Graphics Programmer, £Excellent+benefits

Crytek GmbH is one of the world's leading independent development studios for interactive entertainment. Based in Frankfurt am Main in Germany. Could you become part of our award winning team?

Requirements:

• 4 or more years of professional game or similar programming experience

• Fluent in C++, strong software engineering and debugging skills

• Strong math background

• In-depth Direct3D and graphics algorithms knowledge

• Expert in HLSL/Cg programming and optimization

• Good knowledge of the GPU architecture, optimization techniques and tools

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a similar degree or comparable experience

• Good communication skills and ability to work in a team

• Communicate status updates and risks

• Perform any other duties as assigned with accountability and responsibility defined prior to the commencement of these duties

Preferences:

• Master’s degree or higher

• Deep understanding of the latest graphics research and technology

• CUDA, OpenCL, compute shader experience

• Xbox 360 or PS3 programming and optimization experience

• PS3 SPU programming experience

• Larrabee experience

• Low level optimization skills, ability to write memory and cache friendly code

• Multithreading and multi-core experience

• Passionate about making games

Responsibilities:

• (optional) Develop, maintain, optimize and extend existing or new systems in CryENGINE

• (optional) Research, design and develop cutting-edge systems and algorithms for CryENGINE

• (optional) Develop relevant tools as necessary for the use by studio and licensee projects’ programmers and artists

• (optional) Work on various aspects of porting the existing engine systems and creating solutions to get the utmost of the platform

• (optional) Develop tools, plug-ins and other enhancements to a CryENGINE powered production pipeline.

• Develop, maintain, optimize and test the engine systems to work efficiently with the supported consoles and platforms

• Research and develop new systems as well as maintain and optimize existing systems inside the CryENGINE

• Work to meet the project’s schedule while breaking the process into manageable tasks

• Write clear, maintainable and portable code

• Document source code

• Write technical and software design documents

• Continue to enhance programming, technological and communication skills

• Coordinate with members of R&D and studio projects, including art and production, in order to improve the CryENGINE, meet the project’s objectives and improve projects’ quality and productivity

• Communicate in English. Work well in a team oriented environment.

• Willing to accept and provide guidance and assistance when required, work under pressure and handle multiple tasks

• Take initiative and contribute innovative and original ideas towards all aspects of engine and game production and development

• Demonstrate ownership and responsibility

• Complete tasks in a timely manner and to a consistent high quality standard

• Be directly responsible for adhering to all company policies and procedures

• Safeguard the company’s assets and IPs including source code, art work, tools and technical know-how

• Demonstrate a desire to learn and grow professionally

• Willing to relocate to Frankfurt am Main in Germany.

• Report to: TBD and R&D Manager

More details are available by contacting Hollie 01709 876877 or via email: Hollie@aswift.com

Senior/Lead AI Programmer, £Excellent+benefits

Crytek GmbH is one of the world's leading independent development studios for interactive entertainment. Based in Frankfurt am Main in Germany. Could you become part of our award winning team?

Requirements:

• 5 years+ experience in the games industry

• Developed an AI system for at least 2 high-profile titles

• Has worked in a lead position before

• Experience in state-of-the-art AI technology

• Experience in multiplatform development and making multiplayer games

• Debug and optimize NextGen Console and PC performance.

• Excellent C++ skills

• Excellent problem-solving skills

• Excellent software design skills

• Excellent communication, interpersonal and organizational skills (must deal with non-programmers)

• Excellent mathematical skills

• Deep understanding of animation and physics systems

• Willing to relocate to Frankfurt am Main/Germany

• Takes initiative and is willing to expand his own horizon

• Passion for making games

• Ability to contribute innovative and original ideas towards all aspects of game production and development

• Willing to accept and provide direction, work well under pressure, and handles multiple tasks

• Experienced in providing mentorship to junior programmers

• STL experience

Preferences:

• Has used UML or some similar modelling approach in the past

• Experience with scripting languages (e.g. Lua)

• Experience with multithreading

• Experience writing technical documentation

• Published contribution to AI research

• Experience with agile methodology

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the technological vision, research and future roadmap of the team

• Provide technological direction and leadership to the team members

• Research cutting-edge AI system design and techniques

• Develop an AI system for a high profile game engine

• Supervise a team of AI programmers and assist in work process when necessary

• Maintaining the team’s backlog

• Responsible for the planning process and daily operation of the team

• Communicate team’s status updates and risks to the R&D Manager

• Mentor and inspire junior programmers

More details are available by contacting Hollie 01709 876877 or via email: Hollie@aswift.com

Renderer Programmer, £Excellent+benefits

Crytek GmbH is one of the world's leading independent development studios for interactive entertainment. Based in Frankfurt am Main in Germany. Could you become part of our award winning team?

Requirements:

• 5 or more years of professional game or similar programming experience

• Fluent in C++, strong software engineering and debugging skills

• In-depth DirectX 9/10 API knowledge

• Experience with HLSL/Cg programming

• Extensive multi-threading experience

• Low level profiling and optimization skills, ability to write memory and cache friendly code

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a similar degree or comparable experience

• Good communication skills and ability to work in a team

• Experience with STL

• Communicate status updates and risks

• Perform any other duties as assigned with accountability and responsibility defined prior to the commencement of these duties

• (Senior) Mentor and inspire junior programmers

Preferences:

• Master’s degree or higher

• Strong math background

• Substantial knowledge in 3D graphics algorithms

• Experience with Xbox 360 or PS3 programming, graphics API and optimization

• D3D11 experience

• Larrabee experience

• CUDA, OpenCL, compute shader experience

• Passionate about making games

Responsibilities:

• (optional) Develop, maintain, optimize and extend existing or new systems in CryENGINE

• (optional) Research, design and develop cutting-edge systems and algorithms for CryENGINE

• (optional) Develop relevant tools as necessary for the use by studio and licensee projects’ programmers and artists

• (optional) Work on various aspects of porting the existing engine systems and creating solutions to get the utmost of the platform

• (optional) Develop tools, plug-ins and other enhancements to a CryENGINE powered production pipeline.

• Develop, maintain, optimize and test the engine systems to work efficiently with the supported consoles and platforms

• Research and develop new systems as well as maintain and optimize existing systems inside the CryENGINE

• Work to meet the project’s schedule while breaking the process into manageable tasks

• Write clear, maintainable and portable code

• Document source code

• Write technical and software design documents

• Continue to enhance programming, technological and communication skills

• Coordinate with members of R&D and studio projects, including art and production, in order to improve the CryENGINE, meet the project’s objectives and improve projects’ quality and productivity

• Communicate in English. Work well in a team oriented environment.

• Willing to accept and provide guidance and assistance when required, work under pressure and handle multiple tasks

• Take initiative and contribute innovative and original ideas towards all aspects of engine and game production and development

• Demonstrate ownership and responsibility

• Complete tasks in a timely manner and to a consistent high quality standard

• Be directly responsible for adhering to all company policies and procedures

• Safeguard the company’s assets and IPs including source code, art work, tools and technical know-how

• Demonstrate a desire to learn and grow professionally

• Willing to relocate to Frankfurt am Main in Germany.

* Report to: TBD and R&D Manager

Software Engineer PHP, £Excellent+benefits

Crytek GmbH is one of the world's leading independent development studios for interactive entertainment. Based in Frankfurt am Main in Germany. Could you become part of our award winning team?

Role Description:

• Develops and designs complex, integrated, distributed real-time systems in designated programming languages and database environment.

• Ensures applications and systems are fully compliant with requirements through appropriate unit and system/ integration testing.

• Ensures functional and technical design meets product and business requirements.

• Ensures appropriate, accurate, up-to-date technical documentation is available for systems and logic.

• Assists and supports testers with development and execution of test plans.

• Helps drive the delivery of successful, cutting edge products by working on a team with other highly talented Producers, Developers, and Designers.

• Performs other duties as required.

Responsibilities:

• Owns the development of one or more service components, from specification through design, coding, debugging, and deployment.

• Works closely with Operations to install, configure and operate developed features, as appropriate.

• Works with the Production, Design and Development teams to build a feature set.

• Works closely with QA engineers to ensure quality throughout the development cycle.

• Shares expertise and advises others in development of features across the service.

• Writes high quality, high performance code.

• Writes complete Unit Tests for developed code.

• Participates in the scoping and sizing of requirements using Agile development methods.

Requirements:

• Strong knowledge of object-oriented (OO) methodology; able to architect and design new OO systems.

• Strong PHP5 programming skills.

• Excellent knowledge about Zend Framework and tools.

• Profound experience in web-based architectures and technologies (AJAX, COMET, REST, XML, XSLT, SOAP).

• Javascript and HTML/CSS experience preferred.

• Familiar with OO design patterns and proven methodologies using UML.

• Understanding of Service-Oriented approach to development.

• Experience in implementing automated tests (PHPUnit) in continues integration environments (CruiseControl).

• Experience writing deployment and installation scripts for enterprise applications are desirable.

• Experience with standard revision control (SVN) and defect tracking tools.

• Experience in using Agile Methodology as a software development process following continuous integration programming, particularly SCRUM.

• Ability to thrive in a startup-like environment working with both on-site and remote teams.

• Motivated self-starter who likes working on very productive, fast-paced teams.

• Ability to skillfully navigate ambiguity in a dynamic environment.

• Ability to remain calm, poised, professional, and productive when under pressure.

• Maintains objectivity and seeks win-win resolutions when faced with tough problems.

• Passionate desire to build great products.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.

• Passion for games.

• Education: B.S in Computer Science, or equivalent work experience

• Experience: 3+ years, particularly in Web2.0 technologies

Pluses:

• Zend PHP5 Certification

• Experience with XMPP, AMQP

• Experience in Social Network development

• Experience with OO databases (ODBMS)

More details are available by contacting Hollie 01709 876877 or via email: Hollie@aswift.com

Web Developer PHP, £Excellent+benefits

Crytek GmbH is one of the world's leading independent development studios for interactive entertainment. Based in Frankfurt am Main in Germany. Could you become part of our award winning team?

Role Description:

• Develops and designs complex, integrated systems in designated programming languages and database environment.

• Ensures applications and systems are fully compliant with requirements through appropriate unit and system/ integration testing.

• Ensures functional and technical design meets product and business requirements.

• Ensures appropriate, accurate, up-to-date technical documentation is available for systems and logic.

• Assists and supports testers with development and execution of test plans.

• Helps drive the delivery of successful, cutting edge products by working on a team with other highly talented Producers, Developers, and Designers.

• Performs other duties as required.

Responsibilities:

• Owns the development and customizing of one or more web development projects, from specification through design, coding, debugging, and deployment.

• Works closely with Operations to install, configure and operate developed features, as appropriate.

• Works with the Production, Design and Development teams to build a feature set.

• Works closely with QA engineers to ensure quality throughout the development cycle.

• Shares expertise and advises others in development of features across the project.

• Writes high quality, high performance code.

Requirements:

• Strong knowledge of object-oriented (OO) methodology; able to architect and design new OO systems.

• Strong PHP5 programming skills.

• Excellent knowledge in SQL (MySQL), JavaScript, CSS, HTML

• Deep knowledge in CMS (especially Drupal).

• Knowledge in Zend Framework and tools.

• Profound experience in web-based architectures and technologies (AJAX, XML, SOAP, JSON).

• Understanding of Service-Oriented approach.

• Experience writing deployment and installation scripts for enterprise applications are desirable.

• Experience with version control system “Perforce”.

• Ability to thrive in a startup-like environment working with both on-site and remote teams.

• Motivated self-starter who likes working on very productive, fast-paced teams.

• Ability to skillfully navigate ambiguity in a dynamic environment.

• Ability to remain calm, poised, professional, and productive when under pressure.

• Maintains objectivity and seeks win-win resolutions when faced with tough problems.

• Passionate desire to build great products.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.

• Education: B.S in Computer Science, or equivalent work experience

• Experience: 3+ years, particularly in Web2.0 technologies

Pluses:

• Zend PHP5 Certification

• Experience in additional languages and web tools (JAVA, Flash, C++, .NET)

• Experience with Linux server systems

• Experience with Photoshop

• Experience in forum software development

• Experience with Atlassian products (Confluence, Jira)

• Experience in agile methodologies, especially SCRUM

More details are available by contacting Hollie 01709 876877 or via email: Hollie@aswift.com

Senior Engineer, £Competitive

Our client is one of the world’s largest gaming and casino software companies. They have a reputation for innovative game design and development. They aspire to create the most entertaining products in the world and service their customers with an uncompromising passion for quality.

Job Summary
The Senior Software Engineer is a senior level technology team member responsible for the creation of the software related to game products. This position should demonstrate a high degree of initiative and is accountable for the timely completion and thorough implementation of all tasks assigned to them. This position works within the Game Development organization on games and products that are targeted for deployment in casinos.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Create high quality software in a timely manner for casino game products.

• Works independently to design and implement solutions for projects of high complexity.

• Works with, and develops relationships with, other team members as needed to meet team goals.

• Write well-commented code in accordance with product requirements following Game Development code creation processes.

• Lead the development of new/innovative game play features and interfaces

• Contribute to the development of common code libraries (framework, featurettes, OS) as needed for game implementation.

• Have a strong knowledge of development environment, tools, and utilities

Education Bachelor/s Degree

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent

• Object Oriented Programming

• C++

• Software Design

Required Experience

• 4 years of professional programming experience

• C++,

• Object Oriented programming and design patterns

• Experience with development tools including IDEs, debuggers, bug tracking and source control systems required

Preferred Experience:

• Embedded systems experience preferred

• Game Development experience preferred

• Experience in UI development

• Linux/Unix experience preferred

• TDD experience preferred

• Software design and architecture experience preferred

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• C++,

• Linux/Unix

• Object Oriented programming

• TDD

• Design Patterns

• Source Control/Configuration Management

• Bug Tracking Systems

• Software Development processes

• Emulation Tools and/or Debuggers

For More information or to apply to this role, please contact Hollie at Aardvark Swift, email hollie@aswift.com or phone 01709876877.

AI Programmer, £excellent+benefits

Our client are an award winning developer that are looking to expand their experienced and talented teams working out of the studio in Edinburgh. The company behind Grand Theft Auto are looking for a new team member to work within an excellent environment, with a competitive salary and benefits packages. Do you want to become part of our well renowned team?

Our client is currently seeking an experienced AI programmer. Commercial games experience is essential with at least three years and one published title on PS3 or Xbox 360 to demonstrate your skills. They are looking for a talented AI Programmer to help them in developing advanced Character and Vehicle AI for large scale games. You should have a positive attitude, a passion for games and be able to communicate with people as effectively as you do a computer.

Responsibilities:

• Develop, maintain and extend current AI systems on Xbox 360 and PS3.

• Design and implement advanced and realistic AI to create an immersive game experience for the player.

Requirements:

• Strong C/C++ programming skills

• Strong OO design skills

• Strong 3D math skills

• At least 3 years commercial games programming experience with an emphasis on AI.

• A passion for games and in particular for creating game AI that contributes to an interactive and realistic game experience.

