Gameplay programmer

Steer Studios  mission is to create a world-leading game studios in Saudi Arabia, creating high-quality games for international audiences. Also to help Saudi’s passionate gaming sector to develop homegrown IP and more broadly, make KSA a global hub for gaming.

As part of the Steer studios team, you will work alongside the best global gaming talents who have relocated to Riyadh to be part of the ambitious group, and innovative, passionate and hardworking Saudis.

Steer Studios is seeking a Unity Gameplay Programmer to join its games development team. S/he will work closely with the Game team to plan and implement game functionality, build the game code, and ensure the technical quality of the finished product.

Key Responsibilities:

Work hand in hand with the game team to understand feature specifications and create game functionalities.

Transform game ideas into technical specifications.

Ability to write stable and scalable code.

Identifying and fixing code errors and bottlenecks related to the game and its performance on various OS and devices.

Work with Game teams along with the product's life cycle to provide seamless support and new features for the game.

Establish and strategize development pipelines. (Senior)

Architecting game code to ensure scalability and stability. (Senior)

Practice and establish code review guidelines or peer reviews to ensure code quality and stability in the game project. (Senior)

Qualifications & Key Skills:

4+ years of experience in mobile development. or 6-10 years of experience in mobile development (Senior).

Passion for Games.

Should have shipped at least one mobile game with complete lifecycle knowledge.

In-depth knowledge of Unity and Unity 3D software and strong skills in development with C#.

Clear understanding of memory, FPS and space optimization on mobile devices.

Understanding of graphics pipelines and shaders. + physics engines (Senior)

Understanding of multithreaded systems in Unity. (Senior)

Strong concepts about client-server communication.

Understanding of various communication protocols like TCP, UDP, and HTTP. (Senior)

Knowledge of scripting in Lua, animation, session management, and texture pipelines for mobile devices. (Senior)

Knowledge and experience with Source code control systems.

Experience with maintaining branches and experience with code merges pipelines

Fluent in English, any additional language is an added value.

A Bachelor's degree in technology or equivalent.

Unity certification would be added value.

Let’s bring Together Steer Studios to the world!