UI Developer - Warhammer: Age of Sigmar
Frontier is an independent video game developer and publisher, crafting immersive gaming experiences with fun gameplay and unparalleled artistic quality. Renowned for its iconic creative management simulation games, Frontier captivates players worldwide with immersive and authentic game worlds. The modern studio is located in the vibrant technology hub of Cambridge (UK). The talented team at Frontier are dedicated to nurturing our existing portfolio and delivering our exciting future roadmap.
We have a number of exciting opportunities for talented and enthusiastic User Interface Developers, either graduates or more experienced developers, to join our excellent project teams here at Frontier Developments in Cambridge.
As a User Interface Developer you will create compelling and responsive user interfaces and help to shape the interface that connects our players with our games across multiple platforms.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a studio with a proven track record of delivering successful AAA titles and to play an important role in our continued success. The successful candidate will be working on our exciting Warhammer Age of Sigmar title.
Responsibilities:
- Develop quality UI code across various projects and platforms.
- Contribute to the development of our codebase.
- Work closely with the Designers and Artists, seeking feedback and iterating on your work.
- Develop prototypes to help inform the design process.
About you:
- Essential
- Familiar with at least one high-level language, E.g. C#, LUA, JS, Haxe, AS3 or Java.
- Experience using a language's debugging tools, and know how to use them to diagnose bugs.
- Is aware of the performance constraints real-time applications have, and has at least some experience profiling and optimising their code.
- Comfortable weaving assets provided by Designers and Artists into your UI's.
- Able to communicate effectively within your team, and foster links with other disciplines.
- A quick learner who is willing to adapt to new tools and frameworks.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Desirable
- Experience using Adobe Creative suite software to create bitmap and vector assets.
- Knowledge and/or experience of motion design.
- Familiarity with console development.
WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU
You will work with talented and passionate people to support, develop or publish our sophisticated and enduring games, in a creative, collaborative and inclusive environment. We love what we do, and we work hard to provide outstanding experiences for our players.
Wellbeing is a big focus at Frontier, and we are continually evolving how we can support our people. We encourage a healthy work/life balance and provide a range of wellbeing activities, initiatives and sessions to support both mental and physical health.
We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, which includes a success-based annual bonus, share option schemes, life assurance, private family healthcare, flexitime working hours, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, in-house subsidised catering, support with relocation, a Cycle to Work scheme, free bike servicing, and social activities and events.
We strive to create an environment where everyone can fully demonstrate their capability and potential. If you therefore need any reasonable adjustments to support you during the recruitment process, please speak to your Talent Acquisition representative.