More details are available by contacting Hollie Heraghty at Aardvark Swift Recruitment - 01709 876877 or via email: hollie@aswift.com

Senior Server Programmer, €Neg+benefits

Would you like to work as a member of an international and successful game development team?
Our client is looking for a talented Senior Server Programmer. They are seeking people with good all-around experience. The position is located in Barcelona, Spain.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Including the following - other duties may be assigned:

• Developing the server side components for highly scalable social multiplayer games using technologies like Java, PHP, MySQL and Apache

• Working together with the game teams to implement new features and services for social games

• Accurately provide technical level-of-effort and schedule estimates on short notice and with incomplete data

• Capable of organizing other programmers or junior programmers

• Cooperate with the other members of the team

• Customizing and tuning games to add new functionality and meet production standards

• Writing technical design documents, for milestones and internal use

EXPERIENCE AND REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Math, or related field. Masters degree in any of these disciplines is a Plus

• Proven experience in server development using Java/Tomcat or Apache/PHP

• Proficiency in SQL/MySQL

• 4 or more years of experience in software engineering

• Strong track record of shipping projects on time

• Past projects that include live-deployed, highly scalable systems in production environments

• Attention to detail, meticulous and organized working habits

• Knowledge of standard software engineering and quality assurance practices

• Good interpersonal skills and ability to work with third parties when needed

• Fluent spoken and written English is required to communicate successfully

We also appreciate the following qualities:

• You can effectively identify risks

• Experience with Amazon Web Services

• Knowledge of social networks programming

• Passion for games and some knowledge of the games industry

In return the company offers an excellent salary + Benefits.

More details are available by contacting Simon 01709 876877 or via email: Simon@aswift.com

AI Programmer, £Excellent+benefits

Crytek GmbH is one of the world's leading independent development studios for interactive entertainment. Based in Frankfurt am Main in Germany. Could you become part of our award winning team?
Requirements:

• 5 years+ experience in the games industry

• Developed an AI system for at least 2 high-profile titles

• Has worked in a lead position before

• Experience in state-of-the-art AI technology

• Experience in multiplatform development and making multiplayer games

• Debug and optimize NextGen Console and PC performance.

• Excellent C++ skills

• Excellent problem-solving skills

• Excellent software design skills

• Excellent communication, interpersonal and organizational skills (must deal with non-programmers)

• Excellent mathematical skills

• Deep understanding of animation and physics systems

• Willing to relocate to Frankfurt am Main/Germany

• Takes initiative and is willing to expand his own horizon

• Passion for making games

• Ability to contribute innovative and original ideas towards all aspects of game production and development

• Willing to accept and provide direction, work well under pressure, and handles multiple tasks

• Experienced in providing mentorship to junior programmers

• STL experience

Preferences:

• Has used UML or some similar modelling approach in the past

• Experience with scripting languages (e.g. Lua)

• Experience with multithreading

• Experience writing technical documentation

• Published contribution to AI research

• Experience with agile methodology

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the technological vision, research and future roadmap of the team

• Provide technological direction and leadership to the team members

• Research cutting-edge AI system design and techniques

• Develop an AI system for a high profile game engine

• Supervise a team of AI programmers and assist in work process when necessary

• Maintaining the team’s backlog

• Responsible for the planning process and daily operation of the team

• Communicate team’s status updates and risks to the R&D Manager

• Mentor and inspire junior programmers

More details are available by contacting Hollie 01709 876877 or via email: hollie@aswift.com

Animation Programmer, £Excellent+benefits

Crytek GmbH is one of the world's leading independent development studios for interactive entertainment. Based in Frankfurt am Main in Germany. Could you become part of our award winning team?
Requirements:

• 3 or more years of professional game or similar programming experience

• Fluent in C++, strong software engineering and debugging skills

• Strong math background

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a similar degree or comparable experience

• Experience with IK/FK systems and facial animation

• Good communication skills and ability to work in a team

• Communicate status updates and risks

• Perform any other duties as assigned with accountability and responsibility defined prior to the commencement of these duties

Preferences:

• Master’s degree or higher

• Xbox 360 or PS3 programming experience

• Experience with STL

• Experience with 3DS Max or similar DCCs

• Experience with motion capture systems

• Experience with multi-threading

• Passionate about making games

Responsibilities:

• (optional) Develop, maintain, optimize and extend existing or new systems in CryENGINE

• (optional) Research, design and develop cutting-edge systems and algorithms for CryENGINE

• (optional) Develop relevant tools as necessary for the use by studio and licensee projects’ programmers and artists

• (optional) Work on various aspects of porting the existing engine systems and creating solutions to get the utmost of the platform

• (optional) Develop tools, plug-ins and other enhancements to a CryENGINE powered production pipeline.

• Develop, maintain, optimize and test the engine systems to work efficiently with the supported consoles and platforms

• Research and develop new systems as well as maintain and optimize existing systems inside the CryENGINE

• Work to meet the project’s schedule while breaking the process into manageable tasks

• Write clear, maintainable and portable code

• Document source code

• Write technical and software design documents

• Continue to enhance programming, technological and communication skills

• Coordinate with members of R&D and studio projects, including art and production, in order to improve the CryENGINE, meet the project’s objectives and improve projects’ quality and productivity

• Communicate in English. Work well in a team oriented environment.

• Willing to accept and provide guidance and assistance when required, work under pressure and handle multiple tasks

• Take initiative and contribute innovative and original ideas towards all aspects of engine and game production and development

• Demonstrate ownership and responsibility

• Complete tasks in a timely manner and to a consistent high quality standard

• Be directly responsible for adhering to all company policies and procedures

• Safeguard the company’s assets and IPs including source code, art work, tools and technical know-how

• Demonstrate a desire to learn and grow professionally

• Willing to relocate to Frankfurt am Main in Germany.

• Report to: TBD and R&D Manager

More details are available by contacting Hollie 01709 876877 or via email: hollie@aswift.com

Database Architect, £Excellent+benefits

Crytek GmbH is one of the world's leading independent development studios for interactive entertainment. Based in Frankfurt am Main in Germany. Could you become part of our award winning team?
Requirements:

• Education: B.S in Computer Science, or equivalent work experience

• Experience: 5+ years in enterprise RDBMS systems

• Very strong DB Architect with excellent knowledge about relational database design and development in high-performance, distributed environments.

• Database subject matter expert with deep experience in MySQL.

• Experience in partitioning, clustering and sharding patterns.

• Fundamental knowledge about analysis of hotspots for optimization of database structures and queries.

• Familiar with common patterns for relational database design.

• Experience with standard revision control (SVN) and defect tracking tools.

• Experience in using Agile Methodology as a software development process following continuous integration programming, particularly SCRUM.

• Ability to thrive in a startup-like environment working with both on-site and remote teams.

• Motivated self-starter who likes working on very productive, fast-paced teams.

• Ability to skillfully navigate ambiguity in a dynamic environment.

• Ability to remain calm, poised, professional, and productive when under pressure.

• Maintains objectivity and seeks win-win resolutions when faced with tough problems.

• Passionate desire to build great products.

Pluses:

• Experience in other RDBMS systems, e.g. Oracle, PostgreSQL

• Experience with OO databases (ODBMS)

• Experience in development of database applications for Social Network systems

• Experience in web-based architectures and technologies

Responsibilities:

• Owns the development of database systems, from specification through design, implementation and deployment.

• Works closely with Operations to install, configure and operate developed features, as appropriate.

• Works with the Production, Design and Development teams to build a feature set.

• Works closely with QA engineers to ensure quality throughout the development cycle.

• Shares expertise and advises others in development of features across the service.

• Designs and implements high quality, high performance relational database systems.

• Participates in the scoping and sizing of requirements using Agile development methods.

• Designs, implements and installs enterprise level relational database systems in a cluster environment.

• Assists and supports software engineers in integrating domain logic's data access layers to database systems.

• Ensures applications and systems are fully compliant with requirements through appropriate system/integration testing.

• Proactively maintains the health of database systems.

• Ensures functional and technical design meets product and business requirements.

• Ensures appropriate, accurate, up-to-date technical documentation is available for database systems.

• Helps drive the delivery of successful, cutting edge products by working on a team with other highly talented Producers, Developers, and Designers.

• Researches and recommends new technologies.

• Reports to: Technical Director

More details are available by contacting Hollie 01709 876877 or via email: hollie@aswift.com

Engine Programmer

Crytek GmbH is one of the world's leading independent development studios for interactive entertainment. Based in Frankfurt am Main in Germany. Could you become part of our award winning team?
Requirements:

• 5 or more years of professional game or similar programming experience

• Fluent in C++, strong software engineering and debugging skills

• Profound and applicable knowledge of 3D related algorithms and data structures

• Extensive multi-threading experience

• Low level optimization skills, ability to write memory and cache friendly code

• Strong math background

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a similar degree or comparable experience

• Good communication skills and ability to work in a team

• Experience with STL

• Communicate status updates and risks

• Perform any other duties as assigned with accountability and responsibility defined prior to the commencement of these duties

• (Senior) Mentor and inspire junior programmers

Preferences:

• Master’s degree or higher

• CUDA, OpenCL, compute shader experience

• Xbox 360 or PS3 programming and optimization experience

• Larrabee experience

• Experience with HLSL/Cg programming

• Passionate about making games

Responsibilities:

• (optional) Develop, maintain, optimize and extend existing or new systems in CryENGINE

• (optional) Research, design and develop cutting-edge systems and algorithms for CryENGINE

• (optional) Develop relevant tools as necessary for the use by studio and licensee projects’ programmers and artists

• (optional) Work on various aspects of porting the existing engine systems and creating solutions to get the utmost of the platform

• (optional) Develop tools, plug-ins and other enhancements to a CryENGINE powered production pipeline

• Develop, maintain, optimize and test the engine systems to work efficiently with the supported consoles and platforms

• Research and develop new systems as well as maintain and optimize existing systems inside the CryENGINE

• Work to meet the project’s schedule while breaking the process into manageable tasks

• Write clear, maintainable and portable code

• Document source code

• Write technical and software design documents

• Continue to enhance programming, technological and communication skills

• Coordinate with members of R&D and studio projects, including art and production, in order to improve the CryENGINE, meet the project’s objectives and improve projects’ quality and productivity

• Communicate in English. Work well in a team oriented environment.

• Willing to accept and provide guidance and assistance when required, work under pressure and handle multiple tasks

• Take initiative and contribute innovative and original ideas towards all aspects of engine and game production and development

• Demonstrate ownership and responsibility

• Complete tasks in a timely manner and to a consistent high quality standard

• Be directly responsible for adhering to all company policies and procedures

• Safeguard the company’s assets and IPs including source code, art work, tools and technical know-how

• Demonstrate a desire to learn and grow professionally

• Willing to relocate to Frankfurt am Main in Germany.

• Report to: R&D Manager/TBD

More details are available by contacting Hollie 01709 876877 or via email: hollie@aswift.com

Tools Programmer, £Excellent+benefits

Crytek GmbH is one of the world's leading independent development studios for interactive entertainment. Based in Frankfurt am Main in Germany. Could you become part of our award winning team?

Requirements:

• 3 or more years experience with C++

• Fluent in C++, strong software engineering and debugging skills

• Experience with GUI programming

• Good knowledge of 3D math

• Good communication skills and ability to work in a team

• STL experience

• Communicate status updates and risks

• Perform any other duties as assigned with accountability and responsibility defined prior to the commencement of these duties

• (senior) Mentor and inspire junior programmers

Preferences:

• Bachelor degree in Computer Science, a similar degree or comparable experience

• Experience with consoles

• Experience in the game industry

• Experience using and writing plug-ins for DCC applications (3ds, Maya, XSI, Photoshop, etc…)

• Experience with scripting languages

• Experience with multi-threading

Responsibilities:

• (optional) Develop, maintain, optimize and extend existing or new systems in CryENGINE

• (optional) Research, design and develop cutting-edge systems and algorithms for CryENGINE

• (optional) Develop relevant tools as necessary for the use by studio and licensee projects’ programmers and artists

• (optional) Work on various aspects of porting the existing engine systems and creating solutions to get the utmost of the platform

• (optional) Develop tools, plug-ins and other enhancements to a CryENGINE powered production pipeline.

• Develop, maintain, optimize and test the engine systems to work efficiently with the supported consoles and platforms

• Research and develop new systems as well as maintain and optimize existing systems inside the CryENGINE

• Work to meet the project’s schedule while breaking the process into manageable tasks

• Write clear, maintainable and portable code

• Document source code

• Write technical and software design documents

• Continue to enhance programming, technological and communication skills

• Coordinate with members of R&D and studio projects, including art and production, in order to improve the CryENGINE, meet the project’s objectives and improve projects’ quality and productivity

• Communicate in English. Work well in a team oriented environment.

• Willing to accept and provide guidance and assistance when required, work under pressure and handle multiple tasks

• Take initiative and contribute innovative and original ideas towards all aspects of engine and game production and development

• Demonstrate ownership and responsibility

• Complete tasks in a timely manner and to a consistent high quality standard

• Be directly responsible for adhering to all company policies and procedures

• Safeguard the company’s assets and IPs including source code, art work, tools and technical know-how

• Demonstrate a desire to learn and grow professionally

• Willing to relocate to Frankfurt am Main in Germany.

• Report to: TBD and R&D Manager

More details are available by contacting Hollie 01709 876877 or via email: hollie@aswift.com

C# Programmer, £excellent+benefits

Our client are an award winning developer that are looking to expand their experienced and talented teams working out of the studio in Edinburgh. The company behind Grand Theft Auto are looking for a new team member to work within an excellent environment, with a competitive salary and benefits packages. Do you want to become part of our well renowned team?

Our client is looking for an enthusiastic and motivated C# programmer to join our audio technology team, supporting and further developing our world class audio tool suite. Successful applicants should have at least one year professional C# experience with WinForms GUI development and XML. Game industry/audio experience is not required and this is an ideal role for someone looking to apply their skills in an exciting and dynamic industry.

Requirements:

• 1+ years C# programming experience

• Object orientated software design

• Excellent communication skills and ability to work in a team.

• Graphical user interface development with WinForms

• XML/XSL

Desired:

• WPF/XAML

• Experience working with unit test frameworks

More details are available by contacting Hollie Heraghty at Aardvark Swift Recruitment - 01709 876877 or via email: hollie@aswift.com

Network Programmer, £Excellent+benefits

Our client are an award winning developer that are looking to expand their experienced and talented teams working out of the studio in Edinburgh. The company behind Grand Theft Auto are looking for a new team member to work within an excellent environment, with a competitive salary and benefits packages. Do you want to become part of our well renowned team?
Our client is currently seeking an experienced Network programmer. Commercial games experience is essential with at least three years and one published title on PS3 or Xbox 360 to demonstrate your skills. They are looking for a talented engineer to help us in developing advanced networking solutions for large scale games. You should have a positive attitude, a passion for games and be able to communicate with people as effectively as you do a computer.



Responsibilities:

• Develop, maintain and extend current Network systems on Xbox 360 and PS3.

• Design and implement low bandwidth game synchronisation systems

Requirements:

• Strong C/C++ programming skills

• Strong OO design skills

• At least 3 years commercial games programming experience with an emphasis on Network programming on at least 1 published title on PS3 or Xbox 360.

