Technical Game Developer V

About Ascendion

Ascendion is a full-service digital engineering solutions company. We make and manage software platforms and products that power growth and deliver captivating experiences to consumers and employees. Our engineering, cloud, data, experience design, and talent solution capabilities accelerate transformation and impact for enterprise clients. Headquartered in New Jersey, our workforce of 11,000+ Ascenders delivers solutions from around the globe. Ascendion is built differently to engineer the next.

Ascendion | Engineering to elevate life

We have a culture built on opportunity, inclusion, and a spirit of partnership. Come, change the world with us:

• Build the coolest tech for world s leading brands
• Solve complex problems and learn new skills
• Experience the power of transforming digital engineering for Fortune 500 clients
• Master your craft with leading training programs and hands-on experience

Experience a community of change makers!

Join a culture of high-performing innovators with endless ideas and a passion for tech. Our culture is the fabric of our company, and it is what makes us unique and diverse. The way we share ideas, learning, experiences, successes, and joy allows everyone to be their best at Ascendion.

About the Role:

• We are looking for a Technical Game Developer to help invent the future of digital presence in one of the critical spaces.
• You will partner with our Creative Director, technical artists, research scientists, and engineers to create immersive demos that show how our state-of-the-art technologies can enable the future of AR/VR avatars.
• You ll be working as the integrator inside real-time engines like Unreal by bringing together the vision of the Creative/Art Director, 3D character assets created by technical artists, and innovative technologies designed by engineers.

Job Title: Technical Game Developer V

Key Responsibilities:

• Design end-to-end experiences with satisfying and novel core mechanics and loops
• Partner with Technical Artists and Research Engineers to Integrate high-end character models using state-of-the-art technologies into AR/VR experiences.
• Work with the teams to evaluate and define the best 3D real-time approaches and optimization practices.
• Participate in ideation sessions with creative and technical peers to help plan and troubleshoot the design of our prototype demo experiences.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent degree in Computer Science, Computer Visualization, or Computer Animation, including coding and scripting in various languages
• Minimum 8+ years of Game development and/or AR/VR prototype experiences.
• Portfolio required to view skills / craft.
• Experience with Unreal Engine 5 and Unity is required.
• Experience with technical aspects of game design such as coding C# or C++
• 3D Math fundamentals as applied to game logic.
• An expert in game mechanics and UI systems, demonstrating high end skillsets with level blueprint and real-time graphic optimization.
• First-hand experience with industry Game production processes and cross-discipline collaboration and communication.
• Comfortable taking direction, yet also working independently, multi-tasking and self-prioritizing to help various teams meet goals in this quick-moving, highly collaborative environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in a related field is preferred
• 12+ years of Game development and/or AR/VR prototype experiences preferred
• Previous experience in the creation of Games or interactive VR & AR experiences
• Experience with real-time analytics tools/languages/process and visual scripting is a plus.
• FAANG or Big Tech background preferred.

Location: Sausalito, CA [Onsite]

Salary Range: The salary for this position is between $135,200 $187,200 annually. Factors which may affect pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

Benefits: The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: [medical insurance] [dental insurance] [vision insurance] [401(k) retirement plan] [long-term disability insurance] [short-term disability insurance] [5 personal days accrued each calendar year. The Paid time off benefits meet the paid sick and safe time laws that pertains to the City/ State] [10-15 days of paid vacation time] [6 paid holidays and 1 floating holiday per calendar year] [Ascendion Learning Management System]

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