*Exclusive to Aardvark Swift*

Senior Lead Engineer

An opportunity has arisen to work on AAA, next gen titles in Italy.

This position is both a hands-on coding and management role, building a technology infrastructure from the ground floor up. This person will be responsible for creating the TDD for the first game product and will establish the technical processes necessary for smooth development efforts, particularly on PS3 console.

Requirements
*5 plus years of Games Industry programming experience with at least two years spent in a Senior or Lead role.
*Experience leading small programming teams including directing technical decisions, communications, schedule maintenance and task delegation.
*Minimum 2 full cycle shipped console game products delivered to market, preferably on Sony console platforms.

Experience
*Seasoned programmer, proficient in C/C++.
*Proficiency in at least 2 other programming languages commonly used in game development, such as C#, Objective C, Java, LUA, Perl, Python, ActionScript, etc.
*Broad generalist background required in game programming, including interface gameplay, tools, physics, graphics and networking.
*Experience with a variety of middleware APIs.
*Guide the team designing and developing a highly portable game framework.
*Design and implement network components for a game framework in the action genre.
*Develop and optimize cutting edge game code and/or middleware on PS3.
*Design and implement code to connect to or provide lobby and matchmaking services.
*Write and maintain network code for multiple platforms and occasionally integrate third party API's.
*Plan schedules using an iterative agile software development process.
*Support the team in fostering and improving software development processes.
*Communicate closely with stakeholders to ensure requirements are understood and delivered.

Practical skills Required
*Excellent practical knowledge of network programming on network packet level.
*Excellent understanding on impact of architectural patterns like C/S or peer-to-peer.
*Knowledge of encryption and securing networked applications.
*Excellent understanding of C++ (Minimum 4 years experience).
*Object Oriented Design experience.
*Interest and understanding of game design and game mechanics.
*Proven track record of at least three completed game projects (console).
*Knowledge of game related network platforms for the Sony Network.
*Practical knowledge of network programming on the PS3.
*Scripting Languages (Lua, Python, etc).
*XML experience.

Desirable
*Experience in the fight games genre with at least one full cycle shipped product

For more information, please contact Hollie Heraghty at Aardvark Swift on 01709 876 877 or email hollie@aswift.com