• Good communication skills

• Self-Motivated

• Passion for playing and making games

Desired:

• Experience working with low-level network libraries

• Experience with Xbox and Sony platform SDKs for networking

• Experience synchronising large open-world environments within limited bandwidth constraints

More details are available by contacting Hollie Heraghty at Aardvark Swift Recruitment - 01709 876877 or via email: hollie@aswift.com

Physics Programmer, £excellent+benefits

Our client are an award winning developer that are looking to expand their experienced and talented teams working out of the studio in Edinburgh. The company behind Grand Theft Auto are looking for a new team member to work within an excellent environment, with a competitive salary and benefits packages. Do you want to become part of our well renowned team?

Our client is seeking experienced, talented physics programmers to join their team to work across the development of low level physics systems and to innovate on physics in game. This is an exciting opportunity to develop cutting-edge physics and collision systems and use them in creative and novel ways. They want to hear from candidates who can iterate toward the perfect blend of realism and fun in how games feel to play and from candidates with a proven track record in robust, fast physics engine development. You will be working with other departments such as Animation & AI, to solve complex physics problems - so as well as possessing the math skills you will be able to communicate with clarity and confidence as part of a creative team.



Requirements:

• 3+ years physics programming experience

• Outstanding math skills (linear algebra, trigonometry, matrix/quaternion math)

• Fluency in C/C++, Assembly, and SIMD programming

• Strong multi-threaded programming skills

• Prior experience driving and developing a physics engine for shipped game titles on current generation consoles.

• Experience of low level optimisations and fixing stability issues.

• Familiarity with existing physics packages

• Self-motivation

• Passion for playing and making games

• Physics/mathematics/computer science degree

• Please provide a code sample along with your application.

More details are available by contacting Hollie Heraghty at Aardvark Swift Recruitment - 01709 876877 or via email: hollie@aswift.com

Systems Programmer, £Excellent+benefits

Our client are an award winning developer that are looking to expand their experienced and talented teams working out of the studio in Edinburgh. The company behind Grand Theft Auto are looking for a new team member to work within an excellent environment, with a competitive salary and benefits packages. Do you want to become part of our well renowned team?

Our client is seeking an experienced highly talented systems programmer to ensure our games run at their best on and help breathe life, realism and fun into our next-generation games. This is an exciting opportunity to develop cutting-edge architectures and lean and mean optimised systems for optimal performance, working together with other departments to solve problems. Interested applicants should possess excellent coding skills, an eye for detail and a natural ability to communicate as part of a creative team.

Required:

• Outstanding math skills (linear algebra, trigonometry, matrix/quaternion math)

• Fluency in C/C++ with strong multi-threaded programming skills

• Strong communication skills and ability to work in a team.

• Prior experience working as a systems programmer on at least one previous game

• Self-motivation

• Passion for playing and making games

Desired:

• Mathematics/computer science degree

• Fluency in Assembly and/or SIMD programming

• High level graphics programming experience.

• Experience with streaming file systems.

More details are available by contacting Hollie Heraghty at Aardvark Swift Recruitment - 01709 876877 or via email: hollie@aswift.com

Tools Programmer, £Excellent+benefits

Our client are an award winning developer that are looking to expand their experienced and talented teams working out of the studio in Edinburgh. The company behind Grand Theft Auto are looking for a new team member to work within an excellent environment, with a competitive salary and benefits packages. Do you want to become part of our well renowned team?

Our client is currently seeking a highly talented Tools Programmer. The role will involve developing and maintaining all aspects of the export pipeline across multiple projects and platforms.

Required:

• Familiarity with at least one next gen art pipeline

• Familiarity with at least one dcc package

• Strong interdepartmental communication skills

• Ability to work within a team

• Experience with at least one scripting language - Ruby, Python etc

• Strong math skills

• Ability to work within a schedule and deliver effectively to deadlines

• Ability to work within an established framework

• A pragmatic approach to programming within a production environment.

Desired:

• 3d Studio Max SDK and script experience

• Experience with a distributed build tool

• Experience of Ruby scripting language

More details are available by contacting Hollie Heraghty at Aardvark Swift Recruitment - 01709 876877 or via email: hollie@aswift.com

Senior Programmer, £Excellent Salary + Benefits

My client is currently in the midst of a recruitment drive as they begin work on a number of new projects.

As part of this they are seeking to recruit a Senior Programmer.

The Senior Game Programmer’s primary responsibility is to define the best way to implement the game design as desired by the design department using proprietary tools and scripting languages. This candidate will also modify and write systems as needed to support game play features. The candidate will coordinate the implementation of the game with artists, designers, and other programmers. The Senior Game Programmer will also mentor other programmers and lead console efforts as requested.


RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for implementing assigned software tasks.

• Develop a detailed design for the software task, providing input for scheduling, developing necessary algorithms and debugging software as needed.

• Perform any research and acquire any new knowledge that is necessary to perform assigned tasks

• Debugging as needed

• Communicate, written and/or oral, the status of the assigned task on request. Collaborate with artists, designers and programmers Work with Tools and Technology programmers to suggest enhancements and refinements, and test prototypes

• Work with minimum supervision in a quick and timely manner to achieve goals and deadlines

• Support other programmers on team

• Mentor other programmers on team

• Document all code for future instruction and use

The ideal candidate will have:

• Minimum of 5+ years experience working in the Video Game industry with at least 2 shipped titles

• Excellent knowledge of C/C++

• Knowledge of game development tools and systems (Level editors, Ect…)

• Practical experience with 3D Math

• Maya/3D Studio max Familiarity

• Knowledge of console development best practices

• Experience with Source Control Systems

• Proven ability to mentor less experienced programmers

In return the company offers an excellent salary + Benefits.

More details are available by contacting Hollie 01709 876877 email: hollie@aswift.com

XBOX 360 Programmer, €DOE + Benefits + Relocation

This is a great opportunity to work at a growing games development company based in Italy.

This company has a great location and an excellent benefits package. They have experience with relocation and make moving overseas a pleasure.

They are working on some interesting and innovative projects aiming for multi-platform release. They are seeking an experienced Xbox 360 Programmer.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Join the team responsible for the conversion of our product to Xbox 360;

• Define and coordinate artists activities related to the Xbox 360 migration;

• If needed, define and coordinate other developers on tasks related to the Xbox 360 version;

• Be involved also on the PC and PS3 development on strategical programming choices and as mentor/support for the rest of the team.

Essential skills and background:

• Worked on at least 1 published console title;

• Developed on Xbox 360 platform for not less than 18 months;

• Strong C++ and debugging skills;

• Experience on resources and performances optimizations on Xbox 360.

Desiderable skills:

• Experience with Microsoft’s TCRs;

• Multiplatform software development;

• Experience with Gamebryo or other cross-platform engine;

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

More details are available by contacting Hollie 01709 876877, or via email: hollie@aswift.com

Graduate Specialist Systems programmer, £Excellent Salary + Benefits

This is a fantastic opportunity for a recent graduate to join a new department within one of the most well known companies in the games industry.

Based in the North West, the studio regularly features in the top 10 of the Develop 100 "World's Most Successful Games Studios" (2007, 2008) and consistently produces AAA titles across all formats. The long company history of 20 years coupled with its consistent financial success make this company a safe and stable prospect.

They are seeking talented graduates with a passion for games to join their new specialist game system team, which provides mechanics and game systems to support teams working on their upcoming unique titles.

The successful applicant will be working with the company's cross-platform codebase on PS3, 360, Wii and PC.

The ideal candidate will have:

• A good degree or post-graduate qualification in Computer Science or related subject (ideally 2.1 or above).

• Interest and demonstrable ability to implement a range of gameplay features i.e. not just audio, not just AI.

• Fluent in C and object-oriented C++; preferably experience in or exposure to other programming languages.

• Strong 3D maths and physics skills.

• One or more gameplay demos.

• A 'self-starter' attitude with the ability to dive in, understand code, and learn quickly.

• An understanding of the nuances of what makes a game 'feel' good.

In return they offer a competitive salary with paid overtime and bonus scheme.

More details are available by contacting Lisa on 01709 876877, or via email:lisa@aswift.com

Senior Software Engineer, £Excellent + Benefits

My Client, founded in 1998, is the premier provider of interactive software and services for digital media creators in the games and movie industries. With world leading expertise in physics, animation and tools, they have worked with some of the Worlds premier game development Studios as well as driving special effects on a number of high-profile movies.

This is a unique opportunity to work with the very best within the video game industry.

As a part of the product development team you will help design and build our core products and have access to the very latest in gaming hardware and tools.

Requirements:

• A bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.

• Exceptional C++ skills and experience with object-oriented programming techniques.

• Strong 3d math skills.

• Strong communication skills and the ability to work in a team environment.

• Proven ability to work in a team environment on a shared code base.

Desirable:

• Background in-game development.

• Experience developing 3D graphics applications and tools.

• Low level optimisation skills.

• Experience working with established, large-scale software architectures.

• Experience working within and extending one or more scripting languages (e.g. Python and/or Perl).

If you require further information or would like to apply for this position, please contact Danny Johnson on 01709 876877 or Email danny@aswift.com

Engine programmer, £Excellent + Benefits + Bonuses

This is a great role for someone with a couple of years experience who wants to take the next step in their career towards a moe senior role.

The successful applicant will be working in the Render Tech Team and be instrumental in pushing the development of the next-gen rendering components of the company's cross-platform engine on PS3, 360 and PC.

The ideal candidate will have:

o Experience programming consoles at a low-level on PS2, PS3, 360, Wii or PC.

o A good degree or post-graduate qualification in Computer Science or related subject (2.i or above).

o Fluent in C++ and object oriented programming and preferably some assembler experience.

o Strong 3D maths skills and an in-depth understanding of next-gen rendering techniques.

o Fluent in Direct X or a console API, and preferably HLSL, GLSL or CG shader programming.

o Strong debugging skills in a multi-threaded / multi-core environment.

o Understanding of machine architecture and ability to write code optimised to the architecture of the machine.

o Positive can do attitude coupled with the ability to get things done.

o Structured approach to programming with the desire to write clean, well commented, documented and maintainable code.

For more information please contact Danny Johnson on 01709 876877 or Email danny@aswift.com

Senior Tools Programmer, £Excellent Salary + Benefits

Our client is one of the UK's Premier Games Developer. They have a stack of awards and an unrivalled sales track record to back their claims up.

They are seeking talented programmers with a passion for games to join our Game Systems Team.

The team is responsible for developing our in house programming API for Physics, Characters, AI, Networking and associated Tools. The successful applicant will join the Game Systems Team and take a lead role in developing our in house Editor, APIs and Tools across a wide range of platforms for our upcoming Unique titles.

The ideal candidate will have:

o At least one A grade at A Level in Maths, Physics or Computer Science and a 1st or Upper 2nd degree in Computer Software related degree course.

o Fluent in C++ and object oriented programming (experience with wxWidgets and other languages is an advantage).

o Strong maths skills.

o Strong debugging skills.

o Be a methodical programmer with the ability to focus on tasks to completion and get things done.

o Be able to work in a large code base, understand code, learn quickly and produce bug free reliable code.


In return they offer a competitive salary with paid overtime and bonus scheme.

More details are available by contacting Danny Johnson 01709 876877 or Email danny@aswift.com

Software Engineer, £Excellent + Benefits

My client is the premium provider of interactive software and services for the digital media creators in the games and movie industries.

They pride themselves on delivering the most highly regarded middleware software solutions to the best known companies in gaming and special effects.

This is a unique opportunity to work with the very best within the video games industry (EA, Sony, Activision etc) helping to shape the development of the next generation of games.

Requirements:

• A bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.

• Exceptional C++ skills and experience with object oriented programming techniques

• Strong 3d math skills

• Strong communication skills and the ability to work in a team environment

• Proven ability to work in a team environment on a shared code base

Nice to Have:

• Background in game development

• Experience developing 3D graphics applications and tools

• Low level optimisation skills

• Experience working with established, large-scale software architectures

• Experience working within and extending one or more scripting languages (e.g. Python and/or Perl)

If you meet the criteria above and require further information, please contact Danny Johnson on 01709 876877 or Email danny@aswift.com

Software Engineer in Test, £Excellent

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) is the central support organisation for over 100 countries in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Australasia, marketing the world’s most popular computer games platforms – PS one®, PlayStation®2, PlayStation®Portable and PLAYSTATION®3.

They are looking to recruit a Software Engineer in Test for their R&D team based in central London.

Job Description:

In this position, you will work on projects to automate and improve the efficiency of SCEE's development processes such as setting up and maintaining automatic build processes and automated test tools.

You will have first-hand experience of source code control systems, build tool chains and automated systems and will work with teams in multiple regions to help integrate and commit validated code into SCEE's centralized repositories.

Working closely with the development teams and product specifications, you will develop systems, largely in python or .net languages (including C, C++). Any issues will be logged and resolved via SCEE's issue tracking systems.

You will work on a variety of PlayStation platforms using development hardware, testing a variety of libraries, applications and documentation developed by SCEE's R&D groups.

Indirectly, you will work on projects to validate and improve quality standards of SDK components developed by SCEE R&D, from design through to package and release to our game developers.

Skills Required:

• 3D Graphics,

• C,

• C++,

• Games industry experience,

• OpenGL,

• Perforce,

• Playstation platforms.

If you require further information regarding this position, please contact Danny Johnson on 01709 876877 or Email danny@aswift.com

Senior Server Engineer, £Excellent

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) is the central support organisation for over 100 countries in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Australasia, marketing the world’s most popular computer games platforms – PS one®, PlayStation®2, PlayStation®Portable and PLAYSTATION®3.

SCEE London are looking to appoint a Senior Sever Engineer to join their WWS Online Technology Group.

Summary:

SCEE are looking for an Operations savvy Server Engineer to help in enhancing operational effectiveness of software that includes guiding teams to create high performing, highly scalable & highly available applications and services and ensure low maintenance of them in a Production environment.

The ideal candidate should be able to foresee potential issues with applications and services and provide effective solutions to resolve the issues through better design or by implementing new tools or by improving upon processes.

Responsibilities:

The main responsibilities of the role are as follows:

• Participate in design review of applications and services. Come up with design best practices for building operational effectiveness in applications early in design.

• Identify the need for automation in processes and automate them if feasible.

• Identify the need for tools that help in Operations and implement them.

• Help game teams with development of distributed and networked applications and services when required.

• Plan reusable performance benchmark tests for applications and services.

• Recommend what works how, when and where and what does not work how, when and where when it comes to applications or services performance.

• Help troubleshoot issues at different levels of architecture - kernel, network, applications/services.

Requirements:

The candidate must have these qualities or experiences:

• Communication skills are essential in this customer facing role.

• Strong experience in developing distributed networked applications that make use of protocols such as TCP, UDP, and HTTP.

• Extensive knowledge of Linux.

• Strong skills in more than one of the following: Perl, Bash/ksh, Python, Ruby.

• Exposure to live application hosting.

• Strong understanding of database performance and tuning.

• Experience in using software design patterns, data structures, algorithms.

• Programming Experience in C/C++ and/or Java.

• Ability to manage oneself across multiple streams of work.

