JOB DESCRIPTION

A Little Bit about Kwalee…

Kwalee is a games publisher and developer based in Leamington Spa, UK, which boasts more than 1 billion installs on mobile platforms with games such as Teacher Simulator, Draw it, Bake It, Shootout 3D, Rocket Sky! and Line Up: Draw the Criminal. The company also publishes a growing catalogue of PC and console titles including Eternal Hope, Tens, Scathe, and Wildmender along with the upcoming titles ROBOBEAT, Space Chef, The Precinct and The Spirit of the Samurai.

Founded by games industry icon and Codemasters co-founder David Darling CBE, who is joined by a fast-growing team of global gaming experts with studios in the UK, India, Portugal and China and remote team members all over the world, Kwalee is on the lookout for high-quality games to publish on all platforms and encourages developers to get in touch.

Outside of its games, Kwalee is also highly active in the industry, as an ambassador of not-for-profit organisation Women in Games and a regular supporter of the charity SpecialEffect.

What’s In It For You

Profit sharing scheme - we win, you win 

Quarterly Team Building days

Pitch and make your own games on Creative Wednesdays! 

Flexible working hours - we trust you to choose how and when you work best

All the equipment that you need to be properly set up

Are You Up To The Challenge?

As a C++ Software Engineer - Game Tools you’ll be helping to create the c++ core libraries to be used in our SDK. You must be driven by clean code, automation and get a kick out of finding ways to improve efficiency and the lives of others (by writing great tools).

You will be great at writing code and making sure the basis for all our games is stable, quick and easy to use and versatile to allow us to keep pushing how creative our games can be.

Your Team Mates

The curious-minded Tools team power our Kwalee games with the tools we need to make chart-topping games. They always find a way to make what we can’t do possible. They’re always up for learning new APIs and technologies to make our gamedev efforts more convenient.

What Does The Job Actually Involve?

Create the C++ libraries for our internal SDK.

Create tools and features for our internal SDK.

Always on the lookout for new technologies that might benefit the business

Using C++/C# and Unity/Unreal as the main technologies in your day to day work.

Designing and writing high quality and reliable code

Writing Core Systems used by all games

Working with scripting languages

Working closely with third party SDKs

Solving any challenges that might appear on the way.

Contributing towards ideas for tools and helping to grow the department. 

Your Hard Skills

At least 5 years of experience in development with C++.

Experience with Unity or Unreal.

Experience with C# would be a plus.

Unity Editor Tools experience would be a plus.

Experience with scripting languages.

Android / iOS experience would be a plus.

Excellent communication skills.

An avid interest in either console or mobile games, preferably both.

Your Soft Skills

Kwalee has grown fast in recent years but we’re very much a family of colleagues. We welcome people of all ages, races, colours, beliefs, sexual orientations, genders and circumstances, and all we ask is that you collaborate, work hard, ask questions and have fun with your team and colleagues. 

We don’t like egos or arrogance and we love playing games and celebrating success together. If that sounds like you, then please apply.