Position Summary
Cold Iron is seeking a UI Engineer to join our world class team working on our upcoming game. This position is fully remote and open to applicants across the US and Canada.
Are you a passionate game developer? Is making an awesome game the thing that gets you out of bed in the morning? Do you want to work with a world-class team to make great games? We want to hear from you!
Your Day to Day
You can expect to be responsible and accountable for the following:
- Bring screens, overlays, and other UI to life using C++ and Unreal Blueprints
- Create technical designs and implement features that support the core loop, customization, progression, and more.
- Collaborate with UI/UX designers and artists to clarify requirements, support design goals, and create a great user experience
- Work with Producers to do task breakdowns and estimation
- Communicate effectively with your peers and colleagues
- Regularly debug, profile, optimize, and maintain code
- Provide technical assistance by responding to inquiries regarding errors, problems, or questions with programs
Your Career Progression
Do the best work of your career! No, really, that’s what we expect of you. Come aboard and work with industry veterans all working to improve their craft and become better game developers. Your portfolio of experience will grow, and the size of the audience you reach will expand exponentially. The small team atmosphere allows you to contribute more and have greater ownership over what you do day to day.
Requirements
- A minimum of 3 years of industry experience
- Work independently and efficiently under deadlines
- Excellent programming, debugging, and optimization skills
- Experience with Unreal Engine
- Experience in the UI engineering domain. The ideal candidate will have significant experience building UI in Unreal.
Would Love to See
- Experience working with Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5 consoles, including meeting first party certification requirements (e.g. XRs, TRCs)
- Experience in additional engineering domains (e.g. Audio, Gameplay, Rendering, Services, Tools)
- Experience with other programming languages (e.g. Go, Python, Javascript)
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, mathematics, physics, or related degree
- Or equivalent industry experience
Salary Range
- $115,000 - $125,000
Location
- This position is fully remote and open to applicants across the US and Canada.
Please Note
At Cold Iron Studios, we recognize that diversity brings richness to our work, and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds. This position offers a significant opportunity to shape the visual identity of our games and make a substantial contribution to our studio's success.
We invite you to apply and take part in crafting unforgettable gaming experiences.
Exceptional employee benefits, Remote work; unlimited PTO in addition to 11 observed holidays plus company-wide shutdown between Christmas and New Year’s Day; Robust Medical, Dental, Vision insurance coverage for entire family; Company matched 401k vested immediately; Flex Spending Accounts, annual stipend to help cover work from home expenses, ultra-creative environment.
Top Skills
What We Do
Cold Iron Studios was founded in 2015 by three industry veterans who had a goal of creating games they want to play and building a team they love working with. Since then, the team has expanded to 45+ awesome developers. We’re a diverse group of passionate gamers with decades of experience developing and launching award-winning shooter and action titles.
Currently, the team is working on Aliens: Fireteam, a cooperative third-person survival shooter that drops your fireteam of hardened marines into a desperate fight to contain an evolving Xenomorph threat. Aliens: Fireteam will be available for purchase on Steam, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S/X in Summer 2021 with exact pricing to be announced at a later date.
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