• Experience automating tests and tasks.

Highly desirable:

• BS or MS in Computer Science.

• Experience of working as a core developer.

• Experience in design and development of SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) or Software-as-a-Service (SaaS).

• Experience with cloud hosting, such as Amazon Web Services.

• Experience in mobile development, specifically Android is a plus.

• Knowledge/experience of online gaming.

If you require further information regarding this position, please contact Danny Johnson on 01709 876877 or Email danny@aswift.com

Tools programmer - Games tools, £Excellent+ benefits

Our client Sony entertainments have an exciting opportunity to be part of a game development team in their London Studio developing Offline Game Tools for a new cutting edge Playstation 3 title.

Reporting directly to the lead tools programmer, the successful candidate will be part of the development team for a cutting edge PlayStation 3 title. They should have at least 1 year of relevant game tools development experience. Ideally the candidate will have shipped at least one title during this period.

The role will include:

• Game / level editor development and maintenance

• Working with the rest of the game team to determine tool requirements

• Working with other teams to promote tool reuse and sharing

Required:

• Good analytical and problem solving skills.

• Good communication and organisational skills.

• Professional C# experience.

• Experience of developing offline Game / Level Editor tools.

Advantages:

• Professional C++ experience.

• Knowledge of Python.

• Knowledge of Maya tooling and APIs.

• Knowledge of Photoshop tooling and APIs.

• Experience of PS3 development.

• Understanding of game engine architecture.

• Experience in user interface design.

• Experience of developing art asset export tools.

• Experience of media publishing tools.

Skills
.NET
.NET
Art tools / game editors
C#
C++
Data formatting/compress
Front-end / user interface
Game engine / systems
Maya MEL
Maya SDK
OO design / UML
Photoshop SDK
Script systems / compilers
Scripts (Java/Lua/Python)
Technical design
Win32 / MFC

More details are available by contacting Hollie on 01709 876877, or via email: hollie@aswift.com

Test Tools Lead, £Excellent + Benefits

Our Client is a Cambridge based graphics technology company, specialising in innovative solutions to challenging problems in the graphics space. Through a combination of applied research and practical engineering they create unique solutions to real problems.

They are looking to appoint a Test Tools Lead to join their team ASAP.

The suitable candidate will be required to define and implement a comprehensive test tool strategy. Working closely with the Product Owner and technical team the role is responsible for selecting and managing the tools necessary to perform effective unit, system, performance, regression and automation testing activities.

The successful candidate will have experience of testing software development kits. Experience of working in an Agile environments is also beneficial as is experience of developing automation and unit tests for 3d graphical products.

Responsibilities:

• Development of an automated test suite for the SDK

• Formulate a test strategy and associated processes/tools.

• Assist with creation and management of suitable test environments

• Assist other test analysts with system, performance and regression testing

Skills/Abilities/Knowledge:

• C++ and scripting Skills

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Ability to track issues, estimate, prioritise and balance requirements under pressure

Experience/Education:

• Degree level education or equivalent industry experience

If you would like to apply for this position or require further information, please contact Danny Johnson at Aardvark Swift on 01709 876877 or Email danny@aswift.com

Unreal 3 Senior Developer, £Flexible DOE plus an extensive benefits package

Our Client is a Cambridge based graphics technology company, specialising in innovative solutions to challenging problems in the graphics space. Through a combination of applied research and practical engineering they create unique solutions to real problems.

The enthusiastic team works together in a relaxed atmosphere to solve challenging problems.

They are now looking to appoint an Unreal Senior Developer who can take responsibility for innovating, designing and implementing extensions to the existing Enlighten / Unreal 3 integration.

Leading a small team of developers, the successful candidate will have proven experience of modifying the Unreal 3 engine, ideally in the context of 3rd party product integration. Knowledge of modern shader-driven 3D graphics, particularly lighting, is highly desirable as is hands-on experience of developing content authoring pipelines for games. Experience of PS3 and XBox360 development is also valuable.

Responsibilities:

• Planning, prototyping and development of new integration features.

• Establishing customer requirements and responding to customer feedback.

• Setting high standards for robust, maintainable and well tested code.

• Providing input into future product direction.

Skills / Abilities / Knowledge:

• Hands-on development experience with Unreal 3.

• Experience with game content authoring pipelines.

• Experience with current-gen console development.

• Good working knowledge of modern shader-driven 3D graphics and DirectX.

• Knowledge of lighting, particularly radiosity.

• Highly proficient in C++ development.

• Ability to identify and solve problems without guidance.

• Strong practical understanding of data structures and algorithms.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

• Ability to track issues, estimate, prioritise and balance requirements under pressure.

Experience / Education:

• Degree level education in a technical subject (Maths, Physics, Computer Science) or equivalent industrial experience.

• 4+ years experience as a programmer in a 3D heavy application.

• Experience as a programmer on at least 1 project using Unreal 3.

• Successful delivery of at least one complete game.

More details are available by contacting Danny Johnson on 01709 876877, or via email: danny@aswift.com

Unreal 3 Developer, £Flexible DOE plus an extensive benefits package

Our Client is a Cambridge based graphics technology company, specialising in innovative solutions to challenging problems in the graphics space. Through a combination of applied research and practical engineering they create unique solutions to real problems.

The enthusiastic team works together in a relaxed atmosphere to solve challenging problems.

They are now recruiting a team of programmers to take on a new project that will visualise the structure and data flow of networks in 3D.

Working in partnership with an IT consultancy and funded by combination of commercial investment and government funding the new team will be building a windows front-end to visualise complex networks in real-time.

They are looking to for an Unreal Developer who can take responsibility for innovating and implementing extensions to the existing Enlighten / Unreal 3 integration.

The successful candidate will:

• Have proven experience of modifying the Unreal 3 engine, ideally in the context of 3rd party product integration.

• Knowledge of modern shader-driven 3D graphics, particularly lighting, is highly desirable as is hands-on experience of developing content authoring pipelines for games.

• Experience of PS3 and XBox360 development is also valuable.

Skills / Abilities / Knowledge:

• Hands-on development experience with Unreal 3.

• Experience with game content authoring pipelines.

• Experience with current-gen console development.

• Good working knowledge of modern shader-driven 3D graphics and DirectX.

• Knowledge of lighting, particularly radiosity.

• Highly proficient in C++ development.

• Ability to track issues, estimate, prioritise and balance requirements under pressure.

Experience / Education:

• Degree level education in a technical subject (Maths, Physics, Computer Science) or equivalent industrial experience.

• 2+ years experience as a programmer in a 3D heavy application.

• Experience as a programmer on at least 1 project using Unreal 3.

• Successful delivery of at least one complete game.

More details are available by contacting Danny Johnson on 01709 876877, or via email: danny@aswift.com

Windows Embedded Developer, £Excellent Salary DOE

Our client is one of the world’s largest gaming and casino software companies. They have a reputation for innovative game design and development. They aspire to create the most entertaining products in the world and service their customers with an uncompromising passion for quality.

They are a global company who are financially very stable – they could offer a very promising opportunity for the right candidate.

They are currently seeking a windows Embedded developer to work with their cross continental team.

They are looking for somebody with extensive experience with Windows Embedded, who has in depth knowledge of setting up Windows Embedded environments.
This should include deployment and configuration management.

The idea candidates should have:
At least 2 years experience as a windows embedded programmer.
A degree in Computer Science or similar.
Experience of working with Windows Embedded tools like applocker, bitlocker, RTX.

This position is one of responsibility and one that can potentially have an impact into the development of this companies systems.

The company is considering people to work either perm or as a contractor.

In return the company offers an excellent salary + Benefits.

More details are available by contacting Hollie 01709 876877 email: hollie@aswift.com

Gameplay Programmer, £Excellent Salary DOE

This exciting position will be working for the Guildford studios of one of the biggest developer/publishers in the UK.

This studio has the benefit of working as an independent but with the support of a large developer.

Due to expansion they are looking for a talented gameplay programmer to join them.

The new gameplay programmer role has opened up on one of our cross platform (XBLA, PSN, PC) games using Unreal.

Reporting to their Programming lead and Producer, this person should show ownership of their given game area. They should be able to demonstrate an enthusiasm and passion to bring their area to the highest standard. This person should be willing and able to grow their knowledge across a broad range of technologies and platforms.

Responsibilities:
Work in conjunction with designers and artists on the gameplay implementation and functionality.
Write robust, maintainable code
Work with lead programmer and production team to establish and refine time estimates
Required skills:
1 year + in the games industry.
1st or good 2:1 degree in computing related degree
Solid Maths / Geometry skills highly advantageous
Strong C++ and OO skills
Team player
Quick Learner
Good written and verbal communication skills
Able to self-manage own schedule
Desirable skills:
Experience one full product life cycle
Flash experience
Unreal UDK experience
Digital Distribution experience
Amibitious and quality driven
In return the company offers Excellent salary and benefits.

More details are available by contacting Hollie 01709 876877 or via email: hollie@aswift.com

User Interface and Game Play Programmer, £22-32K 00151

Sony Computer Entertainment is looking for an experienced and enthusiastic User Interface and Game Play Programmer to join its team for SingStar.

The job will involve development of new features to a high quality with timely delivery. The ideal candidate should have experience in user interface development, liaising with graphic designers, and implementing complex interface layouts. They should be extremely well organised with the flexibility to work within a rapidly changing development environment. This position offers a great opportunity within a high profile SCE project.

Role Overview:
Responsible for the quality and timely delivery of their work
Responsible for understanding the project vision, key dates and milestones.
Responsible for following production and programming best practice
Responsible for maintaining an up-to-date knowledge of the techniques and trends for their discipline

Specific Requirements
At least one years experience as a user interface programmer essential.
At least one published game on PS3, XBox360, PC or equivalent.
However, would consider an exceptional graduate.
Experience of C++ essential.
Experience of gameplay development an advantage.
Experience of PS3 development an advantage
Must be able to demonstrate good communication and team collaboration skills.

Skills
C++
Front-end / user interface
OO design / UML
Project scheduling

Qualifications
BSc
MSc

More details are available by contacting Hollie 01709 876877 or via email: hollie@aswift.com

Senior Tools/Tech Programmer, £Excellent Salary + Benefits

Our client is an independent developer that specialises in social games for non-traditional gamers.

They’re currently working on projects with a number of AAA publishers and are focused on creating innovative titles with a wide appeal.

Due to this they are seeking to recruit a Senior Tools/tech Programmer to join their R & D team.


The role requires the successful applicant to work in a small team of programmers under the guidance of the R&D Director developing the companies next multiplatform engine. The team work using agile methods.

Main Duties:

• Overall architecture design

• Tools development

• Systems requirements capture, analysis, design, implementation and testing

• Programming mainly using C++

• Creation of documentation

• Maintenance of existing systems

• Evaluation of existing tech and middleware

Essential Skills

• C++ programming experience

• Experience using Visual Studio .net or similar

• Strong experience of engine tools development

• Experience using version control software Perforce or similar

• Experience programming at least one of these consoles : PS2/X360/PS3/Wii

• Passion for computer games

• Good teamwork skills

• Strong verbal communicator

The idea candidate will have:

• Computer or science related Degree (2:1 or above) or Masters

• Be able to work to deadlines to meet key milestone deliveries

• Team player

• Proven ability to self motivate and time manage

• A sense of humour and a want to make games that are stylish and fun

In return the company offers an excellent salary + Benefits.

More details are available by contacting Hollie 01709 876877 or via email: hollie@aswift.com

Senior Programmer, £Excellent Salary + Benefits

Our client is an independent developer that specialises in social games for non-traditional gamers.

They’re currently working on projects with a number of AAA publishers and are focused on creating innovative titles with a wide appeal.

Due to this they are seeking to recruit a senior programmer to join the team to help execute these projects.

The role requires the successful candidate will be involved in all aspects of the programming work for one of these titles and good all-round skills are critical.

Main Duties:

• Key game systems architecture design and implementation

• Systems requirements capture, analysis, design, implementation and testing

• Programming mainly using C++

• Maintenance of existing systems

• Involvement in all aspects of software development through the game development cycle, supporting lead programmer

Essential Skills

• C++ programming experience

• Experience using Visual Studio .net or similar

• Strong experience of game development practices

• Experience using version control software Perforce or similar

• Experience programming at least one of these consoles : X360/PS3/Wii

• Passion for computer games

• Good teamwork skills

• Strong verbal communicator

• Experience shipping commercial games

The idea candidate will have:

• Computer or science related Degree (2:1 or above) or Masters

• Be able to work to deadlines to meet key milestone deliveries

• Team player

• Proven ability to self motivate and time manage

• A sense of humour and a want to make games that are stylish and fun

In return the company offers an excellent salary + Benefits.

More details are available by contacting Hollie 01709 876877 or via email: hollie@aswift.com

Senior Programmer, £Excellent Salary + Benefits

This Oxford based developer have firmly established themselves as one of the leading handheld specialists in the world. Their softography is exclusively AAA and they have an enviable relationship as the handheld developer of choice for the world's largest publishers...

They already have published titles on Wii, DS, PSP, iPhone, GBA and more and are well underway with development on their next raft of titles. Even with this vast success they have retained a small developer feel and place great emphasis on team work and creating a friendly environment.

They are currently seeking a Senior Programmer to join their busy team.

They are ideally looking for someone who has:

• Experience of Wii, PSP, NDS beneficial

• Has led at least one significant title

• This role would really suit someone who is looking to advance their career.

In return the company offers an excellent salary + Benefits.

More details are available by contacting Hollie 01709 876877 or via email: hollie@aswift.com

Software Engineer, £Excellent Salary + Benefits

This is a great opportunity for a talented software developer who has an interest in Aviation, to work for a forward thinking and growing company.

Our client who is based in the South of England and are developing cutting edge navigation software and hardware that is cutting edge in their industry.

This position, offers a Software Developer the opportunity to develop software for real-life, and design/work with Leading government bodies, the military etc.

As a rapidly growing organisation they are currently looking for a software engineer to join their in-house software development and design studio.

The successful candidate will work as part of growing team on an established Windows CE based GPS aviation navigation device and deployment software.

Candidates must have:
Excellent C# programming skills.
An applied knowledge of SQL.
An understanding of handheld device hardware architecture.
Demonstrable problem solving skills and a competence in geometry are also vital for this role.
Candidates need to be familiar with common testing methods including unit testing and able to apply such methods appropriately.
Programming skills in C++ are desirable but not required.

Essential Skills:
C# and SQL programming skills.
Windows CE Development.
Understanding of architecture principles.
Knowledge of testing methods.
Problem solving abilities.

Useful Skills:
C++

In return the company offers:
A good basic salary with a substantial bonus available for exceptional work. There is also the prospect for fast promotion in this successful, fast moving company as it grows.

Individuals with strong mathematical skills are particularly encouraged to apply.

More details are available by contacting Hollie 01709 876877 or via email: hollie@aswift.com

Senior Graphics Engineer, 36-44k

Summary

We are looking for an experienced engineer to lead the design and development of a rendering engine, on a major future project for a world leading developer/publisher.

Our candidate 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)

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

Comfortable with working at the lowest level of target hardware, our candidate will bring a consideration of performance and memory impacts into their design decisions.

