Video Game 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. **This position requires you to reside in Japan during your employment with Wizcorp.** ## Job Description Wizcorp is looking for **Game Engine 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 custom engines and have released games on consoles**. You live and breathe C++, and you’re not afraid to deep-dive into the engine architecture 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. You will mainly develop systems and related utilities for custom proprietary engines. On some days you might be integrating a **rendering engine** that fits well within the existing codebase, on others you might have to do **architectural changes** to the codebase in order to accommodate **new engine features** in a clean and extensible manner. You may have to work on save data management, job system, memory management or any **development support** feature. **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 - **Decipher and understand** complex systems - **Mentor engineers** in engine development best practices - Develop system with a strong focus on **optimization** and **performance** - Have an interest in working on different parts of a game engine (**Rendering, Animation, Audio,...**) - 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 asses…