We want you to #JOINTHEREBELLION!

Rebellion North are looking for an experienced Senior Low-level/Platform Programmer to work on Rebellion games as well as trusted industry partners on genre-defining AAA IPs. You will have the opportunity to join an ambitious team working on multiple projects using different engines including Unreal 5. Join us as we shoot for the stars!

You will be joining the talented Rebellion North studio based in Ossett, Wakefield. Rebellion North are a dynamic and growing team who relish challenges and punching above their weight. Our friendly and inclusive studio culture fosters an environment where all team members can reach their potential in the fastest possible time.

The Opportunity

As a Senior Programmer you should feel right at home deep within the depths of a game engine and associated tools. Your specialised understanding of C++, code generation, optimisation and different platforms should give you the confidence to overcome difficult challenges.

You will work on in-house Rebellion games and with trusted industry partners on genre-defining IPs that push the boundaries of what spectators believe is possible as we bring experiences to new and existing platforms that many think is impossible.

As a senior, you will be self-motivated with a high level of initiative and able to work unsupervised. You will be passionate about video games and have professional C++ experience. The ideal candidate will be able to quickly adapt to and support in-house working practices and assist in mentoring less experienced programmers, as well as the usual responsibilities of a senior.

You will join a highly motivated and skilled team at Rebellion North where are currently working with trusted industry partners on Xbox Series & PlayStation 5. Our previous achievements include bringing Sniper Elite 4, Zombie Army: 4, Goat Simulator as well as many other titles to the Nintendo Switch, adding PlayStation 5 support to Football Manager and a whole host of other technical achievements and projects.

Our preference is for candidates to work together at our Wakefield site but hybrid candidates will also be considered.

Responsibilities:

• Work on a broad range of projects and tasks, making contributions to the development of low-level engine systems.
• Upgrading game engines to support new and exciting platforms.
• Adhere to industry best practices, development processes, documentation, and coding standards.
• Provide mentorship to programmers, fostering a culture of knowledge sharing and implementing best practices within the team.
• Play a role in coordinating and organizing both your own tasks and those of your colleagues.

Requirements

• Excellent C/C++ experience
• Ability to quickly familiarise yourself and work with large existing codebases.
• Experience supporting video games on multiple platforms (Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo, Mac, Linux, Windows)
• Experience writing cross-platform-friendly code
• Demonstrable experience optimising code and using profiling tools
• Skilled at deconstructing intricate problems into smaller, manageable tasks.
• Strong debugging, system design & 3D maths skills
• Experiencing working and maintaining multithreaded systems
• Platform relevant Assembly knowledge is advantageous
• Experience with different graphics APIs (DirectX 12, Vulkan as well as vendor specific APIs on console) is desirable
• Graphics shader programming & optimisation (HLSL/GLSL) is beneficial
• Experience writing SIMD code is an advantage
• Mobile development experience (iOS/Android) is a bonus

Benefits

We offer an extensive benefits package to our team including:

• 22 days holidays + Christmas closure (typically 4 days) & Bank holidays (increasing with service at 5 years – one day each year until you reach 31 days)
• Private Medical Insurance, healthcare cash plan, including dental and Vision
• Life Assurance, Income Protection & Critical Illness Cover

• Enhanced Family Leave
• Interest Free, Tax-Free loans
• Enhanced Pension Scheme
• EAP a range of Mental Health and Wellbeing Support
• Plus loads more… including a wide range of discounts, freebies, and social events!

About Us

Whichever team you join at Rebellion we are proud of our open, friendly, and creative atmosphere. We love what we do, and we have fun doing it! As a big indie developer, we have complete creative freedom over our titles which allows us to work on a massive variety of projects across all the major platforms.

Find out more about us here.

Our size, stability, and the variety of in-house expertise across multiple industries, makes Rebellion completely unique! We work in our own way, and we celebrate that as the key to our success. We foster an inclusive culture where you are encouraged to be yourself, to express your creativity and your talent. We are people focused and will support you in every way to can be the best at what you do. We recognise the importance of enjoying what you do and having a healthy work-life balance. We offer a friendly, creative, and relaxed working atmosphere, with sensibly managed projects and a wide variety of benefits and development opportunities for all our teams to ensure you are fully supported with your physical and Mental Well-being.

We are actively recruiting for a diverse team and continue to add to our culture of growth and inclusion. Rebellion encourages innovation in all areas, and we look forward to hearing how you can help us to be better. We encourage all demographics of culture, gender, ethnicity, neurodiversity and beyond, because a representative team makes better products.

If you are interested in working at Rebellion, but this role doesn’t sound quite like you, we’re recruiting for a range of positions across the studio and we’re always happy to receive speculative applications via our website. Visit our Careers website to view all our live vacancies: Rebellion: Careers