- At least one published title under your belt, preferably more
- Experience working on FPS titles
- A complete passion for programming
- Fluent in C++ and other programming languages
- Extensive experience in optimizing code for performance, scalability and clarity
- Comfortable working with a large code base

Preferable:

- Strong understanding of the maths behind 3D graphics
- Able to analyze the strengths and weaknesses of a game
- Experience designing and developing systems for animation and/or physics.

The Netherlands €DoE

Contact: Lucy Ref: 32392 13/05/10

A fantastic opportunity to join one of the worlds leading games studios.

Unity Developer
Your responsibilities:
l You contribute to the creation of large browser MMOGs.
l You implement new game concepts in Unity 3D.
l You evaluate the possibilities of the Unity3D engine as well as additional
APIs and technologies.
l You are responsible for the planning/architecture of our games and take
an active role in their design.
l Your area of responsibility includes topics such as AI, GUI and game
logic.
l You work closely with our Unity team in Hamburg, Germany.
» Your qualifications:
l You are a talented programmer and are known for your creative ideas
and solutions; you have completed vocational training or have a degree
in informatics.
l You have at least one year of job experience as a programmer and in
dealing with 3-D game engines.
l Your very good knowledge of 3-D and object-oriented programming has
already been put to the test in various projects.
l Ideally you possess good knowledge of C#, C++, the .Net and/or Mono
Framework, PHP, MySQL and basic Linux and network skills.
l You can work independently, are problem-solving oriented and are a
good team player.
l Ideally you already have job experience in developing MMOGs and/or
multiplayer games.
l You are a passionate gamer.

SanFran $antastic

Contact: Matthew Ref: 32377 11/05/10

This studio is a premier producer of games and interactive entertainment for the global market. The company was founded in 1997 and is located in Sweden. With over 120 passionate game developers, They are now continuing to expand to meet the demands of gamers worldwide.

They currently require an experienced Generalist Programmer to join their team to work on PS3 and XBox360 titles. The successful candidate will have at least one shipped console title to their name and at least 1 year in a similar Generalist Programming role for PS3/360. They must also have experience in multithreading, excellent C/C++ skills and a good understanding of performance sensitive programming (algorithmic and low level optimizations).

Sweden SEK Good + package

Contact: Lucy Ref: 32319 29/04/10

Since its creation, the studio has gained international recognition for its contribution to the games industry. They are currently developing video games for both consoles and PC.

They are currently seeking a Senior or Lead Gameplay Programmer to join their team. The successful candidate will be responsible for:
- AI behaviour programming for characters or game elements
- Gameplay programming and communication systems between characters and/or game elements.
- Programming and/or diverse content integration like user interface, FX, sound,
animation etc
- Animation and transfer of game elements, Trajectory calculation

Requirements:
- 3 years games programming experience
- Great Knowledge of real time 3D
- Experience in PC or Console Game developing (PS3, XBOX 360, Wii, PS2, GameCube or Xbox)
- Excellent C++ Programming
- Capacity to adapt to internal developing tools
- Teamwork / communication skills / Autonomy
- Fluent English (Written & Spoken).

France €Good

Contact: Andrea Ref: 32302 27/04/10

Since its creation, the studio has gained international recognition for its contribution to the games industry. They are currently developing video games for both consoles and PC.

Currently looking for several experienced Engine Programmers to develop the game engine and tools for the team. They will work as part of a team of programmers working on multi platform projects. Applicants must have at least 3 years industry experience, with at least one shipped console title, along with excellent realtime 3D knowledge. They must have current gen experience as well as very strong C++ skills.

France €Good

Contact: Lucy Ref: 32301 27/04/10

Making games since 2000, this Amsterdam studio has a proven reputation for creating original AAA titles for high profile publishers. Now working exclusively with an industry leader, on their current and next gen technologies and with a major franchise in the pipeline, they are looking to recruit creative and talented individuals to join their determined and experienced multi-disciplinary game teams. Although the studio employs staff from over a dozen different countries, English is the common working language.

They are looking for an experienced Senior Tech Programmer to work on their game engine. The successful candidate will be fluent in C++ and have at least one published title under their belt, preferably AAA. Expertise in the fields of graphics, audio, memory management, streaming, optimization or any combination is what they are looking for. They require someone who is skilled at optimizing code for performance, size, scalability and clarity.

Experience optimizing by vectorization, a strong knowledge of 3D maths and fluency with OpenGL, DirectX or GCM would be advantageous. They are also looking for someone with knowledge of current GPU architectures and experience designing and implementing parallel/distributed systems.

The Netherlands €DoE

Contact: Lucy Ref: 32261 26/04/10

This company is a world leading independent developer and publisher of games with a focus on Action Adventure and Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOG). Established in 1993, the company has released more than twenty games to date.
This fantastic studio has a vacancy open for you now. You will be working on several games titles. They currently have a great MMO that they would require your skills. You will need some amazing back-end Flash ability and have the work and CV to show this off.

Previous experience is ideal especially in the games market
Your knowledge of back-end Flash is of high priority. This role would be more backend rather than fornt-end GUI.
The team is expanding and hopes that you could be a part of it.

Norway Excellent

Contact: Matt Ref: 32229 21/04/10

This is a dedicated game development studio, working on all major entertainment platforms. Our team members have more than ten years of experience in the industry.

They currently require a Senior Programmer to work on a PS3/Wii project. The successful candidate will have at least one shipped AAA console title under their belt and at least 2 years experience in a senior role. Excellent C/C++ skills are a must.

Austria €Negotiable

Contact: Lucy Ref: 32174

This is a dedicated game development studio, working on all major entertainment platforms. Our team members have more than ten years of experience in the industry.

They are currently looking for an experienced Network Programmer to join their team to work on a PS3 / Wii project. Candidates must have at least one shipped AAA console title under their belt and at least 2 years experience in a network programming role.

Austria €Negotiable

Contact: Lucy Ref: 32173