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Game Director

2 months ago

Belfast, United Kingdom Outlier Full time £50,000 - £80,000
About the Role

As a seasoned Game Director, you will lead a team of developers and artists in creating a strategy/simulation game for PC and consoles. You will collaborate with the Creative Director and Art Director to shape the game's design and project plan, ensuring timely delivery.

Responsibilities include managing the team, designing, developing, and optimizing modular and reusable systems using SOLID coding principles. You will work with C# and the Unity game engine to prototype new ideas and create robust production-ready systems within an existing code-base.

Requirements
  • Must be willing to relocate to Northern Ireland
  • 6+ years of experience with Unity and C# programming
  • 2+ years as Lead Developer or Project Lead on commercially released games on PC and/or consoles
  • In-depth knowledge of C# and Unity game development, including experience designing and developing compelling gameplay, intuitive user interfaces, character AI systems, player controls, and robust production-ready systems
  • Strong debugging skills and intimate knowledge of modular coding structures, Unity best practices, and managing a large code base
  • Experience managing a team, project planning, and task management solutions such as Jira
  • Basic knowledge of version control systems such as Git
Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience programming strategy or management games
  • Experience with state machines and developing complex artificial intelligence for in-game characters
  • Detailed knowledge of Unity's ECS / DOTS, Addressables, and Profiling tools
  • Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Game Development, or similar
About Outlier Games

Outlier is an independent video game studio based in Dublin, Ireland, and Belfast, UK. Our first game, 'This Means Warp', released in Early Access on Steam in 2022, followed by a 1.0 release across PC, Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo Switch in 2023. We are currently working on 'Mars Attracts', a park simulation game set in the iconic universe of Mars Attacks.

What's in it for you?
  • Secure, funded studio with long-term career commitments
  • Work on games that inspire passion in the hardcore gaming community
  • Small-team ethos with minimal bureaucracy
  • Ownership and autonomy over large sections of a game's codebase
  • Gain exposure to all elements of a game's design, production, marketing, and release