Lead Programmer

Lead Programmer (Updated May 2026)

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. Candidates must possess current eligibility to live and work in the UK to be considered.

As a Lead Programmer, you will be hands-on with guiding and supporting your team in coding features across multiple programming specialisms within our new gaming project. Core responsibilities include:

• Guide and support team members in coding features across several programming specialisms.
• Drive performance, plan, and prioritize project work in collaboration with production and development teams.
• Support programmers to meet design and technical needs of the project.
• Keep the project focused by setting priorities and driving progress while fostering a stable, inclusive structure.

• Evidence of day-to-day team management and team development experience.
• Broad knowledge of multiple areas of game development, with the ability to collaborate effectively across these areas (e.g., gameplay, engine, online, animation, tools, or physics).
• Experience in C++ development within console gaming.
• Experience working with a large game codebase, its modules, middleware, and associated pipeline.
• Familiarity with project planning lifecycle.

• Flexible core hours, 25 days of annual leave, Christmas shutdown, and a plan that enables you to work from anywhere in the EU for up to four weeks per year.
• 36 annual work-from-home days per year.
• Life insurance, income insurance, private healthcare, an annual wellbeing allowance, and more.
• Generous resources committed to your perpetual personal and professional development.
• Investment in community with paid volunteering days.
• Free games, activities, celebrations, and generous relocation support.