We seek a capable programmer who can write code, handle design specification, create architectures, optimize systems, solve bugs, and so on. This person will understand how to write code as part of a larger creative and collaborative effort, with a strong focus on player desires and gameplay.

Since our studio is small, you’ll be touching many systems.

Depending on your interest and ability, you may or may not be involved in game design work as well. This can range from filling in details of a new system, to writing candidate designs for solving a design problem, to broader evaluations of design direction and comparisons with other games.

We are currently focusing on junior and mid-level candidates. Junior should still have substantial work to show as noted below.

Key responsibilities:

• Implement written game design specifications, both for new content and changes to existing systems.
• Do minor game design: Understand game designs and independently figure out how to handle ambiguities and unspecified details.
• Offer feedback on design specifications and work with designers to identify and solve problems.
• Write implementation plans and specifications for technical features and architectures.
• Review code from yourself and other programmers.

Requirements:

• Be able to do useful programming from day one. At minimum, you’ll need practical experience working on large codebases and complex problems in a C-like language. C# experience is ideal since that’s what we use for most of our code. Knowledge of Unity is also a plus.
• Have programming projects of significant scope to show off. These could be mods, indie games, game engines, professional games you worked on, or something else. These can’t be typical school projects or something you threw together with pals in a couple weeks or months. As a general minimum, a “significant project” is one that you worked on most days for at least six months.
• Be productive. You should be able to get a lot of stuff done well in a given span of time. You must know how to allocate your effort effectively.

To apply, send us an email. In your message, please:

• Say which role you’re interested in.
• Say where you’re located.
• Include a traditional resume.
• Be concise and focus on showing the things you’ve created. YouTube videos of your games, art, or projects are great starting points for this.
• For programmers, please include links to code you’ve written. Bigger projects are best, especially if we can see whole projects and how they fit together.

We are based in Canada but can hire internationally. We generally start with a trial contract.

Ludeon’s mission is to make creatively-vivacious, original, provocative, and engaging games. Our team members come from diverse origins and hold many different beliefs. Please be ready to work on this mission with people who might think differently from you.