As a lead, we 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.

Requirements

• Excellent C++ and CG / HLSL skills.

• Experience on PS3 / 360 (with at least one published title)

• Excellent understanding of maths / geometry.

• Very good debugging skills.

• Experience with runtime performance analysis and optimisation techniques:- from algorithmic and data construct levels, through to CPU, GPU and shader instruction sets.

• Deep familiarity with CPU architectures, cache behaviour and programming for SIMD.

• Familiarity with current techniques in graphics, reading and understanding research papers.

• Experience with multithreaded and distributed programming.

• Excellent general software design skills, knowledge of algorithms and data structures, software architectures and development methods.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills are a must.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field or equivalent professional experience.

• A passion for games and graphics in general.

• At least 5 years of experience in the industry.

• A desire to make a difference to the industry, and a passion for working with others in effort to do so.

Additionally, the following attributes would be beneficial:

• C# skills

• Familiarity with using compiler intrinsics and assembler

• Familiarity with lock-free programming methods

• Skill at debugging assembler

• Working knowledge of Perforce / Hansoft

• Prior usage of SPURS / job management systems

• A working knowledge of OpenGL and/or DirectX APIs.

• A familiarity with the PlayStation® 3 and PlayStation® Portable development environment and tool suite.

• Master’s degree or Ph.D. in Computer Science or a related field.

• Applications backed with personal work that can be presented at interview, would be looked upon favourably.

Skills

Agile ( XP / SCRUM)
Animation engine
Art tools / game editors
Assembly
C++
DirectX
Game engine / systems
Graphics architecture
Graphics FX
Image analysis / vision
Maya SDK
OpenGL
Parallel algorithms
Physics/dynamics/collision
Shader Language (Cg)
Team leading

For more information, please contact Hollie Heraghty at Aardvark Swift on 01709 876 877 or email hollie@aswift.com.

Senior Tools Programmer, £Competitive

Our client is a world leading developer/platform holder.

Team

• Tools team

Level

• Senior

Vacancy

• Full time

Summary

This is a senior level, software development role, within a team focused on delivering the studio’s tools technologies.

In this role, the candidate will be responsible for the design, implementation and continued support of many significant system components: encompassing the areas of asset generation, content authoring and conversion pipelines to the projects’ runtime engines.

Within this capacity, their excellent problem solving skills will be married 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

• Excellent C# and .NET skills, employed on at least one released product.

• Excellent C/C++ skills, employed on at least one released product.

• Excellent general software design skills, knowledge of algorithms and data structures, software architectures and development methods.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills are a must.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field or equivalent professional experience.

• A passion for games and technology.

Additionally, the following attributes would be beneficial:

• Experience with the design, implementation and support of game authoring tools and pipelines.

• A comprehensive knowledge of the Perforce source control solution: in the capacity of both user and server administrator.

• A good working knowledge of Maya: both as a user and software extension developer.

• A working knowledge of OpenGL and/or DirectX APIs.

• A familiarity with the PlayStation® 3 and PlayStation® Portable development environment and tool suite.

• Experience with Python and/or Lua scripting.

• Experience with multithreaded and distributed programming.

• Good knowledge of 3D matrix/vector algebra and numerical math.

• A familiarity with the Hansoft project management solution and Agile development methods.

• Master’s degree or Ph.D. in Computer Science or a related field.

• Applications backed with a personal project that can be presented at interview, would be looked upon favourably.

For more information, please contact Hollie Heraghty at Aardvark Swift on 01709 876 877 or email hollie@aswift.com

Lead Tools Engineer, 40k - negotiable on experience

This is a senior level, software development role, within a team focused on delivering the studio’s tools technologies.

We are seeking an engineer to set clear strategic direction for the development of game tools within the Cambridge studio, and lead a team of engineers to meet that vision.

In this role, the candidate will be responsible for the architecture and development of many significant system components: encompassing the areas of asset generation, content authoring and conversion pipelines to the projects’ runtime engines.
As such, the candidate would have substantial experience in this field, having worked in this capacity to support a previously released title.

The role will involve the collation of requirements from the internal game teams, the design and implementation of timely solutions to meet them, and the continued support for those solutions.
Within this capacity, the candidate will exercise strong strategic planning skills to prioritise and align the needs of the individual, against those of both the studio and the company. Here, their exceptional problem solving skills will be married 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; excellent communication and diplomacy skills are a must - 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.

Able to organise and track their own work, the candidate will be self-directed with excellent time management skills. A strong man-manager, they will also play a key role in the future growth of the tools team, and be expected to assist in the recruitment and development of the staff, therein.

This would be an ideal role for someone looking to make the move from their current position of senior tools engineer to a lead position.


Requirements

• Excellent C/C++ skills, employed on at least one released product.

• Excellent C# and .NET skills, employed on at least one released product.

• Significant experience with the design, implementation and support of multi-project/platform game authoring tools and pipelines.

• Excellent general software design skills, knowledge of algorithms and data structures, software architectures and development methods.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills are a must.

• Excellent teamwork, management and prioritization skills.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field or equivalent professional experience.

• A passion for games and technology.

Additionally, the following attributes would be beneficial:

• Experience with building and leading engineering teams.

• A comprehensive knowledge of the Perforce source control solution: in the capacity of both user and server administrator..

• A good working knowledge of Maya: both as a user and software extension developer.

• A working knowledge of OpenGL and/or DirectX APIs.

• A familiarity with the PlayStation® 3 and PlayStation® Portable development environment and tool suite.

• Experience with Python and/or Lua scripting.

• Experience with multithreaded and distributed programming.

• Good knowledge of 3D matrix/vector algebra and numerical math.

• A familiarity with the Hansoft project management solution and Agile development methods.

• Master’s degree or Ph.D. in Computer Science or a related field.

• Applications that backed with a personal project that can be presented at interview, would be looked upon favourably.

For more information, please contact Hollie Heraghty at Aardvark Swift, on 01709 876 877 or email hollie@aswift.com.

Senior Graphics programmer - Render Engine, £Excellent+ benefits

This is an opportunity to work for a world class studio working on some fantastic titles.

The Liverpool studio, of one of the biggest names in the Video games industry, is seeking to recruit a Senior Graphics Programmer to join an exciting action project.

The successful candidate will report to the project’s Technical Director and receive a competitive package in line with their experience and ability.

The role entails:

• Taking responsibility for graphics development on the project.

• Developing, documenting, testing and maintaining highly accessible graphical features in collaboration with technical artists, programmers and designers.

• Proactively and methodically improving quality and efficiency of relevant tools, processes and runtime functionality.

• Troubleshooting graphics related issues.

• Maintaining awareness of and exploiting other Studio Group and Worldwide Studio graphics development.

• Investigating and applying relevant emerging technologies.

Candidates must exhibit:

• Passion and aptitude for both practical and innovative graphics development.

• Excellent C/C++ programming skills.

• Applied knowledge of a diverse array of legacy and contemporary graphical techniques and effects.

• Familiarity with high level shader languages.

• Proficiency in maths/3D geometry.

• Broad and objective profiling, analysis and optimisation skills with particular emphasis on GPU performance and efficient application thereof.

• Robust software engineering principles.

• A methodical approach to debugging.

• Excellent communication skills.

Candidates will also benefit from practical experience of:

• Large scale production pipelines.

• Streaming resource management.

• Multi-processor systems.

• Particle and animation systems.

• Assembly language programming.

• Maya and/or similar content creations tools.

• Microsoft Visual Studio.

• Perforce revision control.

• Agile methodologies such as Scrum and Lean.

More details are available by contacting Hollie on 01709 876877, or via email: hollie@aswift.com

Senior Game Systems Programmer

Senior Game systems programmer

One of the world leading developers/publishers are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic senior systems programmer to join a team on an as yet unannounced game project.

Job Description

The job will involve being responsible for the integration and use of the studio's engine SDK with the game code.
Development of the game's systems layer to support the rest of the game programming team.
Keeping the game up to date with the latest release of the SDK, as well as developing features to be rolled back into the SDK.

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 rest of the team will be a requirement. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who wants to get their hands dirty in all aspects of making a game.

Role Overview

• Responsible for the quality and timely delivery of their work

• Responsible for understanding the project vision, key dates and milestones

• Responsible for following production and programming best practice

• Responsible for maintaining an up-to-date knowledge of the techniques and trends for their discipline

Specific Requirements

• At least 3 years experience working as a programmer in games development.

• At least one published game on PS3, XBox360, PC or equivalent.

• Experience of C++ essential.

• Experience with game systems architecture.

• Experience of using middleware or in-house engine an advantage.

• Experience of PS3 development an advantage.

• Must be able to demonstrate good communication and team collaboration skills.

Skills
Asset management
C++
Game engine / systems
Graphics architecture
Havok
OO design / UML
Parallel algorithms
Technical design

For more information, pleas contact Hollie Heraghty at Aardvark Swift on 01709 876 877 or email hollie@aswift.com

Graphics Programmer, £Excellent Salary + Benefits

Sony Computer Entertainment is looking for an enthusiastic Graphics Programmer to work in London Studio's Games Technology Group. As part of this role you would be expected to help implement and support areas of the graphics engine. Reporting to the Group's Graphics Lead, the successful candidate would be expected to work closely with other members of the group in developing engine features.

Responsibilities of role

• Research and develop new techniques or improve existing technologies for use by a number of teams utilising the engine SDK

• Assist the Graphics Lead in supporting teams utilising the SDK

• Provide accurate time estimates and appropriate documentation

Requirements

• Demonstrate a strong problem solving ability

• Good knowledge of 3D maths and application to graphics

• Must be able to demonstrate good communication and team collaboration skills

• Must be able to demonstrate sufficient knowledge and understanding of real-time graphics techniques

Experience

• Experience of C++ essential

• Experience of current ATI or NVidia hardware highly desirable

• Shading language - Cg, HLSL or equivalent experience highly desirable

• Experience of SIMD, parallel processing, assembly and/or intrinsics desirable

Skills
C
C++
DirectX
Game engine / systems
OpenGL

More details are available by contacting Hollie 01709 876877, or via email: hollie@aswift.com

Gameplay programmer, £Excellent+ benefits

Our client Sony entertainments have an exciting opportunity to be part of a game development team in the camera based gaming department.

Reporting directly to the lead gameplay programmer, the successful candidate will be part of a game development team for a cutting edge PlayStation 3 camera based title. They should have at least 1 year of game development experience on either PC, PS3, Wii or Xbox 360 platforms and ideally will have shipped at least one title on that platform.

The role involves:

• Prototyping new gameplay mechanics

• Designing and implementing new gameplay systems

• Working closely with designers and artists on game prototypes

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

• An understanding of game mechanics.

• Experience of game prototyping

There will be advantage to candidates that can demonstrate

• Specific PS3 platform experience

• Knowledge of scripting experience

• An understanding of gameplay mechanics

• Experience of camera based gaming

• Experience of AI

• Experience of physics systems

Skills
AI / NPC behaviours
Animation engine
C++
Havok
Image analysis / vision
Network gaming
OO design / UML
Physics/dynamics/collision
Player control mechanics
Scripts (Java/Lua/Python)

More details are available by contacting Hollie on 01709 876877, or via email: hollie@aswift.com

Network Application Engineer, £Excellent+ benefits

Our client on of the biggest developer/publishers in the games industry are looking for someone to create, maintain and enhance our internal suite of networking middleware and, at the same time, to assist and provide expert advice to the various game teams we work with. They want someone to come up with the best solutions in the online space for all our titles and deliver them swiftly and professionally, all the way from the drawing board to the shelves.

You will create, maintain and enhance our internal suite of networking middleware and, at the same time, to assist and provide expert advice to the various game teams. You will be asked come up with the best solutions in the online space for all titles from our partner studios and deliver them swiftly and professionally, all the way from the drawing board to the shelves.

There are three distinct areas of work and you need a certain degree of familiarity with them. On one hand, there's the enhancement and maintenance of the networking middleware, a cross-platform C/C++ and Java code base. Additionally, you provide ongoing support to game teams during their development cycle, in all things online. This is not just supporting our own software but also the various platform specific SDKs, as well as providing guidance on general best practices and the occasional on site support. Last, but not least, you are charged with providing new innovations in the online networking space to make games play better, run better, and more fun!

If you love technology, love making new technology, and love making technology run faster and better, we want to talk to you!

Skills C
C++
Java Platform (J2EE/JSP)
Network gaming
Network server technologies (web and application s
Technical design
Unix

More details are available by contacting Hollie on 01709 876877, or via email: hollie@aswift.com

Senior Gameplay Programmer, £Excellent+ benefits

Sony Computer Entertainment is 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.

Role Overview:

• Responsible for the quality and timely delivery of their work.

• Responsible for understanding the project vision, key dates and milestones

• Responsible for following production and programming best practice

• Responsible for maintaining an up-to-date knowledge of the techniques and trends for their discipline

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. Job Description Document n/a Skills Skills Animation engine

C
C++
Havok
OO design / UML
Physics/dynamics/collision
Player control mechanics
Scripts (Java/Lua/Python)
Technical design

More details are available by contacting Hollie 01709 876877, or via email: hollie@aswiftt.com

Tools Programmer - General, £Excellent + Benefits

Sony Computer Entertainment is looking for a Tools Programmer to join its tools team for PLAYSTATION Home. The job will involve maintenance, development and support on the Home Development Toolkit. We are looking for an experienced developer with good all round tools development experience, particularly Windows Forms, C# and Level editor development. This position offers a great opportunity within a high profile SCE project

Role Overview

Key Responsibilities

• Level editing tools development and maintenance

• Data editing tools development and maintenance

• Core library development

• Build Release and Management Tools

Experience/Skills
The successful candidate must be an enthusiastic self-starter able to manage a set of features from design through to final release.

Essential

• 2 years tools development experience, ideally on a games or central technology team

• Good C/C++

• Good C#

• Windows Forms/WPF

Highly Desirable

• OpenGL/DirectX

• Build Management (especially CruiseControl.NET)

• Source Control Systems (Perforce,SVN,AlienBrain)

Useful

• Maya

• 3D Studio MAX,

• Scripting Languages ( Python, Lua )

In return the company offers an excellent salary and Benefits.

More details are available by contacting Hollie on 01709 876877, or via email: hollie@aswift.com

UCG Tools Programmer, £Excellent+ benefits

Our client Sony entertainments have An exciting opportunity to be part of a game development team in the camera based gaming department developing in-game user generated content (UGC) tools.

Reporting directly to the runtime Tools lead programmer, the successful candidate will be part of the development team for a cutting edge PlayStation 3 camera based title. They should have at least 1 year of in game user generated content tools development experience. Ideally the candidate will have shipped at least one title during this period on either Xbox 360, PS3 or Wii.

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 user generated tools

• Experience of game engine development

There will be advantage to candidates who can demonstrate

• Experience of PS3 development

• Experience in user interface design

• Experience of media publishing tools

• Scripting experience (e.g. Lua)

• Experience of visual scripting languages and tools (e.g. Kismet)

Skills
Agile ( XP / SCRUM)
AI / NPC behaviours
Animation engine
Art tools / game editors
C++
Front-end / user interface
Game engine / systems
Player control mechanics
Scripts (Java/Lua/Python)
Technical design

More details are available by contacting Hollie on 01709 876877, or via email: hollie@aswift.com

User Interface engineer - 9 Months Contract, £Excellent Salary DOE

Our client Sony Entertainment are looking to recruit a User Interface engineer to work within their Broadcast & Streaming Media Technologies Department.

