Software Engineer
We're a zero-crunch, family-first studio that celebrates diversity and community. Unlimited holiday as standard with a 25 day minimum enforced. We play games together, we work hard together.
Summary:
Netspeak Games is a growing games studio with the need of Software Engineers that will build, plan and implement the underlying tools, systems and interconnections that will be used to build out our games. You will work closely with Gameplay Engineers and Platform Engineers to ensure that the systems on which we build our games are reliable and a joy to work with.
Responsibilities:
Collaborate closely with Gameplay Engineers to build out the underlying tooling and systems that are needed to build out a massively multiplayer online game
Architect and implement the tools and systems needed for others to achieve their goals
Strong Software Engineering skills ranging from design and development all the way to code reviews, best practices and mentoring of others
Use existing APIs and integrate other systems to ensure that the game can communicate with services behind the scenes
Take design ideas from concept to completion through iterative development
Manage priorities efficiently and communicate clearly about any problems or blockers
Aim to anticipate design hurdles, dependencies on other teams, and technical challenges ahead of time and come up with plans to mitigate them
Be the point of contact for features you’ve worked on, and be in charge of creating and updating any relevant documentation
Your Mission:
Netspeak has three pillars: Excellence, Commercial & Inclusion.
We aim to build worlds that people want to spend time in. Your mission is to bring life to those worlds through technology - by enabling the game teams to move faster and take bigger risks.
You will be building out the underlying systems and tools that Gameplay Engineers will be interfacing with on a daily basis.
Experience and Skills:
Strong knowledge of C++
Ability to break down complex technical problems into components and smaller parts for easier planning and prioritisation.
Experience with writing Design documents, Tech design docs and general documentation
Strong communication skills
Above all else, a willingness to learn!
- Department
- Programming
- Locations
- London Office
- Remote status
- Fully Remote
- Yearly salary
- £35,000 - £70,000
London Office
Perks and benefits
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⚡️ Time to recharge
To do your best work, you need healthy work/life balance, headspace, and plenty of time to recharge your creative batteries! We finish early on Fridays and operate with zero-cruch. We also don't set a limit on paid time off, and make sure everyone takes at least 25 days annual leave.
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👶 Families welcome!
We offer enhanced pay support for pregnant employees.
(Weeks 1 – 12 at 100% pay. Weeks 13 - 20 at 50% pay. Weeks 21 – 24 at 25% pay. Weeks 25 – 39 at the Statutory Maternity Pay rate).
For secondary carers we offer four weeks at 100% pay. Several Netspeakers are proud parents, and we’re often happily treated to guest baby appearances in meetings!
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🎓 Monthly learning
We want all Netspeakers to grow, experiment, learn, and develop while they’re here. Every month, we devote half a day to independent learning - setting time aside to read books, attend talks, try out new things, skill up via courses & more.
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✨ Work together, play together
Our games are fun. Our workplace should be too! We’re a friendly bunch, always looking for a chance to do playful stuff as a team. We run D&D Thursdays, MTG lunches, and all Netspeakers are invited to play games together for the last hour of every Tuesday. (Expect frequent tasty treats through the post too!)
Remote first
What you bring to the table is way more important than where you sit at it. If you’ve got the stuff, you’re a Netspeaker - whether you’re working from home, our London office, your local hotdesk, or all three.
Diversity & inclusion
We’re committed to making Netspeak an equal & empowering workplace, for all.
Our internal D&I working group regularly explores ways we can better represent marginalised groups in our game, Sunshine Days. Meanwhile in the real world, we’re working hard to welcome and support staff from all backgrounds, races, beliefs, identities, sexualities & more.
We’re also dedicated to remaining open and transparent about what we’re doing to be inclusive at Netspeak, and what we still need to work on. Right now, we’re 60% female and minority genders, 30% LGBTQIA, and 20% BIPOC. Our senior team is 50% male/female and 8% BIPOC.
All work, all play
We’re an ambitious studio with big dreams! So pushing ourselves to do our best work is kind of a given. The pay-off? We really take care of our staff. Providing unlimited holiday, monthly learning sessions, early-finish Fridays & more 💛
About Netspeak Games
Hi 👋 We’re Netspeak Games - a remote-first games studio, dedicated to making wholesome social games!
Netspeak was founded on the idea that great games start with great, happy teams. So from the very beginning, we’ve made it our mission to build a company with people at its heart.
Creativity, care, and community is our DNA. Here, we celebrate our differences. Cherish our imperfections. Seek and value diversity. We’re energetic, joyful makers, daring to do things differently. And we’ve worked hard to build a company culture that empowers our team to be their brilliant, best, authentic selves.
Pooling our collective ideas, perspectives, and creativity, we build beautifully-crafted wholesome games, designed to surprise & delight! 💛
Software Engineer
We're a zero-crunch, family-first studio that celebrates diversity and community. Unlimited holiday as standard with a 25 day minimum enforced. We play games together, we work hard together.
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