PROGRAMMING GENERALIST

Job Type: Contract 12 months (possibility of extension)

The position: Unity Programmer (Generalist)

Rate: Competitive Market Rate Remuneration

Work Arrangement: Flexible working (office in Fremantle and home).

*We cannot consider a remote ‘only’ position at this stage, as we need people in the office at least one day per week at a minimum*

Job Description:

We have a programming position open for an enthusiastic and talented mid-level Unity programmer. We’re looking for that special all-rounder with a range of skills, someone who is interested in working with a small, tight knit development team based in Fremantle, Western Australia. We develop high-quality, high-impact, multi-platform sports games. Bungarra is currently completing its current project for Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 and we are also actively looking at new platforms.

Bungarra seeks to provide a home to highly creative, passionate, and self-motivated individual who excels in a collaborative environment which offers the rewards and responsibilities of personal ownership, for both specific project tasks as well as for the Company in general.

Principle Duties / Responsibilities

  • Help support existing systems, including bug fixing
  • Designing and implementing systems and tools to support game needs.
  • Writing clear, maintainable, portable, and highly functional code.
  • Profiling and performance tuning of code and systems to remove bottlenecks.
  • As needed work on tools and technology tasks to support specific project requirements.
  • Testing and documenting of the code you write.
  • Port our current code across to new platforms

Required Knowledge / Skills

  • Must have shipped at least one console game to market (must have verifiable end credits)
  • Must have three or more years game industry programming experience with Unity
  • Must have expertise in C#
  • Strong generalist skills, with solid understanding of game-related math.
  • 3 years GitHub experience
  • Self-motivated with good communication skills.
  • Commitment to code quality, documentation and sound testing procedures

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering (University Only)

Education:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering (University Only)

Personal:

  • Is an Australian citizen, or hold a current visa to work full time in Australia
  • Must be fluent in English

Desired:

  • Experience on the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 or Xbox One
  • Experience with console development or porting
  • Experience in writing shaders, and interpreting shader language
  • Experience with common packages and tools in Unity
  • Experience with C++
  • Experience with multiplayer networking engines (like Mirror)
  • Experience with Unreal or other notable engines

 Demonstrable Character Traits:

  • Must have a passion for sport games. 
  • You need to have an excellent work ethic. This needs to be demonstrable. We are a media, deadline driven business. Punctuality and stamina are vital.
  • Absolute determination to see a job through.
  • Ability to rapidly learn & assimilate new technologies
  • Ability to work collaboratively with artists and programmers
  • Dedication to high quality environment code.
  • Remain focused, motivated and effective on all tasks through completion.
  • Demonstrates a desire to learn and grow professionally
  • Desire to ship quality products on time
  • Excellent communication skills in a team environment
  • Excellent attention to detail. This is especially important, as re-work will be required.
  • Self motivated
  • Ability to accurately estimate delivery, AND, deliver.

How to apply:
Applicants must be able to work at our Fremantle studios, in Perth Western Australia.

  • Email only. No visits or phone calls, please.
  • Applications by COB Friday 29th November, 2024
  • The Subject line of your email must reference the job title and your name, like this: Unity Programmer: Last name, First name
  • Include your resume as an email attachment, preferably as a PDF or in Word 2007 or later format. Include links to online portfolio if applicable.
  • Make sure your resume also includes your name, address, phone, and email.
  • Send email to: admin@bungarra.com

 

*Principle applications only. No recruitment firms please*

WORK EXPERIENCE:

We have temporarily put our work experience program on hold. 

*We are very sorry but we cannot accommodate school students.

Please note that emails regarding w/experience school aged people will no longer be answered.*