Our Mission

Radical Forge is a Middlesborough, UK-based developer that has provided co-development services on a range of AAA and indie titles. In 2021 the company created their first original IP, 'Brightpaw', which was published on PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One/Series S/X, Google and iOS by Rogue Games.

Since its beginnings in 2017, the company has grown to over 70 incredibly talented, collaborative, and creative individuals. We are the sum of our skills, passion, and, most of all, our people. We firmly believe that treating individuals with genuine respect, understanding, and kindness creates a welcoming culture that allows creativity to thrive and for individuals to join together to create games they are genuinely proud of.

Your Mission

Work with Production to build and maintain the best product possible

Work closely with Design, from specification through production

Developing and implementing a wide variety of systems

Create tools for a multi-disciplined team to build and define content in simple and efficient ways

Improve workflows for developers by creating unique systems that speed up development

Debug existing features for bugs and performance issues
 

Ideal Applicant

Has a reasonable amount of commercial experience in UE4 or 5.

Passionate about video games and new technologies

Creative and able to propose new features and ideas

Self-driven and autonomous

Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, complexity, and system design

Basic game math fundamentals (vectors, matrices, physics, projections, camera space, tangent space, object space)

Solid understanding of software design patterns

Good working knowledge of source control, including best practices (branching/streams)

Experience with build systems, continuous integration and deployment
 

Skills Summary 

Fluency in C++

Reasonable commercial experience with Unreal Engine

Fantastic debugging skills

Good working knowledge of source control, including best practices (branching/streams)

Ability to write systems with comprehensive architecture

Knowledge in developing for various platforms (Meta Quest, Xbox, PlayStation, Switch & PC) 

We will require all applicants to have a pre-existing right to work in the UK.

Remote working is only available for those based in the UK with a right to work in the UK.

Interested in the job but don't feel you match the criteria? If you feel passionate about this role or joining the Radical Forge team we would still like to hear from you! We value our company culture, and we’re always looking for creative individuals from a variety of backgrounds to join our team!

Perks of the Job

Employee Health Benefits

We provide employees with access to multiple health care schemes upon successfully completing probation.

Flexible Working

We offer a flexible work schedule with hybrid remote work options. We also aim to close the studio for two weeks at Christmas gratis.

Open & Honest

We value your journey as much as our own. Therefore we like to keep our employees in the loop every quarter about where we are heading as a studio and what's happening behind the scenes.

Equal Opportunities Promise

All employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status or veteran status. We will also consider employment for qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law.