Battle Programmer - CA Sofia

We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced and ambitious Battle Programmer to join us and work on exciting new projects in our Total war franchise. This role is based at our studio in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Key Responsibilities

In the role of Battle Programmer, you will be working closely with your peers, using your coding skills and expertise to improve our existing gameplay and craft new and compelling features for future Total War titles.

On a day-to-day basis, you will:

Build and maintain well-engineered code with high levels of stability and performance across a codebase consisting of C++

Use your experience to solve challenging problems, from designing and building entirely new systems to optimising features to be performant, maintainable and extensible.

Show pragmatism and a focus on delivery, understanding when to make the right trade-offs to ensure the production of a high-quality product.

Contribute to technical design in areas such as AI, UI, and gameplay.

Collaborate with your teammates to encourage and uphold high standards across the team.

Work with our principal programmers and leads to contribute to the technical roadmap of our future titles.

Essential

Games industry experience with a proven track record in a comparable role

Strong C++ programming skillset, with knowledge of the latest language features

Ability to write clean, maintainable, and extensible code

Experience of a complete game development lifecycle from pre-production, through to post-release support

Strong problem-solving skills

Self-motivated with a drive to improve yourself and others

Strong communication skills with a desire to collaborate and communicate technical details clearly with other disciplines

Passion and interest in games and game development

Desirable

Cross-platform development experience

Experience working in a large codebase

Broad gaming experience and a sense for good game design

An avid gamer, ideally strategy games

About Creative Assembly

Creative Assembly crafts deep and detailed games that last, entertaining millions of players across the globe for decades.

We are all game makers and we care deeply about the experiences we create.

We empower our teams to make significant contributions to our games, supported by skills development and growth opportunities.

We are located in Horsham, UK and Sofia, Bulgaria.We offer many benefits to support you and your family including:

Additional medical and dental health insurance for you, your partner and kids, life insurance, and free health care screening

Additional holiday allowance plus full studio closure over the Christmas and New Year period, as all Bulgarian Bank holidays

Annual discretionary studio bonus

Defined career development pathways and personalised training support including; SEGA Dev Day, internal masterclasses, prestigious creative workshops, on-site training with renowned specialists and global conference attendance

Public transportation card

Monthly food vouchers

Wellbeing support with an employee assistance programme

Free games and merchandise plus access to our extensive games library

Free breakfast every day - toast, cereals, yoghurts, fresh fruit, soft drinks and more in our fully stocked kitchen

Options for subscribing to additional health, wellness and sports services

Office massages

Studio parties for you and your family; such as our Summer and Christmas parties, Children’s day party, wrap parties for game releases

Our studio sites have disabled access.

We are an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief.

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