Job Description

Pocket Pinata Interactive is a Vancouver mobile game development studio practicing the art and science of making free-to-play games. We are looking for like minded individuals to join our cause as a full-time Unity 3D Software Developer Engineer 2.You are a passionate gamer who enjoys mobile games programming and tinkers with Unity 3D. You are a big fan of Clean Code and software design patterns. You relax by reading tech journals and sketching UML diagrams. You are a lifelong learner who is results-driven and detail-oriented. Most of all, you are looking for a friendly working environment filled with like-minded individuals at a studio that prizes integrity, transparency and personal growth.*
Perks: *

• Good extended health and dental plan.
• Flexible work schedule.
• Work-from-home. (some restrictions apply)

You will:

• Proactively collaborate with artists, producers, designers and engineers in an agile development environment.
• Monitor, mentor and direct engineers under your technical supervision to maximize their potential, their efficiency, and their adherence to the studio's code quality and system security standard.
• Proactively gets up-to-speed on assigned game projects with minimal supervision.
• Proactively gets up-to-speed on assigned work or game systems without supervision.
• Assess visual, technical and design specifications and provide timely constructive feedback and reasonably accurate work estimates with minimal supervision.
• Design and implement features and systems to spec and on time with minimal supervision according to the studio's code quality and security standards.
• Own the project systems assigned or touched - its technical design and code quality; fix and improve its design and quality so that it's aligned with the studio's code quality and system security standards as needed.
• Troubleshoot and fix difficult-to-reproduce and platform-specific technical issues in a reasonable time with minimal supervision.
• Communicate and document technical designs and decisions effectively in verbal or written form, via diagrams, documents, and/ir code comments.
• Update and expand your technical knowledge and skills to stay ahead of industry developments.

You are a great fit for our team if you have:

• 4+ years of industry game development experience.
• 2+ years of industry experience with Unity 3D.
• 2+ years of C# programming experience or other object-oriented programming language.
• 1+ years experience applying Clean Code principles to your code.
• Experience troubleshooting Android and/or IOS specific game issues.
• Experience developing and optimizing scenes or game systems for performance in Unity 3D.
• Experience developing in-editor gameplay tools and pipelines in Unity 3D.
• Experience with Git or other revision control system.
• Excellent technical problem-solving and communication skills.
• Strong cross-discipline communication and collaboration skills.
• Proactive and forward thinking lifelong learner able to quickly familiarize yourself with complex legacy systems and code.
• A detail-oriented mindset with a strong ability to multitask.

Having the following skills is a plus:

• A degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Experience with Unity's data, animation and profiling systems.
• Experience with Unity RESTful networking and JSON solutions.
• Experience with Python and RESTful server programming.
• Knowledgeable on Agile Development Practices. (Scrum/Kanban)
• Knowledgeable on UML.

Job Type: Full-timeSalary: $80,000.00-$100,000.00 per year