Journeyman Unity Game Programmer

Journeyman Unity Game Programmer

Location:
Huntsville, AL / Hybrid/ Remote

Seeking a highly motivated Journeyman Unity Game Programmer to support a training development team primarily focused on developing serious games for a diverse audience.

We use the phrase “serious games” to describe a variety of applications that use gaming technologies or mechanics for a purpose other than strictly entertainment. You will be a key member of an agile scrum development team working closely with fellow programmers, game designers, instructional designers, and artists on the implementation of new features for new and existing applications and games for training and education.

Candidate will:

• Interact with team members, customers, and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to develop serious games and virtual training products utilizing the Unity game engine
• Develop and test code, fix bugs and profile and optimize code as directed
• Follow best practices, development processes, and coding standards
• Write efficient code with descriptive comments and maintain attention to detail
• Document and peer review technical designs with other software engineers
• Support code reviews, especially for Junior members of the programming team
• Contribute creatively to the game/course design process, from prototype to completion and sustainment
• Take ownership of his/her work as a highly motivated self-starter

• Demonstrated experience with and proficiency in game programming using a game engine such as Unity or Unreal.
  Preference will be given to candidates with Unity experience
• Journeyman Programmers are expected to be comfortable with more challenging tasks than a Junior Programmer and to be able to work independently as needed
• Experience with the life cycle of design and programming of a game based product from concept through project completion
• Experience with Agile software development
• Experience with version control software (Perforce is preferred)
• Possess a demonstrated ability to meet deadlines, prioritize workload, manage time efficiently, and work in a team environment
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance; an Interim Secret clearance is required before being able to start

• Active Secret security clearance
• Experience developing Serious Games, Games for Training, or Educational Games, especially for DoD customers.
• Specific experience using a modern version of the Unity engine (2019 and newer) and strong C# skills
• Strong experience developing UI systems using Unity UI (uGUI)
• Experience with Unreal 3, Unreal 4, VBS and/or other commercial game engines
• Experience with iOS, Android, and/or Windows Mobile development
• Working experience with Perforce
• Working experience with Atlassian project management projects (JIRA / Confluence)
• Experience with C/C++ Objective-C, JavaScript, HTML, JSON, XML and other languages
• Portfolio/Git Hub with examples of game programming is preferred

• 3+ years of professional Game Programming experience, ideally using Unity
• Bachelor’s in Game Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or related technical discipline
• 7 years of experience may be used in lieu of degree.

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Higher Echelon, Inc. (HE) is a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) with offerings in Engineering, Gaming, Human Capital, Enterprise Technology, and Cyber Solutions. Higher Echelon aims to be the premier trusted partner in organizational excellence and achieves this through sustained investment in talent and the employee experience. Higher Echelon puts the employee first to better serve customer needs and sustain excellence.

Higher Echelon offers competitive full-time benefits…