Snaphunt Pte Ltd – C / C++ Software Engineer (Gaming)

The Job

You will work within a collaborative multidiscipline environment and support the implementation of graphical rendering features that meet the requirements of the project’s Lead Artist and Technical Architect.

Your responsibilities include:

• Implementing practical and timely solutions that meet the game design and technical requirements.
• Implementing code that is modular, self-contained, and defensive and observes the technical constraints on the system.
• Working as a key part of an agile development team, taking responsibility for organising and planning their own work.
• Ensuring coding standards are followed, and helping positive enforcement of good programming practices within the engineering team.
• Maintaining technical documentation for the engineering team as well as other disciplines.
• Optimising code and data for memory usage and performance as required.
• Writing debugging tools for programmers, level designers and artists.
• Keeping abreast of new advances in rendering technology, algorithms and hardware.

The Profile

• You possess a Degree in Computer Science, Engineering / a relevant subject / equivalent industry experience.
• You have excellent C/C++ programming skills, with good knowledge of object oriented development.
• You have good mathematics ability and you are familiar with common 3D graphics principles and rendering algorithms.
• You also have experience in commonly used development tools such as Visual Studio and perforce.
• You can plan and estimate tasks and ensure timely delivery of work.
• You possess knowledge of common algorithms, data structures and patterns, and the ability to apply them to problems while keeping constraints and performance in mind.
• You can analyse unfamiliar code of a reasonable complexity to understand and extend the functionality of an existing module.
• You also possess knowledge of different software development methods such as Test Driven Development, Unit Testing, Agile etc.
• You have proven ability to debug defects of a reasonable complexity.
• Good working knowledge of current GPU architecture, and rendering APIs, experience with DirectX 11 would be highly valuable.
• You are a self-motivated and proactive individual with a strong work ethic.
• You possess excellent oral and written communication skills.