Working at Boss Alien

We are a tight unit of enthusiastic and experienced game developers. With a great studio at the heart of Brighton, Boss Alien is a brilliant place to work. We value our staff and the atmosphere is supportive and relaxed.

We are looking for smart, energetic, friendly people to join us!

If you love games and you’ve got a certain creative spark, you may well fit into our elite team. Feel free to peruse our jobs board below.

Senior Programmer (mobile)

Boss Alien is a growing company working on projects with small team sizes. We need a few experienced programmers to play key roles on our team. If you’re comfortable taking on any challenge given you and experienced enough to deliver, this could be the role for you.

We are looking for smart, energetic, friendly people to join us.

To be a great fit, you’ll need to bring the following things with you:

  • You love making games.
  • You’re better at it than we are!
  • You have a passion to learn new skills and areas of expertise.
  • You have a desire to teach those around you all the cool things you know.
  • You’re someone we’d be excited to work with – you’re smart, nice and you get things done.
  • You love playing games as much as making them.

As well as this, we’ll need you to have:

  • At least 3 published games (console, mobile or desktop) and a few years industry experience under your belt.
  • Wide experience of the architecture of current games (networking, AI, rendering, gameplay, peripherals, tools, data processing pipelines …) – you are the kind of person who can fill the blanks in this list.
  • Deep knowledge of at least a couple of these areas, gained by writing the relevant systems in your published games.
  • Actively been involved in mentoring or leading junior team members and you enjoy doing it.
  • Expert knowledge of C++ or C# and aptitude to learn new languages quickly.
  • Great communication skills (verbal and written).
  • Knowledge of how to scope and break down requirements into actionable tasks.

Games Programmer (iOS/Android)

Boss Alien is a growing company working on exciting projects with small team sizes. We need programmers who are happy to work in whatever area is required of them – this could change on a daily basis!

We are looking for smart, energetic, friendly people to join us!

Required

  • 2.1 degree in Maths, Physics, Computer Science or related, or equivalent industry experience
  • Excellent knowledge of C# or C++
  • Excellent knowledge of algorithms and data structures
  • Experience of creating games on desktop or mobile platforms
  • Desire to make great games
  • Great communication skills (verbal and written)
  • Happy to work as part of a team
  • Demonstrable love for some area of game technology
  • A passion for playing games and solving problems
  • Flexible and keen to learn new skills

Great to have

  • Knowledge of two or more other programming languages (for example Java, Python, PHP, Clojure)
  • 1 or more years of games industry experience
  • 1 or more shipped titles on console, desktop or mobile platforms
  • Strong knowledge of console, desktop and mobile architectures
  • Knowledge of asynchronous engineering techniques
  • Experience of Unity, Unreal or XNA
  • SQL
  • Experience using digital content creation tools (for example Max, Maya, Photoshop)

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Junior / Graduate Programmers with relevant demos and a positive attitude are encouraged to apply!