Digital Extremes Ltd., London, ON offices seeks Graphics Programmer to perform the following duties: 

• Develop and maintain a fast 3D game engine that may involve working on graphics, gameplay and/or AI programming as well as porting to next-gen video game platforms
• Write clear technical design and specification documents
• Communicate well with the Producer, Artists, QA, and other engineers
• Collaborate with the entire team to create game-play friendly spaces, maximizing features within performance restrictions and fine-tuning the play experience
• Work closely with the Lead Programmer to fulfil the primary feature requirements of the game, and contribute to the team's goal of reaching the project's vision
• Ensure the technical quality and game-play of the product through tuning (rebuilding), bug fixing, and play-testing
• Collaborate with artists and engineers to ensure effective integration of game design, art and technology
• Encourage an open and free-thinking team atmosphere by accepting and providing direction and feedback to/from other team members
• Participate and engage with the entire production team to stay current on the scope and understanding of the project
• Participate with production and development, promoting creative thinking processes within the team and integrating their input to translate the game vision into gameplay reality
• Contribute innovative and original ideas toward all aspects of the game’s production and development
• Report to and deliver work on time and according to schedule as prepared by the Producer.
   

Required Qualifications:

• B.S.c Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or equivalent game development experience;
• Must have a min. of 4+ yrs. previous game developer experience;

• Passion for making and playing great games;
• Expertise in C++;
• Strong communication skills, work ethic and motivation;
• Ability to design efficient and intuitive code architecture for a large-scale game engine;
• Willing to relocate to Canada.

Preferred Extras:

• Console experience; next-gen preferred;
• Familiarity with large-scale C++ project development;
• Familiarity with any of the following AIPs: D3D, OpenGL, PhysX, DirectSound, DirectInput, Win32/GDI;
• Experience with concurrent programming;
• Assembly language and low-level systems;
• Familiarity with Perforce;
• Experience with Perl;
• Familiarity with profiling tools (i.e. VTune, PIX, Tuner).

Permanent, Full time (40 hrs/wk) @ $75,000.00 - $95,000.00/yr. Benefits include dental insurance, medical insurance, disability insurance.
Please send resume to S. Reeve (sarah.reeve@digitalextremes.com ).  Reference #16662 when applying.   Only qualified candidates will be contacted.