The role involves the implementation of a C++ user interface on the PlayStation3 for a movie/TV streaming application. You will be part of a small team composed of other software engineers and designers

The project has a UI design prepared as a number of wireframes from the partner and the input of the designer on the project.

The job involves the creation of a user interface system to support the necessary user interface required to deliver the experience, together with supporting the dynamic screen templates and data delivered from the service into the user interface.

This is an initial 9 month contract with the possibility to be extended. Job Description The role involves the implementation of a C++ user interface on the PlayStation®3 for a movie/TV streaming application. You will be part of a small team composed of other software engineers and designers

The project has a UI design prepared as a number of wireframes from the partner and the input of the designer on the project.

The job involves the creation of a user interface system to support the necessary user interface required to deliver the experience, together with supporting the dynamic screen templates and data delivered from the service into the user interface.

This is an initial 9 month contract with the possibility to be extended.

There is a possibility of this contract being extended to also work on refactoring and improving the application user interface after the release of the application

Responsibilities

• Developing new user interfaces together with the designer

• Working closely with the back-end service provider to match the application and service provider requirements

• Keeping implementation on target to meet a tight schedule

• Responsible for following production and programming best practice

Skills/Experience
The following skills are required for the role:

• Good knowledge in C/C++ with at least 3 years experience

• Experience developing user interfaces, back and front end

• Ability to work to strict deadlines without direct supervision

• Fluency in English and the ability to write advanced technical material

The following skills are not required for the role, but would be seen as highly advantageous:

• PlayStation3 and PSP™ programming

• Experience programming on game consoles or other real-time/embedded platforms

• Good communication skills and ability to communicate effectively with differing groups both inside and outside of the company

• Experience in asynchronous/parallel programming

In return the company offers an excellent salary and Benefits.

More details are available by contacting Hollie 01709 876877 or on email hollie@aswift.com

Senior Animation Programmer, €Excellent

My client are one of the World's leading developers who after recent expansion now have studio's in five European countries. They create exceptionally high quality video games for all platforms and have forged an excellent reputation for the development of cutting edge engine and technical development.

They are currently looking for a Senior Animation Programmer for their Budapest studio.

Responsibilities:

• Maintain and extend the development of our current character/creature animation system.

• Work where necessary to interface with projects and project systems, including AI and character control.

• Develop tools as necessary for use by project animation programmers and artists.

• Write technical design and software design documentation.

• Demonstrates a desire to learn and grow professionally

Requirements:

• 3+ years experience in the games industry

• Shipped at least 1 high-profile console or PC title

• Direct responsibility for online performance and functionality

• Familiar with technical requirements certification process for online titles

• Excellent C++ skills

• Excellent problem-solving skills

• Excellent OO design skills

• Excellent communication, interpersonal and organizational skills (must deal with non-programmers)

• Excellent knowledge of TCP/IP and UDP network protocols

• Experience with Client/Server and Peer-to-Peer network architectures

• Extremely familiar in dealing with network-related problems (firewall issues, master-server, CD-Key authentication)

• Good knowledge of encryption, compression and lag-avoidance techniques

• Willing to relocate to Budapest/Hungary

• Takes initiative and is willing to continually learn and improve relevant skills

• Passion for making great games

• Ability to contribute innovative and original ideas towards all aspects of game production and development

• Willing to accept and provide direction, work well under pressure, and handle multiple tasks

• Strong time management skills with a proven ability to focus on priorities and solve problems. Must be able to accurately assess time requirements and complexity of assigned systems. Must be able to design systems thoroughly and break into manageable tasks.

More details are available by contacting Lisa on 01709 876877, or via email: Lisa@aswift.com

Senior Network Programmer, €Excellent

My client are one of the World's leading developers who after recent expansion now have studio's in five European countries. They create exceptionally high quality video games for all platforms and have forged an excellent reputation for the development of cutting edge engine and technical development.

They are currently looking for a Senior Network Programmer for their Budapest studio.

Responsibilities:

• Helps complete multiplayer and network code on PC or console based project(s)

• Extends networking code to support next generation console requirements, both low and high level

• Uses good communication and writing skills and creates documentation where required.

• Demonstrates a desire to learn and grow professionally

Requirements:

• 3+ years experience in the games industry

• Shipped at least 1 high-profile console or PC title

• Direct responsibility for online performance and functionality

• Familiar with technical requirements certification process for online titles

• Excellent C++ skills

• Excellent problem-solving skills

• Excellent OO design skills

• Excellent communication, interpersonal and organizational skills (must deal with non-programmers)

• Excellent knowledge of TCP/IP and UDP network protocols

• Experience with Client/Server and Peer-to-Peer network architectures

• Extremely familiar in dealing with network-related problems (firewall issues, master-server, CD-Key authentication)

• Good knowledge of encryption, compression and lag-avoidance techniques

• Willing to relocate to Budapest/Hungary

• Takes initiative and is willing to continually learn and improve relevant skills

• Passion for making great games

• Ability to contribute innovative and original ideas towards all aspects of game production and development

• Willing to accept and provide direction, work well under pressure, and handle multiple tasks

• Strong time management skills with a proven ability to focus on priorities and solve problems. Must be able to accurately assess time requirements and complexity of assigned systems. Must be able to design systems thoroughly and break into manageable tasks.

More details are available by contacting Lisa on 01709 876877, or via email: lisa@aswift.com

Graduate Programmer, £Excellent+ benefits

The UK’s leading development studio is seeking talented graduates to come and join them in their purpose designed studio.
They are the creators of one of the most successful series of games.

Based in the North West they have a history of developing some of the best loved and biggest selling AAA titles of the last few years. They currently working on several AAA titles for next gen consoles and have various positions to fill.

The ideal candidates will have:
A good degree 2:1 or above in a relevant degree.
Must be a strong C++ programmer.
They are particularly looking for passionate programmers who spend a lot of their spare time creating their own games, so a strong demo is a must.

In return they offer an excellent salary plus usual benefits and bonuses.
More details are available by contacting Lisa on 01709 876877, or via email: lisa@aswift.com

Graduate/Junior Programmer X2, £Excellent+ benefits

Our Client is a Cambridge based graphics technology company, specialising in innovative solutions to challenging problems in the graphics space. Through a combination of applied research and practical engineering they create unique solutions to real problems.

They are currently seeking 2 Graduate/Junior programmers to join them developing cutting edge and unique in game lighting technology.


The ideal candidates will have:

Good degree Computer Science, Physics, Maths or equivalent. 2:1 or above.

Top A - levels Maths computing or Physics

Exceptional C++

Strong software engineering skills

Good working knowledge of modern shader-driven 3D graphics and DirectX

Knowledge of lighting, particularly radiosity

You must be passionate about exploring new technology. You also need to be passionate about video games.

You must have a strong demo that shows off our skills in Graphics or lighting programming.

More details are available by contacting Lisa on 01709 876877, or via email: lisa@aswift.com

Data Visualization Engineer, £Excellent +Benefits

Our client is a world leader in the manipulation, delivery and verification of digital televisual content and advertising. Their award winning team members are highly qualified coders, engineers and analysts. We deliver and diligently audit vast quantities of high quality, interactive and linear video across twenty territories. They are independent, media neutral and experienced. They bring analytical rigor and science to the art of televisual delivery and help make sense of the digital video sector.

Role:

Our client are looking to recruit an experienced data visualization engineer with a proven track record of transforming large, complex datasets into visually stunning and innovative 2D and 3D renders. This is a split disapline role and the ideal candidate will be a trained software engineer with a natural talent for design and graphical visualisation. Creativity both artistic and technical will frame your approach allowing you to design innovative solutions for processing vast amounts of data in real-time producing results ranging from 2D static renders through to movies and interactive 3D simulations.

Required skills:

• A high level of technical ability in a major programming language, e.g. C++, C#, C, Java

• Knowledge of web client rendering technologies e.g. Flash/AS3, Silverlight

• Experience of working with very large datasets, e.g. 2+ billion samples

• Prior work with the use of third party technologies as a base to visualise datasets, e.g. Google Maps API

• A passion to learn and adapt to new technologies and find innovative solutions to difficult problems

• Good academic qualifications, preferably at degree level

Advantageous skills:

• Mathematical skills in-particular statistical analysis

• Web client programming technologies, e.g. AJAX, jQuery

• 3D programming skills, e.g. Direct3D, OpenGL, console games

• knowledge of database query languages e.g. SQL

• development work using the Linux platform including command line tools

More details are available by contacting Danny709 876877, or via email: danny@aswiftt.com

Senior Programmer, £Excellent + Benefits + Bonus

Our client are world leaders in the manipulation, delivery and verification of digital televisual content and advertising. Their award winning team members are highly qualified coders, engineers and analysts. We deliver and diligently audit vast quantities of high quality, interactive and linear video across twenty territories. They are independent, media neutral and experienced. They bring analytical rigor and science to the art of televisual delivery and help make sense of the digital video sector.

Due to their continued success they are looking to recruit an experienced lead programmer with a flair for managing and motivating a technical team of
highly skilled engineers through an agile and fast moving development cycle. The ideal candidate will have at least two major projects under their belt and a proven ability at leading innovative design solutions across various technical platforms.
required skills:
.proven ability to manage, mentor, motivate and inspire a talented technical team of varying experience
.passion to learn and adapt to new technologies and find innovative solutions to difficult problems
.a high level of technical ability in at least two major programming languages, e.g. C++, C#, C, Java
.experience in keeping projects to expectations even when the unexpected is happening
.advanced knowledge of programming with a particular attention to algorithm design
.open minded with respect to alternative methods for getting the job done
.be obsessed with code quality and a loathing for reckless and risky coding techniques
.good academic qualifications, preferably at degree level
advantageous skills:
.C/C++ knowledge
. experience of the recruitment process for software engineers including interview and assessment
.knowledge of the technical aspects of the Internet and issues involved in developing real-time, high volume
.global systems running 24/7
.familiarity with programming on the Linux platform
.code optimisation techniques in-particular performance and memory efficiency

If you would like to know more about this Fantastic opportunity then please call Danny on 01709 876877 or email your CV to danny@aswift.com.

Flash/Actionscript (AS3)/Unity Engineers X3, £Excellent

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a small but successful company which was founded in 2007 by two veterans of the Games and Gambling industries.

The Company considers itself one of the foremost independent game development studios working in the European Gambling and Gaming Sectors today. It is currently privately owned.

The Company works on a number of high-profile projects for major blue chip companies and also supplies it own branded content to the European gaming market through a number of affiliate partnerships.

The Company has developed a significant code-base and now boasts one of the foremost development engines in the industry, with the theoretical capability of output at a rate of one project every two to three weeks per resource.

The ideal candidates will work on their own proprietary development platform, and will work under the supervision of a Project Manager and alongside the creative department fusing Macromedia Flash, high-end graphics and animation to produce dynamic and compelling gambling products to a strict technical brief.


They are seeking to increase their currently small team with the addition of 3 FLASH ACTIONSCRIPT 3 (AS3) AND/OR UNITY ENGINEERS

Requirements

• Previous experience is essential with either building and developing complex flash games and/or applications

• Object-oriented coding capabilities.

• Flash,

• Actionscript

• Unity

• XML must be excellent,

• XML client-server messaging.

Desirable

• Knowledge of ASP and general computer literacy an advantage.

In return, the client will offer competitive salaries, based upon experience.

Please note this is a permanent position and requires someone to work on-site.


More details are available by contacting Hollie Heraghty at Aardvark Swift on 01709 876877, or via email: hollie@aswift.com

Graduate Flash/Actionscript (AS3)/Unity Engineer, £Excellent Doe+ benefits

This is a fantastic opportunity for a talented Graduate to join a small but successful company which was founded in 2007 by two veterans of the Games and Gambling industries.

The Company considers itself one of the foremost independent game development studios working in the European Gambling and Gaming Sectors today. It is currently privately owned.

The Company works on a number of high-profile projects for major blue chip companies and also supplies it own branded content to the European gaming market through a number of affiliate partnerships.

The Company has developed a significant code-base and now boasts one of the foremost development engines in the industry, with the theoretical capability of output at a rate of one project every two to three weeks per resource.

The ideal candidates will work on their own proprietary development platform, and will work under the supervision of a Project Manager and alongside the creative department fusing Macromedia Flash, high-end graphics and animation to produce dynamic and compelling gambling products to a strict technical brief.


They are seeking an enthusiatic and talented Graduate to join their small team as a FLASH ACTIONSCRIPT 3 (AS3) AND/OR UNITY ENGINEER.

Requirements

• Top degree in a relevant subject 2:1 or above.

• Previous experience is essential with either building and developing flash games and/or applications

• Object-oriented coding capabilities.

• Flash,

• Actionscript

• Unity

• XML must be excellent,

• XML client-server messaging.

Desirable

• Knowledge of ASP and general computer literacy an advantage.

In return, the client will offer competitive salaries, based upon experience.

Please note this is a permanent position.

More details are available by contacting Hollie Heraghty at Aardvark Swift on 01709 876877, or via email: hollie@aswift.com

Game play Programmer, €DOE + Benefits + Relocation

This is a great opportunity to work at a growing games development company based in Italy.

This company has a great location and an excellent benefits package. They have experience with relocation and make moving overseas a pleasure.

They are working on some interesting and innovative projects aiming for multi-platform release.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Implement game-logic functionality and contribute to create entertaining game play, working closely with the Lead Designer and the Artists

• Profile, debug and maintain developed game code

Essential skills and background:

• Excellent C++ and object oriented programming skills

• Worked on at least 1 published title and 2+ years experience in game development

• Good debugging skills

• Good knowledge of English language and good communication skills.

Desiderable skills:

• Knowledge of source version control tools

• Multiplatform software development

Salary:
DoE – plus benefits which are second to none, including free accommodation in one of the most renowned touristic area of Italy.

More details are available by contacting Hollie on 01709 876877, or via email: hollie@aswift.com

PS3 Programmer, €DOE + Benefits + Relocation

This is a great opportunity to work at a growing games development company based in Italy.

This company has a great location and an excellent benefits package. They have experience with relocation and make moving overseas a pleasure.

They are working on some interesting and innovative projects aiming for multi-platform release. They are seeking an experienced PS3 Programmer.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Manage the conversion of our product to the PS3;

• Define and coordinate artists activities related to the PS3 migration;

• If needed, define and coordinate other developers on tasks related to the PS3 version;

• Be involved also on the PC and Xbox360 development on strategical programming choices and as mentor/

support for the rest of the team.
Essential skills and background:

• Worked on at least 1 published console title;

• Developer on the PS3 platform for not less than 18 months;

• Strong C++ and debugging skills;

• Experience on resources and performances optimizations on PS3.

