Unreal Engine Programmer

## Company Description **About Wizcorp 🦄🇯🇵🎮** Wizcorp is a highly specialized game development studio based in Tokyo and operating 100% remotely. We are a cross-cultural team of passionate individuals working together toward one goal: bringing back magic to game development. **How?** - We get better every day. Our technical abilities should never limit our ideas. - We question the status quo. We don't accept yesterday's answers to tomorrow's challenges. - We follow our moral compass. Our values guide our decisions. - We surround ourselves with people who believe in our mission. Our staff, clients, and partners are all part of the equation. - We learn and share. We want our successes and failures to contribute to the collective wisdom of our profession. Wizcorp offers a friendly and honest working environment. Our work is challenging but rewarding, with countless personal and professional growth opportunities. ## Job Description **This position requires you to reside in Japan during your employment with Wizcorp.** Wizcorp is looking for Unreal Engine (4 and 5) Programmers to work on exciting projects for next-generation consoles. Depending on your background, skills, and experience we’ll find the most suitable role within our teams. **Is this job for me? 👨‍🦰👩‍🦳🧑‍🦲** You have a few years of work experience working with Unreal Engine and who have released games on consoles. C++ needs to be your lingua franca, and you’re not afraid to deep-dive into the engine itself to make some improvements. Sounds like you? Then this job is for you! **Typical day 🎮📆🕹️** You start your day by reviewing code from other engineers and ensuring they meet quality expectations. Some days will be spent implementing control systems for consoles in a clean and extensible manner, or investigating performance on the target platform and modifying the game or engine to improve this. Afternoons will often be spent testing updated code on target platforms to ensure correctness and performance. The ideal candidate will be able to - Design, test, and debug own code without assistance from other engineers - Break down large features into engineering tasks and work with other engineers to complete them - Mentor engineers in software development best practices - Have an interest in working on both games and their tools - Confidently communicate with all members of the company **Roles and Responsibilities 🛠️🧪✨** - Estimate own tasks and deliver them in a timely manner - Write clear, maintainable code that passes review by other senior engineers - Raise all blockers when they arise to the project lead - Test and document provided solutions to allow other developers to review and learn - Implement and uphold software engineering best practices for the full software development life cycle - Take ownership of large areas of the code base and large complex features - Take ownership of mission-critical areas of the codebase - Coordinate with members outside of the engineering team to deliver features in a timely manner - Determine large feature feasibility and propose solutions - Provide solid programming expertise to deliver large features and architecture suggestions - Provide code review analysis that uses all relevant experience to foresee problems with design and implementation **Application process 🈸⚙️😊** ① Online selection We review resumes from all applicants within 2 weeks. If your profile matches our requirements, we will send you tests and challenges. Based on the results, we will contact you again to schedule the first interview. ② Interviews We conduct three interviews to assess your character, passions, skills, and interest in what we do. We also take the time to share our vision and values, as we believe you are interviewing us as much as we are interviewing you. ③ Reference Checks We conduct reference checks with your previous employers or professional contacts to better understand your experience and working style. ④ Offer We make our fi…