Senior HTML Game Developer

2 days ago

Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom Creative Recruitment Limited - Creative, Digital Marketing, AI, Content Creators & Technical Talent Full time £60,000 - £100,000 per year

Our client is a leading entertainment games company who are currently looking for a talented
Senior front-end HTML Developer
to join their dynamic team. Studio offices are located in the Oxfordshire area, and they are offering a hybrid working model, occasionally in the office.

About the Role

We are seeking a highly experienced frontend developer who will be responsible for implementing and tuning high quality, optimised, maintainable code within a framework, ensuring the best user experience imaginable. If you have a background in developing mobile/desktop games and software then this is a major plus.

Responsibilities

  • You will have the ability to work as a part of a team responsible for the development of mobile/desktop games, liaising with the creative department to ensure that what you deliver is optimal, on-time and defect free.
  • You will collaborate with designers and other developers to ensure that games are performant within their platform and operable on all platforms, mobile and desktop.
  • As an experienced developer you will have worked on a variety of highly available applications and have experience collaborating with engineering teams around the world to design and maintain ground-breaking features.
  • You will be continually excited by technology advances and innovations.
  • You will have the experience and knowledge to contribute to technology decisions and architecture discussions, advocating for engineering best practices across the teams you work with and acting as a mentor to junior members.
  • You will have excellent communication and analytical skills with an ability to think on your feet, with a Mobile-First development mentality.
  • You will be comfortable with facilitation and planning tools such as Jira and Confluence as well as having a propensity for learning new tools and technologies to enhance your skillset.
  • You will bring a wealth of experience in developing using modern frontend technologies and be able to lead and inform on best practice in terms of overall development practices.

Qualifications / Skills required

  • 5yrs experience working with HTML5 and TypeScript in a mobile and desktop environment.
  • Experience with PixiJS, Phaser or other JavaScript gaming/animation frameworks.
  • Proficient knowledge of animations techniques using WebGL or Canvas 2D APIs.
  • Solid experience working with source control platforms and tools such as GIT and SVN.
  • Knowledge of CSS, PostCSS, and SASS/SCSS.
  • Knowledge of CSS frameworks (Tailwind, Bootstrap etc) and responsive design techniques.
  • Passion for technologies and a desire to remain up to date with the latest skills.
  • Ideally a maths, statistics or physics background, or 3D development experience.
  • Excellent knowledge on platform specific and cross platform capabilities and constraints.
  • Experience with JavaScript build tools (e.g. Gulp, Vite, Rollup).
  • Have the ability to analyse and understand frameworks and functionality to ensure optimal experiences within a mobile-first development approach.
  • Experience with logging and analysis tools to quickly diagnose errors (Elasticsearch, Rollbar, Sentry).
  • Great communication skills as a core member of an internationally-based team.

Please send us your CV and online portfolio stating your salary expectations

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