Desiderable skills:

• Experience with Sony’s TRC;

• Multiplatform software development;

• Experience with Gamebryo or other cross-platform engine;

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Salary:
DoE – plus benefits which are second to none, including free accommodation in one of the most renowned touristic area of Italy.

More details are available by contacting Hollie on 01709 876877, or via email: hollie@aswift.com

Lead Programmers X 2, £Excellent+ benefits

My client is currently in the midst of a recruitment drive as they begin work on a number of new projects.

As part of this they are seeking to recruit two Lead Programmers to oversee two of their development teams.

They are looking for candidates who have very strong coding skills with a track record of published games (ideally next gen and online).
You should have the ability to manage and motivate a team whilst still keeping an active hand in the code base.


They are particularly interested in candidates who have had experience of managing teams developing code to short deadlines.
You should have experience of mentoring and monitoring junior staff members.
Excellent communication skills and the ability to liaise efficiently with other departments is essential.

In return the company offers an excellent salary and Benefits.


More details are available by contacting Hollie on 01709 876877, or via email: hollie@aswift.com

Senior Web Developer, £Competitive + Benefits

This is an independent game development company producing highly playable, imaginative games across virtually all platforms. They have developed over 50 successful titles and are recognised as one of the major players in the industry.

The company are now looking for a Senior Web Developer to join their team.

Summary

Design, construction and maintenance of a large range of company web sites and Intranet web applications, focussing on back-end extensibility, robustness and security.

Directly reporting to:

Head of IT / Business Development Director

Duties:

• You will be responsible for managing the delivery of back end development components for the Company's websites and web applications

• Ensuring that the back-end implementations are robust, extensible and scalable.

• Monitoring, administering and reporting on online activity and statistics

• The right applicant will play a key role in the evolution of the Company's sites and web applications

Essentials:

• Advanced knowledge of OOPHP, MySQL and database design

• Strong experience with X/HTML, CSS and JavaScript/AJAX

• A thorough understanding and proven implementations of the LAMP stack, security issues, threats and preventative measures and web standards

• Deep and up to date knowledge of current CRM/CMS packages and other off-the-shelf components that could be integrated where appropriate

• Proven experience working with cloud services

• Strong understanding of web standards, accessibility and usability

• Experienced in working with a variety of web APIs and able to bring components together rapidly

• Knowledge of SEO/SEM practices in order to improve site optimisation and performance

• Ensure coding standards and development processes are adhered to

• Ensure unit testing is executed successfully and to an adequate level before releasing code to QA

• Excellent knowledge of relational databases

• A knowledge of Linux scripting would be useful

• 5+ years experience preferred

• Enthusiasm for video games in general.

• Extensive knowledge of the web environment.

• An awareness of the importance of a strong corporate image.

• A high standard of spelling and grammar plus attention to detail.

• Good personal organisational skills.

Beneficial Qualities:

• Experience of creating community-driven web applications would be beneficial

• The successful candidate should have excellent proven experience of building websites on both the

front and back end

• Professional attitude and work ethic

• Thorough approach to problem solving and able to function independently when required

• Needs to be comfortable working to deadlines

• Attention to detail is essential and all tasks must be carried out to the highest standard

• A willingness and ability to learn is essential

If interested in this vacancy, please send an up to date CV to Danny Johnson on danny@aswift.com or call 01709 876877 to discuss further.

PS3 R&D Programmers, £Excellent Salary + Benefits

An amazing opportunity is available for a talented and enthusiastic PS3 R&D Software Engineer to work for one of the UK's leading video game developers.

Pre-requisites:

• Strong programming, maths and problem solving skills.

• Strong C++ programming skills.

• Experience with Playstation 3 development.

• Professional C++ experience of 4 years or more.

• Ability to understand, debug, and optimise other programmers code.

• Can work independently without supervision and as part of a team.

• Knowledge of common software algorithms and data structures and those applicable to 3D engines.

• Low level optimization skills, ability to write memory and cache friendly code.

• Knows best practices of working in a team. EG: Source control.

• Experience of multi-threaded programming.

Preferable:

• Cg and/or hlsl shader programming.

• Playstation 3 programming experience.

• GPU architecture and graphics pipeline knowledge.

• Multi-threaded or parallel programming experience. EG: CUDA, OpenMP, OpenCL, MPI, etc.

• Assembly programming/debugging experience, preferably PowerPC or x86.

• SIMD (Altivec, VMX, SSE) programming experience.

More details are available by contacting Hollie 01709 876877 or via email: hollie@aswift.com

Web Application Developer, £Excellent Salary + Benefits

Our client is now firmly established as one of the key studios in the UK. They produced an award winning, smash-hit AAA title in 2009, which was both a commercial and a critical success.

They are looking to add a Web Application Developer to their staff. They are looking for an exceptionally talented Web Application Developer who is interested in working within the games industry.

• Detailed knowledge of Ruby on Rails,

• Detailed knowledge of Javascript , jQuery, Prototype, AJAX and JSON,

• Experience with XHTML and CSS,

• Good Test writing skills. Selenium, Cucumber and RSpec ,

• Database proficiency (schema design & SQL),

• Experience deploying application on JRuby using Warbler, Tomcat, Apache and Windows,

• At least 3+ years experience developing web applications,

• Development experience on Windows platforms,

• Excellent organization, documentation and communication skills,

Job function:

• To develop and maintain in-house tools,

Other skills and comments:

• Passion for Internet technology- especially programming web applications,

• Creative problem solving skills,

• Discipline to produce the best results,

• Team Player,

More details are available by contacting Hollie 01709 876877 or via email: hollie@aswift.com

Senior Gameplay Programmer, £Excellent+ benefits

This is an opportunity to work for a world class studio working on some fantastic titles.


The Liverpool studio, of one of the biggest names in the Video games industry, is seeking to recruit a Senior Gameplay Programmer to join an exciting action project.

The successful candidate will report to the project’s Technical Director and receive a competitive package in line with their experience and ability.
The role entails:

• Taking responsibility for high level game system development.

• Developing, documenting, testing and maintaining highly accessible game systems and features in collaboration with other programmers and designers.

• Proactively and methodically improving quality and efficiency.

• Continuously striving to deliver a highly entertaining interactive experience.

• Troubleshooting gameplay related issues.

Candidates must exhibit:

• Passion and aptitude for practical action game system development.

• Excellent C/C++ programming skills.

• Proficiency in developing combat game mechanics.

• Applied knowledge of AI and scripting systems.

• Experience of interfacing with graphics, physics, animation, audio, and online systems, with more in-depth knowledge of at least one of these areas.

• Experience of user interface development and usability considerations.

• Proficiency in maths/3D algebra.

• Objective profiling, analysis and optimisation skills.

• Robust software engineering and software architecture principles.

• A methodical approach to debugging.

• Excellent communication skills.

Candidates will also benefit from practical experience of:

• LUA script integration and application.

• Large scale production pipelines.

• Streaming resource management.

• Multi-processor systems.

• Level editing tools.

• Microsoft Visual Studio.

• Perforce revision control.

• Agile methodologies such as Scrum and Lean.

More details are available by contacting Hollie on 01709 876877 or via email: hollie@aswift.com

Senior tools Programmer, £Excellent+ benefits

This is an opportunity to work for a world class studio working on some fantastic titles.


The Liverpool studio of one of the biggest names in the Video games industry is seeking to recruit an experienced Senior Tools Programmer to proactively support an exciting action project.

The successful candidate will report to the project’s Technical Director and receive a competitive package in line with their experience and ability.

The role entails:

• Taking responsibility for project tool development.

• Developing, documenting, testing and maintaining C# and C++ tools and Maya plug-ins and scripts.

• Collaborating with artists, designers and programmers to continuously and objectively improve production processes.

• Troubleshooting production pipeline issues.

• Maintaining awareness of and exploiting other Studio Group and Worldwide Studio tools development.

Candidates must exhibit:

• Passion and aptitude for timely delivery of effective tools.

• Excellent C/C++/C# programming skills.

• Knowledge of large scale production pipelines.

• Knowledge of the Maya API.

• Proficiency in maths/3D algebra.

• Robust software engineering principles.

• Excellent communication skills.

Candidates will also benefit from practical experience of:

• MEL, Python and/or LUA scripting.

• Level editor development.

• Microsoft Visual Studio.

• Perforce revision control and its integration into bespoke tools.

• Continuous integration frameworks.

• Small team leadership.

• Agile methodologies such as Scrum and Lean.

More details are available by contacting Hollie on 01709 876877 or via email: hollie@aswift.com

Tools programmer - Tech team, £Excellent+ benefits

Sony entertainments have an exciting opportunity to be part of a game engine development team in the camera based gaming department.

Reporting directly to the lead systems programmer the successful candidate will be part of a game engine development team for a cutting edge Playstation 3 camera based game. They should have at least 1 year of game engine development experience on either PC, PS3 or Xbox 360 platforms, ideally having shipped at least one title on that platform also.

The role will involve working with the other game systems programmers to develop the games systems required in order to support the designers, artists and gameplay programmers in making the game.
Other responsibilities include monitoring, managing and optimising: frame rate, memory usage, VRAM usage, loading times, etc...

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

• Scripting experience

• An understanding of gameplay mechanics

• Experience of camera based gaming

• Experience of optimisation techniques

• Experience of debugging complex problems on target

Skills
Animation engine
C
C++
Data formatting/compress
Game engine / systems
Graphics architecture
Havok
Image analysis / vision
OO design / UML
Parallel algorithms
Script systems / compilers
Scripts (Java/Lua/Python)
Sound / DSP
Technical design

More details are available by contacting Hollie on 01709 876877 or via email: hollie@aswift.com

Flash Programmer - 2 month Contract, £Excellent Daily rates

EXCLUSIVE TO AARDVARK SWIFT.

Our client are one of the UK’s most respected creative agencies. Their work is exclusively digital and their clients include the BBC, Channel 4, Disney and Nickelodeon.

They are looking for a flash Developer for initially 2 months but this may be extended up to 6 months.
This role is open to contractors who want to work on site or work from home.

Their studio’s versatility is key to their success and this role is ideal for a developer with an interest in a range of technologies deployed over a wide variety of innovative projects, from online games through to social media applications and websites.

This is a technical role with key involvement in the design, production and delivery of Flash interactive content and games.

They are looking for an enthusiastic person who is highly motivated and will appreciate the opportunity to work within one of the UK’s most talented development teams.

Your day to day activities will include:

• Design and development of interactive and games applications in Flash

• Technical documentation

• You will also be involved in ideas generation and project scoping

Expected technical skills, gained within a commercial position or during personal projects:

• A good working knowledge of Flash ActionScript (3 preferable)

Desirable skills:

• PHP

• MySQL

• HTML, XML, CSS and JavaScript

They are offering Competitive daily rates and a friendly, supportive working environment.

More details are available by contacting Hollie 01709 876877, or via email: hollie@aswift.com

Gameplay/generalist programmer, £Excellent Salary + Benefits

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a new department within one of the most well known companies in the games industry.

Based in the North West, the studio regularly features in the top 10 of the Develop 100 "World's Most Successful Games Studios" (2007, 2008) and consistently produces AAA titles across all formats. The long company history of 20 years coupled with its consistent financial success make this company a safe and stable prospect.

They are seeking experienced console / PC gameplay programmer to join their new specialist game system team, which provides mechanics and game systems to support teams working on their upcoming unique titles.

The successful applicant will be working with the company's cross-platform codebase on PS3, 360, Wii and PC.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Experience with gameplay and mechanics programming on a range of PC/console titles.

• Experience of creating clean configurable APIs to be used by other programmers.

• Interest and demonstrable ability to implement a range of gameplay features i.e. not just audio, not just AI.

• Fluent in C and object-oriented C++; preferably experience in or exposure to other programming languages.

• Strong 3D maths and physics skills.

• One or more gameplay demos.

• A 'self-starter' attitude with the ability to dive in, understand code, and learn quickly.

• An understanding of the nuances of what makes a game 'feel' good.

In return they offer a competitive salary with paid overtime and bonus scheme.

In return the company offers an excellent salary and Benefits.

More details are available by contacting Hollie on 01709 876877, or via email:hollie@aswift.com

Lead/Senior Programmer, £Excellent Salary + Benefits

Our client is one of the UK’s most respected and successful developers of games. They are a global brand, with studios in the UK, US and Canada.

They have been responsible for creating some of the most successful titles in the last 10 years, both commercially and critically.

They are currently seeking Lead/Senior programmers to join their Yorkshire Studio and push development forwards of their new IP.

They are looking for someone who is either currently leading a team or who took responability for large areas of the development of their last title.

They are looking for ‘All rounders’, but ideally, candidates should have knowledge of programming in; graphics, tools, engine/low Level programming etc.

• Experience of developing games, particularly; Xbox 360/ PS3 and PC.

• Excellent C++ skills

• 5+ years of related experience

In return the company offers an excellent salary and benefits.

More details are available by contacting Hollie on 01709 876877, or via email: hollie@aswift.com

Lead Tools Programmer, £Excellent + Benefits

Our client is an award winning, next-gen development studio based in the Midlands.

They have recently been behind the development of an exciting and innovative music based title.

They are looking for a lead tools programmer who will lead their talented in-house tools programming team.
The ideal candidate will provide the vision for advanced, powerful & robust tools which build upon our existing suite of in-house tools, in addition to developing new tools required for the next generation of the award winning title.
They are seeking candidates who are self motivated, able to show strong team leadership, and can deliver excellent results to agreed deadlines.

What the role involves.
The lead tools programmer will report to the Studio Technical Director.
This role is well suited to a programmer with a significant degree of experience in tools programming, who may wish to step up to a lead role, or who already has team leadership experience.
The right candidate will be expected to work with members of their programming team to produce strong designs, and review their work to ensure it is well engineered & documented. You will be responsible for creating schedules and managing your programmers to ensure on-time delivery of high quality tools.
You will identify creative and pipeline requirements and devise technical solutions to allow the creative teams to deliver on their goals. You will need to provide visibility on the roadmap for the tools team and to communicate the priorities that the tools team is working to.
As well as leading & managing your team, you will be expected to be “hands on” - using your experience to get involved in writing code & developing tools yourself!

Key requirements:
● Strong C++ skills are essential - a minimum of 5 years C++ experience.
● Game code development experience, on current generation platforms (i.e. PS3, Xbox360, or Wii)
● Strong C# programming - a minimum of 2 years experience.
● Strong User Interface design skills.
● Experience of a broad variety of programming languages, script languages, UI toolkits, shell scripts. Examples include :
C++, C#, C, Assembly languages.
Script Languages : Python, Perl, LUA, PHP, Shell, Batch, MaxScript, MELscript, etc.
Qt, .net, MFC, Win32, wx Widgets, or similar.
● Able to produce excellent documentation - both technical documentation for programmers (API documentation), and end-user documentation. E.g. Wiki based, .doc/.pdf.
● Excellent understanding of XML.
● Strong skills in creating robust, efficient, well organised and well documented code.
● Strong problem solving & debugging skills.
● Excellent communication skills, both spoken and written.
● Ability to produce work to agreed deadlines.
● Familiar with using Version Control software.

