Company Description
People Can Fly is one of the leading independent AAA games development studios
with an international team of hundreds of talented individuals working from
offices located in Poland, UK, US, and Canada, and from all over the world
thanks to our remote work programs.
Founded in 2002, we made our mark on the shooter genre with titles such as
Painkiller, Bulletstorm, Gears of War: Judgment, and Outriders. We are one of
the most experienced Unreal Engine studios in the industry and we are
expanding it with in-house solutions called PCF Framework.
Our creative teams are currently working on several exciting titles: Gemini is
our new project being developed with Square Enix; Bifrost, Victoria and Dagger
are projects we're growing in the self-publishing model. We also have one
project in the concept phase – Red; as well as two projects in VR technology –
Green Hell VR and Thunder - a new project based on one of the IPs from the
Group's portfolio.
With over 20 years of experience, PCF sets out to explore new horizons. We aim
to combine our expertise with creativity of the best and most forward-thinking
talents in the industry to work together on the new generation of action games
for the global gaming community.
If you decide to accompany us on this journey, you'll have a chance to perfect
your craft and expand your knowledge, working alongside leaders in the
industry on bringing a brand-new unique experience to the players worldwide.
Project Bifrost is a yet unannounced AAA action-adventure game developed
by our North American team supported by PCF's European studios.
Job Description
Provide mentorship, direction and best in class engineering principles to
ensure quality results and efficient working practices
Mentoring, managing and leading the Engine programming department
Conduct regular code reviews and manage the coding team to excellence
Provide day-to-day feedback and creatively solve problems
Work with production team to plan development and provide tasks assignment
to programmers team schedule
Maintain and extend the existing PCF Engine framework and tools in
cooperation with other internal studios or
programmers
Analyze the requirements of the game teams and define the required
functionalities and engine systems that must be developed to support them
Test existing systems and propose new systems and features implementations
Test, debug, profile, optimize and document implementations and set a
documentation standard for Enginee Team
Stay up to date with features from other engines and provide expertise
about possible implementations
Supervision of documentation created by the team members
Conduct consistent performance reviews of staff members
Conduct recruitment projects with HR collaboration
Conduct onboarding to new hires
Qualifications
Typically 10 years of software engineering experience
Typically 3 years of experience in leading/coordinating work of
programmers team
Typically at least 2 shipped AAA projects from start to finish with
credits as a programmer
Strong mentoring and leadership skills
Excellent C++ knowledge
Experience with Unreal Engine 4
Excellent math and/or physics skills
Passion for writing solid, reliable, efficient code and highly scalable
systems
Experience with multiple core systems, such as graphics, tools, audio,
networking, memory handling, scripting, etc.
Proficiency with Atlassian software (JIRA, Confluence)
Proficiency with Swarm and Perforce
Work effectively under tight deadlines
Strong verbal and written communication skills in English
Open-minded team player attitude
Strong work ethic and self-motivated
Passionate about playing and making video games
Additional Information
What we offer:
U.S.
100% group health insurance benefit premiums paid by PCF (Medical,
Dental, Vision, Group Life, and Supplemental Live) and start on day 1 of
employment.
401K with 100% match, up to 3% of employee salary, and vested immediately.
Paid week off during Winter Holidays.
20 paid vacation days and 5 paid sick days.
Free virtual health and mental wellbeing sessions included in the plan for
members and their dependents.
A competitive salary and performance-based annual bonuses.
Personal development opportunities and ability to work in a global
environment.
Work in a creative team with people full of passion for what they do.
Long term disability, short term disability, travel insurance, as well as
other benefits provided.
Canada
Benefit package 100% paid by PCF. Insurance company reimburses 100% of
claims (Up to $500 per service a year, as well as individual family
coverage).
Full Dental coverage, including major dental and orthodontics.
4% RRSP matching before tax deductions, 100% vested on day 1.
Paid week off during Winter Holidays.
20 paid vacation days and 5 paid sick days.
Free virtual health and mental wellbeing sessions included in the plan for
members and their dependents.
A competitive salary and performance-based annual bonuses.
Personal development opportunities and ability to work in a global
environment.
Work in a creative team with people full of passion for what they do.
UK
A competitive salary and performance-based annual bonuses.
Private medical healthcare (Vitality) and BUPA dental insurance for
PCF's employees and their families.
Access to wellbeing platform - Gympass for employees and family members.
Access to Worksmile - cafeteria program.
Online Polish and English language classes.
Access to the pension scheme.
Flexible working hours.
Free virtual health and mental wellbeing sessions included in the plan for
members and their dependents.
Personal development opportunities and ability to work in a global
environment.
Work in a creative team with people full of passion for what they do.
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