Additional beneficial skills & experience:
● Experience of console programming on any platform (PS2, Xbox, GameCube, PSP, PS3, Xbox360, Wii)
● Leading a team of 3 programmers or more, including schedule production, and schedule maintenance & management.
● Experience of using Regular Expressions.
● Experience of developing DCC tools, such as 3dsMax or Maya, and using their APIs and scripting to create plug-ins.


In return the company offers an excellent salary and excellent benefits.

More details are available by contacting Hollie on 01709 876877, or via email: hollie@aswift.com

Senior Gameplay Programmer, £Excellent+ benefits

Our Client is seeking an exceptional senior gameplay programmer to work on a AAA title in their London studio. This role demands a seasoned game programmer with an ability to deliver gameplay that fit within an epic scope. The person we are looking for should have both the technical know-how to deliver and also a excellent communication skills, ensuring that they retain a firm grasp of game design. The successful applicant for this role will be expected to bring both technical skill, primarily developing in C++, alongside a solid knowledge of gameplay. It is our ambition to fill this role with a person who has a genuine passion for creating exciting games that will truly stretch console technology.

The role will be to support the Lead Game Programmer in the technical development of quality products using internal development teams from the initial design to final commercial mastering, within agreed schedules and costs.


Key duties will be to:

• Act as a gameplay programming specialist, recognised by the team as an expert in their field, capable of planning and delivering work in a timely fashion.

• Demonstrate ability to interpret design requests and translate them into working, realistic and exciting gameplay

• Understand common practices and conventions in game play and be able to modify and improve on them

• Be able to communicate on a wide range of issues and work well in a team spanning artists, programmers and designers

• Have the ability to teach and to be taught

•Demonstrate self-sufficiency in their work, as befits this senior position

• Help to maintain the vision of the project

•Turn deliverables into programming tasks, highlighting dependencies and risks and recommending solutions to the Group Lead

• Contributing to improve the workflow, processes and pipelines involved in game development

• Communicate deadlines and difficulties of your team to lead

• Test and proactively troubleshoot areas that are not working in the game engine and help to fix them

• Be capable of communicating issues both within the team and to experts in technical support

• Be forward thinking and anticipate needs of their lead

• Be meticulous and organized in the approach to the tasks, files and storage of the material, and help your team to be the same.

• Be enthusiastic and expect to take on challenges.

• Document procedures and pipelines

The ideal candidate will have:

• Have 3 years minimum in the video game industry with an understanding of real time software issues

• Minimum of at least 1 full next gen game development cycle at senior level or above

• Strong coding skills; a minimum of 3 years C++ professional experience

• In depth knowledge of at least one of the following: AI, collision detection, physics, scripting, animation, 3D maths

• Maintaining sync between other real time systems in a game (e.g. graphics)

• A proven ability to work within tightly constrained memory budgets, delivering best value

• Experience using Crytek game engine an advantage

• Experience of programming in Lua an advantage

• Recruitment/interviewing experience would be useful

• Console experience, especially PlayStation3 and Xbox360, and an understanding of their limitations

• Familiarity with console, especially PlayStation 3 and Xbox360, format QA technical requirements

• Excellent understanding of production procedures and software employed in the team

• Good interpersonal skills

• Good motivational skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication

• Able to manage, plan and organise time

• Ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines at all levels

• Ability to manage the demands of numerous people and tasks

• Ability to be responsible for taking decisions

• Be a team player

• Good task scheduling skills, able to assign work and monitor progress

• Willing to work additional hours to meet the needs of the role

More details are available by contacting Hollie on 01709 876877, or via email: hollie@aswift.com

Gameplay Programmer, £Excellent+ benefits

An amazing opportunity is available for a talented and enthusiastic Senior R&D Software Engineer to work for one of the UK's leading video game developers.

They are seeking an experienced Gameplay programmer to join them at their Midlands based Studio.

Requirements:

• 2-3 years of experience as programmer in games industry

• Worked on shipped product on either console or PC.

• Demonstrated ability to integrate the creative and technical design processes while ensuring that high production values are never compromised.

• Adopt existing development processes and look for improvements.

• Previous experience in a combat, melee or shooter based game a definite plus.

• Passion for making games.

• Excellent understanding of:

○ Solid understanding of C++ in a games development environment.
○ Experience with current Console and PC development processes.
○ Experience with state-of-the-art game development tools and methods.
○ Excellent problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities:

• Work with existing engine code base to develop and enhance game play. This includes player / world interaction, AI strategies and rules, game play, etc.

• Develop game code and extend AI code for a high profile game.

• Develop well designed software within project schedule to team standards.

• Document source code.

• Create immersive and compelling gameplay experiences.

• Debug and optimize NextGen Console and PC performance.

• Specify and contribute to testing procedures.

• Shows a strong passion for making the highest quality state of the art games.

• Continue to enhance programming and communications skills.

• Actively participate in team working on project by making recommendations on how to improve product quality as well as group productivity.

• Provide input to department project status meetings.

• Coordinate with other studio groups including art and production to achieve project objectives.

• Complete all tasks in a timely manner and to a consistent high quality standard.

• Good communication and writing skills and create documentation where required.

• Report to: Lead Programmer.

In return the company offers an excellent salary and Benefits.

More details are available by contacting Hollie on 01709 876877, or via email: hollie@aswift.com

Snr Intranet Developer, Competitive Salary

SCEE is the central support organisation for over 100 countries in Europe, Africa, Middle East and Australasia. They market all hardware in the PlayStation portfolio and are one of the market leaders in the publishing of software on PlayStation formats.

They are currently looking to appoint a Senior Intranet Developer who will be responsible for the development of their own Intranet and Extranet applications in Domino 8.5 and Java EE and will work to the objectives outlined below:

• Develop and maintain a solid, reliable, business-driven environment for effective internal communication

• Deliver a secure centralized pan-European host to critical business applications and other workflow tools

• Develop and maintain tiered development environments

• Provide solutions to evolving needs within the scope of business developments and direction

• Contribute to elevating the profile of the Intranet within the organisation

The successful candidate will also possess excellent communication and organisational skills, as the role entails taking a technical lead within the team, and liaising with the business client-base through-out the software development lifecycle.

The successful candidate will have the following technical skills:

• Java 1.6 (SCJP preferred)

• Proven commercial experience building and maintaining dynamic database driven Web applications using J2SE & J2EE components & frameworks.

• OO Design and development skills (MVC, DAO, and other common patterns)

• Experience with Oracle 10g

• Good knowledge of SQL

• Familiarity with Struts, Spring and/or Hibernate

• Experience with Tomcat 6 or similar J2EE application server

The successful candidate will be willing to learn other programming languages as required. They will have an active interest in evolving web technologies and will have experience in monitoring and team leading. They will also have a good understanding of the PRINCE 2 project management framework.

If this all sounds of interest and you would like to see the full job specification please contact Ken Edwards on 01709 876877 or email me your full CV with covering letter to ken@aswift.com

Senior Software Engineer, £Excellent+ benefits

An amazing opportunity is available for a talented and enthusiastic Senior R&D Software Engineer to work for one of the UK's leading video game developers.

You must have:

• Strong programming, maths and problem solving skills.

• Strong C++ programming skills.

• Ability to understand, debug, and optimise other programmers code.

• Can work independently without supervision and as part of a team.

• Knowledge of common software algorithms and data structures and those applicable to 3D engines.

• Professional C++ experience of 4 years or more.

• Low level optimization skills, ability to write memory and cache friendly code.

• Knows best practices of working in a team. EG: Source control.

• Experience with Xbox 360 and/or Playstation 3 development.

• Experience of multi-threaded programming.

Preferable:

• Cg and/or hlsl shader programming.

• Playstation 3 and SPU programming experience.

• Xbox 360 programming experience.

• GPU architecture and graphics pipeline knowledge.

• Multi-threaded or parallel programming experience. EG: CUDA, OpenMP, OpenCL, MPI, etc.

• Assembly programming/debugging experience, preferably PowerPC or x86.

• SIMD (Altivec, VMX, SSE) programming experience.

In return the company offers an excellent salary and Benefits.

More details are available by contacting Hollie on 01709 876877, or via email: hollie@aswift.com

Runtime Engineers, £Excellent + Benefits

Our Client is an exciting entertainment software company specialising in animation technology for games and films.

Used in high-profile titles such as Grand Theft Auto IV and Star Wars, the company’s award-winning products have gained rapid adoption over the past two years. In addition they recently announced its first in-house developed games title which will be published on Xbox 360 and PS3 later this year.

They are looking to expand their UK-based runtime engine team responsible for the creation of cutting-edge character animation systems.

The candidate(s) will be responsible for ongoing implementation and optimisation of the morpheme and euphoria products on console platforms.

Main Skills Required:

• Experience developing & optimising on PlayStation 3 and/or Xbox 360

• Strong C/C++ and familiarity with platform development tools

Desirable Additional Skills & Experience:

• Experience of low-level optimisation on consoles

• Worked on at least one shipping game

• Knowledge of animation & physics engines beneficial

If you meet the criteria above and require further information, please contact Danny Johnson on 01709 876877 or Email danny@aswift.com

Network Programmer, Competitive

Our client is a leading game technology and development company who have created an award winning engine which has been used in AAA titles.

They also have some of the worlds most successful developers and publishers as their clients, using their innovative projects.

In addition to its technology business, our clients games studio is developing highly differentiated next-gen console and iPhone games. They have already created a massively successful iPhone game and plan to continue this success with the soon to be released next-gen console title.


Role Summary

Assume responsibility for all system side networking code.
Maintain and extend the existing networking codebase.
Act as a consultant for game programmers to help ensure future products work online efficiently.

Requirements

C/C++ experience of at least 2 years
In depth knowledge of low level packet based communication systems, specifically TCP/UDP.
Knowledge of peer-to-peer and client server networking topologies
Experience with XBox 360 and/or PSN networking
Experience of working within TCR/TRC issues on PS3 and XBox 360

Successful candidate will ideally have worked with gameplay programmers to help resolve multiplayer issues

Applicants must be able to demonstrate their eligibility to work in the United Kingdom.

For more information please contact Hollie Heraghty at Aardvark Swift on 01709 876 877 or email hollie@aswift.com

Gameplay Progammer, £Excellent+ benefits

Our client is a leading game technology and development company who have created an award winning engine which has been used in AAA titles.

They also have some of the worlds most successful developers and publishers as their clients, using their innovative projects.

In addition to its technology business, our clients games studio is developing highly differentiated next-gen console and iPhone games. They have already created a massively successful iPhone game and plan to continue this success with the soon to be released next-gen console title.

Role Summary

The successful candidate will join an experienced game development team working on next-gen sports titles. You will gain industry-leading experience in animation and physical character interactions along with all game development disciplines..

Requirements

Main skills / experience required

• Strong C/C++ skills

• At least 2 years of programming experience with emphasis on game characters

• Ability to work within a schedule.

• Ability to work well as part of a collaborate development team

• Self-motivated with a strong work ethic

• Excellent oral and written communication skills

• Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering or Computer Science, or equivalent work experience.

Additional skills / experience desired

• At least one published console game

• AI experience

• Physics programming experience

• Multi-threaded programming experience

• Xbox 360 / PS3 experience

• At least one shipped console or PC title

• Professional experience on 1 or more character based games

More details are available by contacting Hollie on 01709 876877, or via email: hollie@aswift.com

Havok Middleware Programmer, £Excellent+ benefits

For over 20 years, our client has produced some of the best, most innovative games in the world. They are currently developing for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii and PC. As an “Investor in People” and multiple HR award winner, they strongly believe that their people are their most valuable assets.

They are having the busiest year in the history of their company. Brand new licenses and expanding demand have created a lot of new opportunities. They need a bunch of insanely talented, completely driven, altogether impressive people to fill out the ranks in our Newcastle headquarters including a Havok Middleware Programmer.

Working on a AAA game creating new and maintaining existing Havok Physics, Animation and Behaviour features. Examples include breakable objects, collision resolution and character animation.

The ideal candidate will have industry experience and experience of working within a busy development team.

Experience of developing technology for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii and PC is essential
It would be a distinct advantage if you have worked on previous racing titles


More details are available by contacting Danny Johnson on 01709 876877, or via email: danny@aswift.com

Technology Programmer, £Excellent+ benefits

For over 20 years, our client has produced some of the best, most innovative games in the world. They are currently developing for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii and PC. As an “Investor in People” and multiple HR award winner, they strongly believe that their people are their most valuable assets.

They are having the busiest year in the history of their company. Brand new licenses and expanding demand have created a lot of new opportunities. They need a bunch of insanely talented, completely driven, altogether impressive people to fill out the ranks in our Newcastle headquarters including a technology programmer.

Responsible for developing, writing and debugging reusable code on next-gen hardware platforms within our dedicated technology department.

The ideal candidate will have industry experience and experience of working within a busy development team.

Experience of developing technology for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii and PC is essential
It would be a distinct advantage if you have worked on previous racing titles


More details are available by contacting Danny on 01709 876877, or via email: danny@aswift.com

Visual Effects Programmer, £Excellent+ benefits

For over 20 years, our client has produced some of the best, most innovative games in the world. They are currently developing for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii and PC. As an “Investor in People” and multiple HR award winner, they strongly believe that their people are their most valuable assets.

They are having the busiest year in the history of their company. Brand new licenses and expanding demand have created a lot of new opportunities. They need a bunch of insanely talented, completely driven, altogether impressive people to fill out the ranks in our Newcastle headquarters including a Visual Effects Programmer.

You will be required to program the procedural graphics: complex natural phenomenon such as clouds, fire and crowds - providing outstanding and dynamic visual polish to the game.

The ideal candidate will have industry experience and experience of working within a busy development team.

Experience of developing technology for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii and PC is essential
It would be a distinct advantage if you have worked on previous racing titles


More details are available by contacting Danny on 01709 876877, or via email: danny@aswift.com

Senior Programmer, £Excellent + Benefits

Our client is seeking an experienced console / PC programmer who really knows how to wring the last drops of performance out of a machine. The successful applicant will be working in the Render Tech Team and be instrumental in pushing the development of the next-gen rendering components of the the company's cross-platform engine on PS3, 360 and PC.

Based in the North West, the studio features in the top 10 of the Develop 100 "World's Most Successful Games Studios" (2007,2008) and consistently produces AAA titles across all formats.
The long company history of 18 years, coupled with its consistent financial success and make this company a safe and stable prospect.

The ideal candidate will have:
o Experience programming consoles at a low-level on PS3, 360, Wii or PC.
o A good degree or post-graduate qualification in Computer Science or related subject (2.i or above).
o Fluent in C++ and object oriented programming and preferably some assembler experience.
o Strong 3D maths skills and an in-depth understanding of next-gen rendering techniques.
o Fluent in Direct X or a console API, and preferably HLSL, GLSL or CG shader programming.
o Strong debugging skills in a multi-threaded / multi-core environment.
o Understanding of machine architecture and ability to write code optimised to the architecture of the machine.
o Positive can do attitude coupled with the ability to get things done.
o Structured approach to programming with the desire to write clean, well commented, documented and maintainable code.

In return they offer a competitive salary with paid overtime and bonus scheme.

More details are available by contacting Hollie on 01709 876877, or via email: hollie@aswift.com